Class distinction

tetrameter sonnet

 

 

Class Distinction

 

 

A quiet house where quiet ghosts

 haunt quiet rooms but silently

The Ghosts respect their living hosts

 and treat them most respectfully.

They can’t go back they won’t go on.

Confused by their predicament,

 they wait until the daylights gone

before they show they are present.

 They do not wish to cause alarm.

as common ghosts are wont to do.

 All part of their well bred charm.

 Though they are dead they hold the view

that no aristocratic ghost

should stoop to frightening their host.

 

26-Mar-08

Reviews

[Barbara Walker]

This is a cute poem and after watching that paranormal tv show, anything is possible! Barbara

[J. James Reider]

This is outstanding! I personally like your approach to ghosts and haunting as not always being bad, or the ghosts not always meaning to frighten. I however, will remain terrified of ghosts in the future. This was a very unique viewpoint to something that most other people would have approached as a horror project. Brilliant!