Ghosts should not wear noisy shoes.
Creak. There goes my floor.
Slippers are what I would use.
Bang: The basement door.
I tell them, “Don’t you realize?
You’re noisy. Don’t come in.”
We stand and stare with scary eyes.
They bang the door again.
Text: Linked to dVerse Quadrille. Grace is hosting with prompt word “creak”.
Photo: “Pumpkin Pile” by he author.
Poetry, Short Prose and Walking 
Lovely seasonal poem whose happy upbeat rhyme belies the scary subject matter.
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It is sort of scary (or noisy at least). Thanks, Paul!
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Those pesky ghosts are not very considerate… I think they should glide through the rooms without a noise.. (but maybe that would be worse)
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I’d hate to have them pop out of a closet when I open that door. Thanks, Bjorn!
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I do like this! I also love the pic of the pile of pumpkins. Ghosts should be silent and invisible and not make any movements. I totally agree.
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Those noisy ones draw too much attention to themselves. Thank you, Toni!
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I get it. People AKA trick-or-treaters are the real ghosts.
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Actually, I hadn’t thought of it like that, but it works! And it explains the ghosts. Thank you, Stephen!
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Smiling I am…..loving the rhythm and rhyme here. Noisy ghosts…perhaps they’re waking up for the season! 🙂
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Getting into the Halloween spirit. Thank you, Lillian!
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I adore your image of the gaggle of gourds, and the fun you had with the prompt. Our house is “haunted”, but the interlopers seem transient; no repeat guests–and they’re always silent. We conclude there are portals here that could be inter dimensional
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I once saw a real ghost, but it wasn’t scary or even noisy. Just there. There may be portals everywhere. Thanks, Glenn!
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Lovely rhythmical poem capturing Halloween –
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Thank you! A spooky stand off with the noisy ghosts.
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I love it Frank ~ You are brave to stand up to them with scary eyes ~ The banging would creep me out though ~
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It would creep me out as well. Luckily, I’ve oiled all the hinges and the floors don’t creak much. All I would get is a banging door–which is freaky enough. Thanks, Grace!
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Brilliant fun, I would tell them to be quieter too….they sound friendly though.
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I prefer the friendly kind as well. Thank you, Alison!
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Great write. I always enjoy your rhyming Q’s, and hearing you read them. 🙂
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Thank you! I love your use of rhyme and meter!
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Oh, Frank. This poem makes me ridiculously happy. Thank you.
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I’m glad! Better to be happy thank scared. Thank you, De!
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Chuck a pumpkin at them 🙂
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I hope they don’t chuck it back. 🙂
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They might do. If they’re mean ghosts 🙂
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your posts are so great Frank! Thank you for sharing!
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I am glad you enjoy them!
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This has me laughing, Frank! Deal with those pesky spirits; you’re the boss! No, really! Nice write 🙂
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Thank you, Jilly! I prefer comedy to scary movies, unless those scary movies are funny.
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So inconsiderate of them to wear noisy shoes. You can’t find quality ghosts anymore!
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I know! I’m going to have to hire some new ones next year. Thank you, Vivian!
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You’re welcome 🙂
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I’ve lived in that house… more than once. I enjoyed the fact that you give ghosting lessons.
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Trying to keep those ghosts in line. Thanks, Charley!
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You are welcome, Frank. I enjoyed it very much.
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This had such a lovely lilt to it. Hope they were on their way out when the last door banged!
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Me, too, but you never know about those ghosts. Thanks, Bev!
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Lovely pumpkins array. As for the noise, better from harmless ghosts than from harmfull burglars.
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Except for potentially freaking me out, I prefer ghosts over burglars as well. Thank you, Daniela!
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ha – Some ghosts just want to get your attention. Perhaps, make a rattle out of one of those gourds to scare them away.
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Some of those gourds would make nice rattles if they had a suitable handle. Thank you!
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Ghosts are scary, noisy or quiet. I scare very easily. I love the poem and the pumpkins.
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The only ghost I ever saw, my aunt when she died, wasn’t scary. She was very quiet except for her words going through my mind. But those ghosts I see in movies are something else. I have to keep my hand over my eyes when the music suggests that something will pop out of the basement. That’s why I mainly watch comedies like Ghostbusters. Thank, Mary!
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Chuckles. This is one delightful piece. 🙂
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Thank you, Maria!
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Love this playful poem Frank…slippers are a must! And the photo is interesting. I’ve never seen a ‘pumpkin pile’ like that … filled with all my favourite squashes.
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The people at the botanic garden make a pile like this each year. It is quite large and there are many different kinds of gourds or pumpkins in the pile. Thank you, Janice!
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Ghosts in slippers – kind of defeats the purpose of haunting doesn’t it 🙂 Such a fun verse – hope this keeps them from your door.
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From the ghost’s perspective, it would spoil all the fun. Thanks, Peter!
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I enjoyed your playful poem with petulant ghosts, Frank!
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Thank you, Kim! Petulant ghosts are better than scary ghosts.
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Very convincing Frank !
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Thank you, Ben!
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Ghosts should certainly not wear noisy shoes see they’ll appear more scary 😦
Lovely poem Frank!
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They’re scarier when they’re noisy. They have to let you know they are there. Thank you!
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We stand and stare with scary eyes.
They bang the door again.
Very real reaction captured most cleverly!
Hank
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I’d probably bang the doors again if I were in their place. Thanks, Hank!
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This made me chuckle. I imagined somewhat clumsy, rather than malicious ghosts. I liked the rhythm and rhyme.
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These weren’t malicious, somewhat noisy is all. Thank you, Merril!
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the way you read it adds so much to your poetry – not least the way you avoid sing song rhyme. A pleasure to hear
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I am glad you enjoyed the reading. I try to make rhyme unobtrusive but still present. Thank you, Laura!
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Well at least you get a warning!
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In spite of everything, my ghosts are relatively well-behaved. Thank you!
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Very catchy piece!
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Thank you!
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This was fun, Frank!
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Thank you, Angela!
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My pleasure.
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Ghosts don’t like to play the quiet game because they want to be noticed. Love this fun poem! 🙂
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I can’t blame them. If I were as ghost, I’d be as noisy as I could be. Thanks, Barbara!
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That was a fun poem about Noisy ghosts!
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They can be funny when they look harmless. Thank you, Namratha!
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Hopefully they are harmless!
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so much fun and loved all the noise!!
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Thank you!
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a quiet ghost is not there IMHO and experience. thanks!
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The only ghost I’ve ever seen was quiet (although talking to my mind), but, based on Ghostbusters, the noisy ones are more entertaining. Thank you, Michael!
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Noisy ghosts are rather inconsiderate! Nicely done.
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They are! Thank you!
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Maybe, he just wants another candy..but not the candy corn please?
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I’d give him more candy. Thank you, Imelda!
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I like your fun poem. 🙂
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Thank you!
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Ghost People
Living on earth
the best they can
as sometimes we
ignore
their
ghastly
problems..
Ghost People
Living on earth
for they will not be
quiet now for they too
do
Exist..:)
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They do exist. I’ve seen one and I figure there is no point in trying to explain away any of it. There is a 2008 movie, Ghost Town, that I thought was pretty good.
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I’ll do the Wiki
Cliff Notes
On Ghost
Town and
Perhaps
Not All
Folks
Have the eyes
Required
To see Ghosts
Like those who
Are Color Blind
As Red and Green
Are Essence Ghost
Within for
Them..:)
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Wonderfully written. Happy Halloween. Have a spooky one 😄😄
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Thank you!
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I dig this! I’m currently hosting a poetry contest through my blog and I LOVE seeing poems with a holiday twist. You should think about submitting 😀
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Thank you, Kayla! I’ve linked this poem to your contest.
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Awesome!
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I love the pumpkins and ghosts should be silent and mind their manners.
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Thank you, Eugenia! Most ghosts, I suspect, mind their manners. The noisy ones, especially those in the movies, try to get our attention somehow.
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