Stormy Lady Poetry

The Walls Have Something to Say

(Poem 1)Prize Prompt: The thing an abandoned house would most like to talk about.


The Walls Have Something to Say

30 lines

Sam Adams
Is walking through the moors
Of Scotland on a walkabout

Each night he walks ten miles
Each night he drinks a wee bit of whiskey
In a local pub

One day he arrives
At an old pub and gets a room
There were almost no guests

The owner was an old man
Dressed like an ancient Laird
With an evil grin

He told Sam
Welcome American
We have had so few customers

But I must warn you
The ghosts in the walls
Are watching you

And if you look at them
They will steal your soul
Taking you to the other world

Beware of the woman
In the walls
The walls have ears

Sam dismissed the old man’s warnings
Had his dinner alone
Drinking his lonely whiskey

Went to the room
Saw a beautiful woman
In a portrait on the wall

starring at the woman in the wall
who became a hideous monster
Sam disappears into the wall

Week 1 Prompts


(Poem 1)Prize Prompt: The thing an abandoned house would most like to talk about.