The Graveyard Ghost
A Holloween Haiku
Walking in graveyard
old hat and coat, lamp in hand
a ghost from the past
This Haiku was inspired by an actual event, experienced by the author many years ago near Holloween, in Trumbull County, Ohio
Published by Carmella Mae Dunkin
Carmella Mae Dunkin is a photographer, writer, singer, artist, web designer, wife & mother of 8. Carmella loves singing, photographing everything she see s, writing, (including plays and skits), designin... View profile
- The Phantom of the OperaA plot summary of the book, as well as differences between the Broadway play, book, and 2004 movie.
- Roswell Ghost Tour: Walking with the PastThe two-hour Roswell ghost tour thrills, chills and entertains with tales of the paranormal at antebellum houses, old mills, and the Founders' Cemetery. Bring a camera and see if you can capture something unexplained!...
- EVP: The Dead Speak - a Killers Confession?Listen to the attached paranormal evidence....what do you think?
Where Southern Arizona's Ghosts Gather by the RiverThe abandoned mining town is at the banks of the San Pedro River, and most birders and hikers have no idea of its colorful history.- Roles of the Women in Shakespeare's HamletIn Shakespeare's Hamlet, the roles of women are minor yet essential to the plot and flow of the play. The only two women in play are both portrayed exclusively in terms of their direct relationship to the main charact...
- The Graveyard
- Neil Gaiman's the Graveyard Book
- Runescape: A Guide to The Restless Ghost, a Free to Play Quest
- Ghost in the Graveyard: A Scary Story to Tell on Halloween or Any Time Ripe for a...
- Haunted Places in L'Agulhas, the Southernmost Tip of Africa
- The Most Haunted Places in America
- A Ghost Son and a Father
6 Comments
Post a Commentfun read.
Lovely and spooky Halloween haiku! :-) Enjoyed. Happy Halloween!
Thank you Sheryl! It was really eerie. We were driving by the cemetary in Warren, Ohio and I was just starring out the window, looking into the cemetary as we went by. We were going pretty slow, I think the speed linit was only around 25 or 30 and there was a stop sign right at the cemetary, so we came to a stop. While I was looking as we were stopped, I saw what I guess to be a man, he was dressed in one of those long victorian cloak type coats, with an old victorian style top hat. He was just walking around through the cemetary, in and out of the grave stones, sort of hunched over a bit, carrying an old oil lamp, the kind that you see in old photos of cemetary care takers. He just walked around slowly as though he had a job to do, making sure the cemetary was okay for the night or something. It was extremly eerie. I cannot say 100% that it was a ghost, but if it wasn't, then someone enjoyed roaming the cemetary in the dark, dressed in all victorian clothing, LOL
Cool! I'd like to hear more about your experience, Carmella - your comment below is as interesting as the haiku!
Looking for those of the present and future, perhaps?
It was very spooky, eerie in fact. It made my skin crawl because it was obviously no one from this time era, and the lamp he carried had a fire for the light, you could see the flame flickering in the night.