The Dollhouse - a stream-of-consciousness poetry pebble for Freewrite #376 - tiny

in #freewrite5 years ago (edited)

Happy Halloween everyone! This is my 77th 5 minute freewrite. (Disclaimer: these usually take me significantly longer than 5 minutes to write and edit 😉). Today's prompt was "tiny". The resulting poem is a little bit spooky, as befitting an All Hallows Eve freewrite

Come join in the fun at @freewritehouse! Many thanks to @mariannewest for hosting this wonderful daily freewrite :) https://steemit.com/freewrite/@mariannewest/day-376-5-minute-freewrite-wednesday-prompt-tiny


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The Dollhouse


There's a room in the house
Where the children sleep
And in that room
A smaller house

And in that house
A tiny broom
A tiny cat
A tiny mouse

Tiny plates
Forks, knives
Tiny chairs,
Tables, couch

Tiny beds
Tiny clothes
Tiny dolls
That move about

Among their tiny
Little things
All day long
Back and forth

Now the parlour
Now the lawn
Now the kitchen
Now the hearth

'Til nighttime comes
And down they lie
To dream their tiny
Little dreams

Or nightmares maybe
Who can tell?
Who can hear
A doll's screams?

Ever smiling
Ever still
All day long
They're moved and posed

To be haunted
Soundlessly
At night by tiny
Little ghosts


©2018 Bennett Italia, all rights reserved.


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Are you in with the Freewrite House November Madness = NaNoWriMo? Lots of posts about it at the @freewritehouse..

Hi Marianne! Yes, working on that post now. I got the framework for my novel today, am writing up an outline in the morning. Super excited!

Well, I did get a little bit behind with Halloween yesterday, so I may not have the first post ready 'til morning. But by tomorrow eve I should be back on track with both first and second posts complete and posted <3

It's classic not just delightful!

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Love that poem!!! And can't wait to see your first NaNo post 😄

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