Abandoned Houses Forgotten Lives - A Poem
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Abandoned Houses
empty houses gone to seed
empty kitchens with no one to feed
where once was laughter, spiders spin
forgotten dreams ... an off key song
no cat in the window... everyone's gone
where sheets once danced on a line
the tire swing replaced by poison vine
wildflowers where the roses grew
where is the family that loved and knew
where sunlight painted a bright design
floors once swept now warped with time
the slap of a screen door, the shout of a child
little secrets and presents piled
daffodils still bloom in spring
robins, wrens, and bluebirds sing
do ghosts knit sweaters or answer the phone
do ghosts light candles when they are alone
abandoned houses, forgotten lives
the house sits empty, nobody's home
A Touching Series of Photos of Abandoned Houses With Music
This is Making Me Sad
The filmer believed this was one of the houses features inthe book - 'Ghosts in the Wilderness'
Photos Inside an Abandoned House
- Inside abandoned house (Tihonova pustyn) panorama in Russia - 360 Cities
Full-screen panorama of Inside abandoned house (Tihonova pustyn), Russia by Vasily Kumaev, and nearby locations.
Abandoned Houses and Vacancies Cause Cities Pain
More About Urban Blight
A Large Proportion of Rural Landowners Are Over 65
Abandoned Houses in the News
- Are abandoned area factories future firetraps?The MetroWest Daily News32 hours ago
Ten years ago, the December sky over downtown Worcester glowed an eerie shade of orange. As Franklin Street filled with walls of smoke, heat and fear, a fire roared through the Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse building.
- If no one owns the home, who's watching the house?Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune30 hours ago
With foreclosure comes a six-month purgatory for some houses, and cities have to step in to keep them from becoming a nuisance.
- Council Bluffs Community Schools: A historyThe Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil28 hours ago
Dozens of schools have been built for the sole purpose of educating Council Bluffs students over the school district’s 150-year history. Some buildings were abandoned, some were sold, at least two burned but many are still in use.
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How sad that these beautiful homes and the dreams of their owners are left to the elements of death. It would be wonderful if those homes could be refurbished and used for the homeless. Great article!
The poem was lovely...and I always feel sad when I see an abandoned home...all the joy that may have been there and why? is it alone now? Has anyone investigated any of these on here? some were very big.....Thanks :O) Hugs
ethel - they are strange and sad, and oddly romantic in a very sad way. Thanks for commenting.
Nancy, I had a friend who attempted to refurbish an abandoned house and it was not only difficult and expensive, but there were problems that popped up that made it almost impossible to repair. Some cities have offered abandoned homes for sale for $1.00. In the past this worked quite well in some areas. But you have to have the finances and wherewithall to do the work. Thank you for stopping by.
G-Ma, I ride past these empty houses in both rural and urban areas and just have to wonder. Some of them would cost a fortune to repair. Thanks for the hug, G-Ma, consider the hug returned, dear.
I liked this poem.. I just recently came across on in the middle of no where... Your poem was bright and descriptive... beautiful!
I am always sad when I see an empty fallen house and always comment to hubby about it...we went by so many just today coming home from a beautiful wedding reception.
Thanks, deneevana, I guess we all see them,but abandoned houses can clutch at the heartstrings, they seem so lonely. Thanks for commenting.
GiftedGrandma, you really have to wonder how come so many homes are just left to rot...thanks for stopping by.
I really enjoyed this hub
Thank you, Brenda. I enjoyed creating it as well and hope to post new photos as I dig them out. I had some great pix of a huge abandoned house, but somehow lost them.
What a great poem. I use to think I knew how to write poetry until I got to college and began reading Shakespeare's sonnets and the poetry of Tennyson, Lord Baron, whitman and others. It was like getting doused with a bucket of ice water. What I was writing in my youth was really prose disguised as poetry. But that's when I began writing fiction! Great job on this poem!
thank you kindly, dohn, but, like you, i ain't no poet. or are we all poets?
I LUV POETRY AND THIS IS THE BEST SO FAR .
Thanks, suzzy, glad that you liked it!
ethel smith says:
4 months ago
Strange places empty homes. They make you think about who may have lived there etc.