Intruder ~ Poetics ~ dVersePoets

Shelia Moore is tempting us with a prompt today at the pub, where we are required to write Onomatopoeia poetry.  For the full explanation, swing by dVersePoets, but to keep it simple...we're focusing on sound. Think the "POWS" of the comic books or the "Quacks" of ducks. She has provided great examples to tease your muse, and we'd love to see you pop over and play poetry with us.

~Intruder~

The knock was rapid, persistent

Rat-a-tat-tat

Like the machine gun fire

That would echo through the house

While grandpa lost himself to memories

Of glories never to be known again.

Thump, thump, thump

Dad, thundering down the stairs

The sound of his heavy footstep

All that was needed for proper identification

Mom never stomped like that.

Then I remembered…Mom was gone

3am again, again the desperate

Rat-a-tat-tat

Just months ago hadn’t I already lived this

I waited for the voices

Not knowing why they would be calling here

At this hour

Grandpa would be fast asleep

Dad was obviously home

Then

BANG

The silence that followed

Was not heavy enough to hide the scent

Wafting up the stairwell

Thump (pause) Thump (pause) Thump (pause)

SLAM

I would know the sound of the basement door anywhere

THUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMPTHUMP

I never knew Dad to run like that...

CREAK

Top of the stairs now

Loose floor board

That had prevented so many

Late night escapes

And caused so many arguments

I knew why Dad would never fix it

No matter how Mom had nagged.

My eyes stared out into the darkness

Watching a strange shadow dance

at the meager stream of light

the hall lamp allowed to stream

through the small wedge of my nearly closed door.

Then

it begin to open.

Special Note for Twitter Addicts: This years Shorty Award nominations got underway January 3rd.  What a birthday surprise from Roger Baut (@ChasingTao)when he nominated me in the author category.  Even bigger surprise? Right now I'm sitting at #10 on the nomination list.  Not that I have any delusions about winning, but I'm having a blast playing the game! (Look out JK Rowling!) and any votes would be appreciated! (wink, wink, nudge, nudge!) Thanks so very much Roger! (who is kicking butt in the photography category..VOTE @ChasingTao! And all you dVersePoets will be pleased to hear your pub is sitting at Position 5 in the art category! I don't know about the world...but I've got a feeling we can work together to at least take over the twitterverse with Poetry!