Haunted Houses by Richard Schnap

There was the two room apartment

With a bathroom in the hall

Where the ghost of a blind man

Cried blues in the night



And the hovel with the roof

That leaked when it rained

Where the phantom of an artist

Painted the walls with his tears



And the cheaply priced residence

Next door to a church

Where the spirits of sinners

Begged God for a second chance



And the mansion once owned

By a barren heiress

Where her spectral presence

Sang its children to sleep















Richard Schnap is a poet, songwriter and collagist living in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His poems have most recently appeared locally, nationally and overseas in a variety of print and online publications.