Classmate Reponse: Hannah Ross

Little Ghost
Why do you hide from me?
I feel your cold touch
I see your spector shadow
Across my walls as I sleep
I know you are there
So why do you not reveal yourself?
Soon people shall think I have gone mad,
And lock me away for fear that
I may begin too see more 'invisible beings'
So please, Show yourself, and do join me for tea <3

In response to Hannah Ross’s poem “Little Ghost”, I really enjoyed the simplicity of this poem. At the beginning of the poem, the ghost I first pictured was something along the lines of a cartoon ghost, and as the poem progressed, it seemed to me as if your ghost was a little child. The way you describe that you will be locked away for fear of seeing more of the invisible beings, intrigued me because you put it in a real life situation. I feel that maybe you could expand more on the little ghost, for example does he scare you at night? In what ways, if any, is the ghost trying to get your attention? Giving the ghost a dynamic character I feel would add to the “air of mystery” to your poem. Your line “so please, Show yourself, and do join me for tea <3”, is probably my favorite out the poem, because even though you acknowledge that people will probably think that you are crazy for seeing “invisible things” you still want to see this ghost, you still want to get to know him. I feel that maybe you could add to the ending a little bit more, maybe by stating the reason why you want to see him. I thought this poem was awesome!