American Gothic Poem by Ahmad Shiddiqi

American Gothic

Rating: 3.8


(dedicated to Kim Schilling, a poet friend)

wild
tense
exotic
anguish

castle
almost ruin
ghosts
mysterious

secrets
gruesome
characters
specific setting

a girl
clever
escape
faith's power

soul
fear
deepest
unconscious

first
American
professional
author

four
horror
novels
in two years

Ormond
Wieland
Arthur Mervyn
Edgar Huntley

a pioneer to
Edgar Allan Poe
Herman Melville
Nathaniel Hawthorne

(inspired by Charles Brockden Brown's novels)

COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Carol Rhodes 26 August 2008

Ahmad, thank you for asking me to read your words. I like the shortened style of this poem. I shall read more poems now...My best to you, Carol

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Pied Piper Berry 28 August 2008

Very interesting, thankyou for sharing your work with us! :)

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Ric Bastasa 28 August 2008

i can feel a very poetic trail.. wonderful ahmad

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Egi David Perdana 30 August 2008

america is the world pal, but world not america, bosen idup disana, indonesia and liverpool england is my better place, please comment my latest poems oh me

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Sandra Fowler 30 August 2008

Spare, elegant definations. A very informative write. Take care. Kind regards, Sandra

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~ Jon London ~ 10 February 2009

Your styling is great, its different and thats why i like it, you're a poet my friend. Keep creating that voice Best wishes Jon

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Demon lover 03 November 2008

I like it alot. its very unique

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Fred Babbin 10 September 2008

Again, your style is unusual, and takes getting used to.

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Ben Gieske 01 September 2008

I am not familiar with all of these people and so cannot appreciate every thing that is said and I haven’t yet caught on to all the meanings intended: ex., a girl clever escape faith's power I will have to do more reading I see.

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Juan Carlos Abeti 30 August 2008

Hey, this it is a good one, i like the way how you wrote it and the use of those few words, you did a lot with them....great.....

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Ahmad Shiddiqi

Ahmad Shiddiqi

Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia
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