Sadie Baker

by Michael D Nalley   Mar 9, 2012


Where I live there are local tales
of a ghost buried by the rails.
Where many a train would pass
her remains lay beneath the grass.
Not, so to speak, all alone
under a simple tombstone
that matches many others,
perhaps sisters or brothers.
I ask the old caretaker
if he knew Sadie Baker.
He just scratched his ole head
as he asked 'Alive or dead?

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  • 12 years ago

    by Dagmar Wilson

    Great job Michael especially towards the end

  • 12 years ago

    by Hellon

    What I really enjoyed the most about this poem was the mystery....you told of a grave that no one quite knows the history of and...left us dangling because the mystery wasn't solved..who was Sadie Baker? Apart from being a ghost?

    Loved the humour at the end Mike...it's such a Nalley poem!!!!

  • 12 years ago

    by Chelsey

    Ok now that is freakin Creepy...What an interesting topic to write about Michael...I think one needs to view the link you shared to understand your last line...I got so creeped out , but I love scary movies and creepy stuff so naturally I got goosebumps and enjoyed this write!!

  • 12 years ago

    by Larry Chamberlin

    Nice twist at the end.

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