Visitors to the mansion ‘know’ people they’ve never met…
Dogs and cats stay outside as soon as the sun has set…
Some say the chains that rattle belong to Lady Smart…
Others state the shrieks and cries belong to her ‘in part’…
Guests who stay in the lodge see a figure dressed in green…
Passers by see lights fly by as though they’re in a dream…
Workmen late at night freak out as the air turns very cold…
Vain folk recoil in horror as their reflections look rather old…
Emeralda Smart lived here, many years ago
She was one for drama, and loved to put on a show
Her portrait proudly hangs in the mansion’s great hall
Her emerald eyes peering down, following one and all
She lived here many years ago; centuries have passed
But to this day she tries all things to ensure her fame will last
She ‘rehearses’ all year round for one very special act
For her ‘show’ on Halloween – her birthday – in fact…
Lady Emeralda Smart
8 responses to “Lady Emeralda Smart”
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Whoa….this your mansion Tom, and a first hand experience, or just a fabulous piece of storytelling? Lady Emeralda is quite a compelling soul…
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Hi Kate… no, this isn’t my mansion (Dot’s my only visitor – I think), it is just a tale. And thanks, I wanted Emeralda to be special… 🙂
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Lady Esmeralda sound wonderful, an olde Englishe Eccentric-e (too many ‘e’ ‘s methinks? ) …, Sir Aquatom, Good to know she performs every Halloween, I for one will hide int’ closet… ’til matinee’s over… 😉 xPenx
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Thanks, Pen, and no, not too many ‘e’s at all (you shouldst see here spelyng…) but one too many esses! She is Emeralda, named after her emerald green eyes. She’s quite particular with her name, what, with her being a ghost and all… and she performs every day and night – Halloween is her special performance! She’s nudging me to tell you, and I am telling her that you are Lady P, Lady P. No need to hide, she’s adding… 🙂
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oh flipping heck…. Sir A, ***cough*** . … Why did I see the ‘s’ in my minds eye… and now you point it out I can’t?… One begs forgiveness, and curtseys, (ever so nicely too) … and I shall not hide…I shall um…just sit here…and type …badly!! 😀 as per usual. (I wonder? can I call it a talent? ) xx
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It’s that thing that those scientists (or whoever) pointed out years ago, where our minds only see the first and last letter of the word and we fill in the rest. The fact that her surname is Smart threw the ‘s’ in there! Well, it sounds like a reasonable reason to me! And a talent is something you are good at (have you seen BGT?), although the typing’s not you, Pen, its the keyboard… 😉
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emerald green eyes that burn into your heart bringing excitement and fear thats emeralda smart lovely poem tom xxjen
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Thanks, Jen… and loving your extra line too! 😀
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