Isaac Cole


A little short of time to write a new post for today, but in keeping with the Halloween theme, here’s a quick repost of a rhyme from 2011, ever-so slightly tweaked:

Isaac Cole is a funny old soul
He’d head for the top of the stairs
  He’d sit and wait and meditate
   Until there was somebody there
    When folk approached
     He’d moan and groan, and make the room go cold
      – After all, he is a ghost and has a legend to uphold –
       With a tap of a finger or a slam of a door
        He’d laugh if he heard a scream…
         But he enjoyed it most when he’d put off the host
          Of the latest ghost-busting team!

21 responses to “Isaac Cole”

  1. Andra Watkins avatar

    Ghostbusters was the first movie I was ever allowed to see. Loooooooooong story. Maybe I should write it tomorrow (abridged.)

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Ooh yes, Andra! I can’t remember my first movie for some reason…

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  2. nrhatch avatar

    Who ya gonna call . . . gut busters! 😆

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I certainly need to call them, Nancy!!!

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  3. lameadventures avatar

    Tom, I work about a block away from the fire house that appeared in Ghostbusters.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Now that is a great claim to fame, LA! The closest I can come to that is I live near to a village in Cheshire called Grappenhall, which served as the streets of London during the times of Sherlock Holmes in a TV series many years ago.

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      1. lameadventures avatar

        Grappenhall! What a great name!

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        1. Tom Merriman avatar

          It’s actually quite a quaint place!

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  4. prenin avatar

    Who ya Gonna Call?

    Big Busters!!! LoL!!! 🙂

    I saw Ghost Busters in the cinema when it first came out and that’s what the whole audience sang!!! 🙂

    Good poem Tom – really appropriate!!! 🙂

    God Bless!

    Prenin.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I remember folk singing that as well, Prenin!
      Glad you like the poem.

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  5. Gray Dawster avatar
    Gray Dawster

    Ghostbusters…

    Great film in its day, but I like
    your posting a lot better Tom 🙂

    Andro

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      I like comments like this, Andro. Apart from making my head grow twice in size, they are very positive indeed!

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  6. Let's CUT the Crap! avatar

    Booo! Ah heck. Can’t scare you no-now.
    Outstanding writing, Tom. Ghostly, entertaining and timely. 😉

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Nope, it didn’t work, Tess.
      I’m used to all of these things that go bump in the night now.
      Glad you liked – and thank you!

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  7. shreejacob avatar

    Love it!!!
    Love the fact that there are ghosts who meditate too!!!

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Isaac Cole’s certainly one of those ghosts! Thanks, Shree!

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  8. kateshrewsday avatar

    Great choice for a repost, Tom 🙂 Isaac should have a reprochement, for sure.

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Thanks, Kate, and maybe he will one day…

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  9. Sue Dreamwalker avatar

    I am afraid Tom I know a ruder version to Old King Cole… LOL.. that I will keep to myself… as he called for a Light as he went to the WC one night… 🙂 Love your Halloween Look Theme by the way too 🙂

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    1. Tom Merriman avatar

      Ah… I think I can see where your version may be going, Sue. Hehehe.
      And thank you!

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