Cellar Door

There is almost a child like innocence to it but it is well crafted.

We all have our own monsters don't we? I liked this poem but think it might be a bit more effective if you named the monster....just a thought that rattled out of empty head......stan

to disagree with Stan and say that I think Monster is enough of a name. As we all have our private monsters, it is more likely to connect with the reader if they supply their own monster's name. ~ Geezer.

You set up scene with some cute word play in the first three stanzas which draws the reader in na keep his interest. Then you introduce the "monster" which feels a little Sesame Street to me. I would consider this:

So lonely it must be.
For it's all alone you see?
It has no friends.

Beneath the floor,
It is simply for evermore
And just beyond the cellar door.

Whatever IT is now becomes an opening for the reader to devise his own concept- this sad, hairy, moaning, friendless apparition that is just on the other side of the door... "Monster" is too generic, and I think leaving it abstract works better.

I like the on /off rhymes. Cool idea for a poem.

you have made subconscious thoughts conscious in this poem,,,good craft and language skill .....
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