See them over there?
Here they come out of nowhere!
And then in a flash they're gone,
Darting in the lawn
Over fences
While they race in sequence.
People who come out at night
Eager to give you fright
Only to test your sanity
People of pure mystery
Leaving you to wonder
Each time you hear a bump of thunder
Author notes
thsi was hard if you dont know what shadow people are id be glad to tell you jsut ask this is is an acrostic, which means it spells a word going down and all the other lines describe that word
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that was interesting...loved u idea of doing it...
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This was awesome!
I too don't know what shadow people are, but I know they're not nice. 
I liked this piece. Keep up the good work! thanks for entering and good luck in my contest!
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ohhh what a lovely acustic !
but i dont know what the shadoww poeple are
Well done
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I don't know what shadow people are but they sound scary and am sure after reading the last line I had one visit me last night.
Wonderful write.
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What fantastic imagery invoked within this amazing acrostic. Am in awe of this piece. Will be very surprised if this poem doesn't do really well. Good luck in the contest.
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this is like when I was a kid and every sound at night was scary, at least that's what I thought when I read it.
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This poem relates quite well to the contest prompt. It is a little spooky, but not too much. Great job, and thanks so much for entering. Blessings, Patty
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well expressed...
Best wishes,
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This was amazing!!
Loving the the ditty sounding ness of this...
Loving the fact that it rhymes, often VERY hard to do within the constraints of an acrostic...!
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Shancy was your judge for the contest… it was a nice piece… I really enjoyed reading it... and I love the title...thank you for entering and participating in our contest and good luck,
~luminescence
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I am going to be quick to comment since the volume of entries is so high. Your score, Title: 8 Diction: 5 Syntax: 6 Wowness factor:3 Total: 22. Thank you so much for entering and participating. Good luck. Shancy.
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Not bad. The rhyme, I personally thought was a little forced. Other than that, it's not bad. Thank you for entering the PREWRITE PARTY!!
Luv,
~Candy
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this was pretty good for a short piece
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This was so cute, I read it twice. (Cute is not derogatory, I just like the way it flowed and the message). Thank you for your entry. -N
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Well, I'll be. I didn't see this as an acrostic until after I read the comment above me. That's neat. Very good job on disquising this acrostic. So many that I read here on this site makes it very obvious, thus taking away from the 'meat' of the poem.
Nice job.
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I did not see this as an acrostic poem when I read it and only picked up on after I read a comment or two. I then reread it and saw where you were coming from and then going to! You have an interesting way of seeing the unseeable for your young age!
Keep on writing! joy
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no problem lol trys to be a good christian girl every one seems to think im older be 12 soon!
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So sorry about the innapropriate comment did not realize you were 11 years old...........thought I was suppose to critique the poems honestly.........didnt realize there was a possiblility of there being children poets!(how foolish of me) I will delete my previous comment ok? so sorry........
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My point being, I loved the poem after I realized what it was about. Not accusing you of anything, just an honest critique of my own insight. I said, thats where the poem took me..............not that the poet was what I felt from the poem.
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this one has pictures www.anomalies-unlimited.com/Shadow_Person.html
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no um you dont have the meaning yet then, check my age im not on drugs and im not sick in the head with delusions en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shadow_people this will tell you what i mean
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Rhyming was a bit forced but the poem was good.Thanks for entering and best of luck
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I liked that this acrostic was rhyming. It was an interesting read. Keep on writing!
LittleAnn
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Deep!
Wow I love this thank u so much for sharing it is wonderful! Good luck in the contest!
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This is a very good write that you had penned here your rhythm flowed beautifully good luck in the contest
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Again you have taken the challenge and faced it head on, not easy again to get an acrostic into a good poem, you have done both, again, praise where praise is due... well done
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AWSOME POEM!
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keep up the great work!!!!!!
this was awosome
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i can see thangs like ded peoples spits i here voices to it dot scare me much
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ok shadow people are when there is no light to cast a shadow and yet a human formed shadow darts around its a kinda ghost
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pretty good write. I like how it went straight to the point and described the title right away as well as hearing a voice as I read. nice, see you!
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don't have a clue of what shadow people are please let me know but this is a well written poem easy to read words flow with the ease of a good poem
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hi
nice write!!
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Another pretty acrostic. Good luck in the contest and thanks for the enrty Keep writing..
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Great acrostic I really like the rhyming and the poem flows good too. Very descriptive too. Good luck
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Shadow people, know them alright... A very good descriptive write and very good acrostic... you have set a very high standard... again good luck............
Kate
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Oh, this is a good secription of them! You used a good rhyming pattern throughout the poem, very well done Spirit-4gotten! I wish you lots of luck on teh contest!
Susie
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