The Poets and Storytellers blog has chosen the apt theme of “Halloween” this week. Here is my contribution:
Halloween
It’s a dark, scary night
Halloween is tonight –
All the ghoulies are out
All the ghosties about…
With a crick and a crack
And a tap on my back
I’m trembling and shaking,
A-fearing and quaking.
It’s a night of the fey
Take care not to stray,
All the witches do sport
All the fiends do cavort.
With a quick step I tread
With a bat on my head:
It’s shrieking and squeaking
And victims it’s seeking.
It’s the dark, stormy night
Of the hag and the sprite –
All the zombies parade,
All the children afraid.
With a shudder and shake
Until dawn wide awake,
I’m quietly abiding
In the dark hiding.
It’s the night full of screams
And of horrible dreams –
All the spectres take flight
All the banshees delight.
With a sob and a sigh
With a throb and a cry,
I’m shuddering, shivering
Queasily quivering
It’s Halloween!
The poem is set to music, and you can find all my music in my “Otidorchestre” channel or listen to it on YouTube, Spotify, Amazon, Deezer, Flo, Pandora, and other music sharing sites.
LOVE the Erma quote!! So true. Your poem is terrific and rivals The Night Before Christmas!!! HO HO HO.
ReplyDeleteI especially like the second last stanza. But also the reference to ghoulies and ghosties at the start. (No 'long-leggitty beasties?)
ReplyDeleteYet I seem to receive more fun than horror! ("How will he set this one to music?' I wondered, as it is different from your usual romantic style – only to find the tune suits it perfectly. I should have expected as much.)
ReplyDeleteDelightful rhymes!
ReplyDeleteOne sees fewer long-leggitty beasties on Halloween night than one used to. Trick-or-treating has evolved from a sport for coltish twelve-year-olds who were feeling transgressive into an entertainment for tots who are dressed up and led around by adults... Actually the adults probably do qualify as long-leggitty beasties.