Category: Halloween

Monday Musing, Week 44

10/31/2022

It's Halloween. Have you ever taken a dare on Halloween?

Addison W. Lee House, constructed 1888.

This house was around the corner from my childhood home (1958-1963). As a child, I was afraid of a tiny old woman and her St. Bernand who lived in a house down the street from my house.
I was convinced this woman was a witch and that she would cast spells on the neighborhood houses. (The lights in those houses would be out at night if she hast put her spell on them).

Carrie Clickard was a guest author at Today's Little Ditty, in 2017. She challenged us to write a poem about a person, place, or thing which scared or spooked you as a child.

Michelle Barnes, selected the poem below to be part of her collection, The Best of Today's Little Ditty: 2017-2018, published in 2019.

I moved from Monrovia in 1963. It was that year that this magnificent house was torn down, making way for a housing development,

Poetry Friday: Oidhche Shamhna (Halloween Night)

10/29/2020

Did you know? Snèap (turnips) were the first Jack O' Lanterns.

Tuesday in Scottish Gaelic class, I found some Halloween phrases and worked to create a "found" poem with them.

Oidhche Shamhna
by Jone Rush MacCulloch

a' ghealach os cionn
fuaim na gaoithe
bidh taibhsean agus uilebheistean ann
ruith
air slighe lanntairean snèap
Oidhche Shamhna

Halloween Night
by Jone Rush MacCulloch

the moon above
the sound of the wind
ghosts and monsters are
running
on the turnip latern path
Halloween Night

If you ever want to know what ELL (English Language Learners) go through, I suggest learning a new language. I decided to record my poem. Halting, unsure, hesitant but I did it. You can find it here: https://youtu.be/eoxf6n8-pNo. Enjoy.

Head on over to Linda at TeacherDance who is hosting our Halloween Eve Poetry Friday posts.
Linda has a prose poem and another, "Sill Halloween". Enjoy.

WINNER, WINNER, PUMPIN PIE DINNER: JAMA, you won a copy of THIS POEM IS A NEST. Congrats!

Monday Musing, Week 44

Poetry Friday: Oidhche Shamhna (Halloween Night)

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Monday Musing, Week 44

Poetry Friday: Oidhche Shamhna (Halloween Night)

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