At 9 o'clock we planned to meet at Jack O'Lantern Lane there'd be no one to get undone at Jack O'Lantern Lane so we thought, but to our surprise the lane was packed with ghosts chatty ghost clowns rowdy ghost town the lane was packed with ghosts stirring the cauldron, the witches added to the bedlam incantation no cessation added to the bedlam spooked out of wits and sanity we rebuked each other stampede of feet ran down the street we rebuked each other the witching hour came to a halt our eyes look--petrified the ghosts in guise, revel with cries our eyes look-- petrified © 2022 selmamartin.com
Written for Sammi for the days I missed for the 13 Days of Samhain prompts for The Thinning of The Veil.
28-Day 9 – Jack O’Lantern Lane 🎃
29-Day 10 – Ghost Town 👻
30-Day 11 – Stirring The Cauldron 🧙
31-Day 12 – Spooked 😱
01-Day 13 – The Witching Hour 🕰
Better late than never. And I know it’s lacking in the rhyme scheme, so I cannot call it a Roundabout Poem, plus the extra stanza disqualifies it, but it’s a take off the Roundabout form. I broke the rules but did the best I can do today. Please let me know what you think on the day that marks the end of summer, the harvest, and the beginning of the dark time of the year.
Thanks, Sammi. This was tremendous fun. I’ll look forward to it again next year…
Thanks for reading, everyone. Happy Samhain. Happy new month/new year.
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Excellent poem Selma.
Sadje, you bless me with your presence. Thanks dearly. I bless you back, always. xoxo
Thank you my friend
This was so much fun to read, I found the rhymes just perfect, thanks for sharing!! 🎃
Tricia, so happy you liked it so much. Music and a skip in my step now. Thanks. xoxo
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Sometimes poems pick their own form, refusing to be subdued into conformity. Yours took over, and became a delight!
It is so true what you say. The poem does the choosing. I am so happy you saw such delight in this one. Thanks for being here. I bless you. xoxo
love it Selma! ❣️
So happy you like it, Cindy. Thanks for reading and commenting. xoxo
Only a dark time in the sky, especially if our hearts continue to shine and our smiles brighten our path before us.
May we use the sky light to the best of our advantage 🙂
Hopefully this is so, Jules. Only outside, darkness. Within, light. Thanks for commenting. xoxo
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So nice poem. I like. . very nice rhymes described the day by day. I like.
I’m so grateful for your comment and appreciation, Raj. Hope all is well. I bless you. XoXo
Yes, all is well. H’w u? Selma!
Thanks for the concern, dear friend. Busy BUT All is good 😊 👏
Thanks, friend .
Fantastic poem, Selma. It was such a fun read and I love how you manage to get so many of the prompts to fit together. 🙂
So glad you enjoyed them. Thanks again, Sammi. Great fun. Happy NaNoWriMo to you 👏
Love this <3
Happy to receive this comment. Xoxoxo
Simply a wonderful read, Selma <3 I love the rhythm and how the narrative unfolds.
Thanks kindly, dear Sunra. I appreciate you. XoXo