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Writing My First Halloween Poem |
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On Writing My First Halloween
Poem
On Halloween I went to bed
but thoughts kept oozing through
my head,
and so I stayed awake all night
to write a poem by candlelight.
The shadows on the wall did
creep,
like demons thwarting me from
sleep.
With pounding heart I sat
upright
and wrote the poem by
candlelight.
It seemed each flutter of the
flame
flicked images too weird to
name.
With trembling hand I dared to
write
and wrote the poem by
candlelight.
The wind was like an eerie moan
that chilled my flesh, my soul,
my bone,
but bravely I embraced my fright
and wrote the poem by
candlelight.
Copyright © 1997 Ruth Gillis
Previously
published in the Spring 1997
issue
of The Candlelight Poetry
Journal
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