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All Hallows Eve "ALL HALLOWS EVE", THE FARMER SAID, "A NIGHT OF NOISES, FEAR AND DREAD. A TIME WHEN SPOOKS AND GHOSTS APPEAR. THAT EVE WHICH EVEN STRONG HEARTS FEAR!!" "I'M NOT ASCARRED" THE YOUNG LAD SAID. "THERE'S NO SUCH THINGS BENEATH MY BED, AND IF THERE WAS, I'D SCREAM AND YELL, TURN ON MY LIGHTS AND RING THIS BELL." "JUST WHAT'S THAT BELL SUPPOSED TO DO?' THE FARMER ASKED WITH MUCH ADIEU. "IT'S MAGICAL, AND MEANT TO CHASE THE DEVIL BACK TO THAT HOT PLACE!" "THAT'S QUITE A TALE" THE FARMER SAID. "NOW AS FOR WHAT'S BENEATH YOUR BED, YOU REALLY THINK SOME LIGHTS AND BELLS WILL SEND THEM RUNNING BACK TO H..L?" "YOU BETCHA, SURE!" THE LAD REPLIED, "THE SOUNDS AND BRIGHT LIGHTS HURT THEIR EYES." "THAT'S QUITE A TALE, INDEED A YARN, BUT I HAVE SPOOKS INSIDE MY BARN." "BARN GHOSTS ARE QUITE ANOTHER BUNCH. THEY SCREECH AND HOWL, AND THUMP AND CRUNCH." YOU THINK YOUR LIGHT AND BELL WILL WORK, TO CHASE THEM OUT FROM WHERE THEY LURK. "DON'T KNOW THE LAD SAID." NOW DISTRESSED, "PERHAPS THEY'RE MAD, OR JUST POSSESSED? OR MAYBE TRAPPED INSIDE THE HAY, AND FEARFUL OF THE LIGHT OF DAY!" "INSIDE THE HAY, NOW THAT WOULD SOLVE THE QUESTION OF THE COWS RESOLVE. YOU SEE, THE COWS, INSTEAD OF MOO, ALL HOLLOWS EVE AS ONE, HOWL BOO!" |
Additional Notes:
From my daughter, when she was 4, when I told her cows say moo, she said "Not today daddy." I asked why not, and she said "On Holloween the cows say "BOO"...Our kids are always teaching us something...{She's 21 and is still educating me.}
This Poem was Critiqued By: Nancy Ann Hemsworth On Date: 2006-12-04 19:33:59
Critiquer Rating During Critique: 10.00000
This is just delightful..love the way it flows and your rhyme scheme. glad I came across it.