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Halloween Poems by Every Writer on September 30, 2017 The Grand Illusion by Maggie Pena2017-09-30T01:58:31+00:00

The Grand Illusion by Maggie Pena

The Grand Illusion by Maggie Pena I’m sitting alone in the corner of a room- darkness all around, but light above- from somewhere it comes, that little bit, from somewhere unseen, the light emits. It…

Halloween Poems by Every Writer on September 17, 2017 On Cooking Krakens by Julie Irigaray2017-09-17T18:45:08+00:00

On Cooking Krakens by Julie Irigaray

On Cooking Krakens by Julie Irigaray The stalls of Italian markets display four different types of octopus and five sizes of squids with glassy eyes – piteous nautilus from Hokusai’s erotica. I learned with practice…

Halloween Poems by Every Writer on September 2, 2017 The Vampire and the Ball by Rebecca L. Snowe2017-09-02T03:57:50+00:00

The Vampire and the Ball by Rebecca L. Snowe

The Vampire and the Ball by Rebecca L. Snowe Dresses, jewels, mirrors, chandelier. A human’s ball is a vampire’s feast. But first a victim to find, One who is young and fresh. He sees her…

Classic Poems by Every Writer on October 30, 2012 Hallowe’en by Joel Benton (1896)2017-07-11T21:24:06+00:00

Hallowe’en by Joel Benton (1896)

Hallowe'en by Joel Benton (1896) Pixie, kobold, elf, and sprite All are on their rounds to-night, In the wan moon's silver ray Thrives their helter-skelter play. Fond of cellar, barn, or stack True unto the…

Halloween Poems by Every Writer on October 25, 2012 Hallowe’en by A. F. Murray2017-07-11T17:21:30+00:00

Hallowe’en by A. F. Murray

Hallowe'en by A. F. Murray (First appeared in Harper's Weekly) A gypsy flame is on the hearth, Sign of this carnival of mirth. Through the dun fields and from the glade Flash merry folk in…

1800s Poetry by Every Writer on October 14, 2010 The Haunted Oak by Paul Laurence Dunbar2017-07-11T05:40:47+00:00

The Haunted Oak by Paul Laurence Dunbar

THE HAUNTED OAK by Paul Laurence Dunbar Pray why are you so bare, so bare, Oh, bough of the old oak-tree; And why, when I go through the shade you throw, Runs a shudder over…

1800s Poetry by Every Writer on October 10, 2010 THE VAMPIRE by Rudyard Kipling2017-07-12T01:36:46+00:00

THE VAMPIRE by Rudyard Kipling

THE VAMPIRE by Rudyard Kipling (The verses?as suggested by the painting by Philip Burne Jones, first exhibited at the new gallery in London in 1897.) . A fool there was and he made his prayer…

1800s Poetry by Every Writer on September 25, 2010 Sleepy Hollow by William Ellery Channing2017-07-11T04:10:31+00:00

Sleepy Hollow by William Ellery Channing

William Ellery Channing (1818 ?1901) SLEEPY HOLLOW No abbey's gloom, nor dark cathedral-stoops, No winding torches paint the midnight air; Here the green pines delight, the aspen droops Along the modest pathways, and those fair…

1700s by Every Writer on February 19, 2010 To Autumn by John Keats2017-07-12T01:04:16+00:00

To Autumn by John Keats

John Keats (1795-1821) To Autumn SEASON of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To…

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