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The Bones Of Halloween
A Haunted Villanelle for The Spooky Season Challenge by S.A. Crawford
This is a villanelle for the Spooky Season Challenge by S.A. Crawford which you can read about and join in here.
The music is JohnCarppenter's "Halloween Theme"
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These Are The Bones Of Halloween
The Darkness Comes, Benighted Moon
Spirits And Ghosts Are Seen / Unseen
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An Open Grave Where Ghouls Have Been
White Skulls By Spider Webs Festooned
These Are The Bones Of Halloween
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Trick Or Treat, And Knock A Door Run
The Children They Can Have Their Fun
Spirits And Ghosts Are Seen / Unseen
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Vampires, Bats And Blood That Will Run
Beheaded Monks, Witches Commune
These Are The Bones Of Halloween
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Murdered Corpses, And Knives That Gleam
Severed Hands, And Limbs That Are Hewn
Spirits And Ghosts Are Seen / Unseen
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In A Gothic Church, Horrors Seen
Witches, Warlocks, Reading The Runes
These Are The Bones Of Halloween
Spirits And Ghosts Are Seen / Unseen
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Comments (11)
I am so excited for spooky season!! Nice Mike!
This is excellent and so skilfully done. π
Truly spooky! Well done!! π
This is fantastic - it has so much atmosphere and spookiness :D I love it!
Oooo, I loved this dark villanelle so much! Excellent poem for the challenge!
Frightfully good, Mike. A real scream of a villanelle.
Well done, Mike! You captured the Halloween spirit well!
This is great, Mike. Well done.
Super spooky season poem!!! Love it!!!πβ₯οΈ
Great Villanelle. Perfectly spooky.
This was wonderfully spooky, and I just loved the wording. What a well-written piece :) This begs to be read aloud.