STUDY IN FALL: HALLOWEEN

When I was a child, I memorized this Halloween poem and would sing it around the house the entire month of October. Now it's available in a children's book beautifully illustrated by Greg Couch.

 Halloween
by Harry Behn

Tonight is the night when dead leaves fly,

Like witches on switches across the sky,

When elf and sprite flit through the night on a moony sheen.

Tonight is the night when leaves make a sound

Like a gnome in his home under the ground,

When spooks and trolls creep out of holes mossy and green.

Tonight is the night when pumpkins stare

Through sheaves and leaves everywhere,

When ghouls and ghosts and goblin host  

 Dance round their queen,

It's Halloween.

I hope your Halloween is filled with more treats than tricks, most them chocolate!