Posted in Halloween Fun, Poems on October 23, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Of all the nights I love the most
It’s Halloween each night I’d host
I’d spend my life dressed as a ghost
A moaning, wailing, scary ghost….
Last night as I lay deeply sleeping
I was disturbed by footsteps creeping
And the eerie sound of someone weeping
Who was it softly weeping, weeping?
My heart beat with a growing dread
As a spectre formed [...]
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SAMHAIN
“Summer’s end” tis called by the Celts and rightly so,
For the days shorten and the nights lengthen,
A harbinger for the coming Winter’s cold. It is a
Celebration for their New Year, which begins the next
Day… We know its descendant today as O’Hallow’s Eve.
Masks and costumes made from animal heads and skins
Were donned by the Ancients on [...]
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Posted in Links, Poems on October 18, 2007 | 5 Comments »
For Anita Marie–
Today, another creature takes the spotlight, with the help of Lady Gryphon: the Gargoyle.
When we hear the word gargoyle today, we immediately think of frightening or grotesque stone creatures set on top of mansions, museums, old libraries or cathedrals, etc. Supposedly they’re there to frighten off evil spirits or anyone who would do [...]
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