A nursery rhyme to scare wee children on Halloween, written in the form of a villanelle.
All Hallows Night
On this dark All Hallows Night,
Witches on their broomsticks leap
As phantoms gather out of sight;
Ghosts that haunt in shrouds of white,
From ‘neath the blankets children peep
On this dark All Hallows Night;
Werewolves howl and vampires bite,
Sipping blood from wounds that weep
As phantoms gather out of sight;
Pumpkin mask of demon wight,
Little devils trick or treat
On this dark All Hallows Night;
Goblins come to steal the light,
Banshees wail in darkness deep
As phantoms gather out of sight;
Manic laughter causes fright,
From the graveyard, zombies creep,
On this dark All Hallows Night
As phantoms gather out of sight
A poem by Mysteral.
© September 2008
Form for this poem is a villanelle. Repetition of the first and third lines of the first tercet in alternate tercets and together at the ending is required by the form as a refrain.
