Moonlight Halloween
A frost chilled dim moonlight night
Putrid air, no stars in sight
Just sheer black sky’s we have
and eerie sounds that shout out “MAD”
It’s moonlight Halloween
It started out as a Christian festival
Priests and Rector’s in their vestibules
The congregation on All Hallows’ Eve
Candles lit for the graves of the dead
No meat eaten, soul cakes instead
Then came change, like telling stories
Of hauntings, evil spirits, and anything gory
Jack ‘o lanterns lit for trick or treating
Witch hats, spells, faces bleeding
Pumpkins, bonfires, apple bobbing
Folk so scared their hearts are throbbing
Both fear and excitement fill the air
As we wonder what’s going on out there?
Divination, magic, the horrific
Electric atmosphere, panic and shock
Mischief makers, trepidation and fright
On this frost chilled and scary night
Not a soul out there to be seen
On a bleak, black Moonlight Halloween
Is this what we all expected and feared?
It’s as if they all just disappeared!
The Urban Poet 2018
Rick Varden
Wed 31st Oct 2018 23:15
Thank you,
I think you will find it’s the other way round but I’m not that precious about it really. All Souls’ Day dates back to 609AD and there were Christian traditions (like the original Christmas) that simply got changed or are influenced by Celtic or Germanic practices. However there is no doubt about where the Halloween name originated (All Hallows’ Eve) All Souls Day is 1st November, it’s just the traditions that have been merged or changed, over the years like Christmas and Easter.