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Open Poetry #45

Hallowe'en Shadows

icebox
Member Elite

since 2003-05-03

Posts 4383
in the shadows

0 posted 2009-11-01 11:49 AM

(Samhain is pronounced "SOW-en")

Samhain,
in days gone by
enough to turn the chilling eye
to any thoughts of peace and safety
for the Christian soul,
now it's but a day of play
as children make their way through parented streets
in wardrobes purchased from a costume man,
with horror reduced to caricatures
of fears that loosed the bladders of our forebears.

©2009 by icebox

Kosmic888
Junior Member

since 2009-11-01

Posts 29
Vancouver Canada

1 posted 2009-11-01 12:20 PM

this is a chilling piece, but it really addresses the 'dark' times we live in, unfortunately. Strong imagery here,and the pacing is wonderful...

Kosmic888

'we are all connected by strings of light'

rachaelfuchsberger

Senior Member

since 2007-02-21

Posts 609
Las Vegas, NV

2 posted 2009-11-01 03:55 PM

I hope your Samhain was a good one. Even WITH the beastly little creatures in their costumes. Blessed be.

Goddess grant me the serenity to accept the things that I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and the wisdom to know the difference.

Margherita
Member Seraphic

since 2003-02-08

Posts 22236
Eternity

3 posted 2009-11-02 04:03 AM

Yes, I agree, nothing remains as it was. Samhain in its celtic origins was certainly a totally different matter.
You caught this as always masterfully, dear Charlie.

Love,
Margherita

Marchmadness
Member Rara Avis

since 2007-09-16

Posts 9271
So. El Monte, California

4 posted 2009-11-02 01:07 PM

Maybe someday we can change all the horrors of the world into something different instead of just exchanging one for another.
Ida

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