Horror Is a Kind of Play

November 2, 2018

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Each week we examine a theme from a variety of points of view. The theme for this week is Halloween, which is celebrated on Oct. 31.

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A Halloween poem about the real-life function of Halloween horror:

Horror is a kind of play,

A need to undergo

Life along the borderline,

Lest death be just a name.

On Halloween we dream away

What wailing we well know,

Enchanted by the danger sign

Each savors up and down the spine,

Near haunts that are no game.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Halloween

10/29: Brooms Inspire Restless Witches

10/30: Happy, Happy Halloween

10/31: Have a Look in the Mirror of Your Dreams

11/1: Hobgoblins Know the Proper Way to Dance

11/2: Horror Is a Kind of Play