Hear the Children Squeal with Fright

October 30, 2019

Dear Subscriber:

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

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A Halloween poem about children’s enjoyment of Halloween fear:

Hear the children squeal with fright,

Anxious pleasure, sheer delight,

Letting go their urge for flight,

Loving fear with all their might,

Old enough to know the rite

Well enough to last the night,

Even though the chest is tight,

Even though the limbs are light,

Now ready for the bliss of blight.

© by Nicholas Gordon

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This week’s theme: Halloween

10/28: Hinder Not the Hobgoblins

10/29: Here Is Neither Here nor There

10/30: Hear the Children Squeal with Fright