Halloween
I’m not afraid on Halloween
Because my Mother said
I should not fear those funny things
But laugh at them instead.
For orange faces in the night
That stare with eyes so wide,
Are only pumpkins on a porch
With candlelight inside.
And there are no such things as ghosts . . .
Those figures shining white,
Are only children just like me
Wrapped up in sheets so tight.
I do not fear a single thing
On Halloween you see,
Because I know they really are
Not what they seem to be.
For ghosts and goblins, witches, spooks,
And other scary folks
We hear about on Halloween
Are really only jokes.
By Cora May Preble
Cora May Preble was born on 2 March 1893 in Benton, Kennebec County, Maine, United States of America. She became a writer and a poet. Cora May Preble passed on at 83 years of age on 26 March 1976 in Lynwood, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.
I’m not afraid on Halloween
Because my Mother said
I should not fear those funny things
But laugh at them instead.
For orange faces in the night
That stare with eyes so wide,
Are only pumpkins on a porch
With candlelight inside.
And there are no such things as ghosts . . .
Those figures shining white,
Are only children just like me
Wrapped up in sheets so tight.
I do not fear a single thing
On Halloween you see,
Because I know they really are
Not what they seem to be.
For ghosts and goblins, witches, spooks,
And other scary folks
We hear about on Halloween
Are really only jokes.
By Cora May Preble
Cora May Preble was born on 2 March 1893 in Benton, Kennebec County, Maine, United States of America. She became a writer and a poet. Cora May Preble passed on at 83 years of age on 26 March 1976 in Lynwood, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America.
