A Midwestern Halloween Night
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Superheroes, ghosts, and ghouls
All roam the city’s streets together
With pretty, pink princesses
Bundled up against the weather.
They sneak and they skip
House to house, begging for candy,
Their plastic pumpkin pendulums swing
And parents keep the pillowcases handy.
They lug them to their homes
With goodies clear to the brim.
A wee vampire cries he’s tired,
And so his father carries him.
A lone wrapper blows along
In the breath of the frigid North Wind.
Siblings haggle and parents shush
All arguments to an end.
Bundled in winter jammies,
The yawns multiply far and wide.
Parents tuck the young ones in
And bid a Midwestern goodnight.
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Paula Frew
Transplanted from Ohio to Kentucky to be near her only daughter and three young grandsons, the author wrote her first poem in the fourth grade. She fell in love with the form and was first published in an anthology at fourteen. A battle with multiple sclerosis has caused her to find her home in a nursing home, where she has found time to craft her poetry as well as time to teach writing to other residents. She has been published in several literary magazines and anthologies, including Ohio Bards and The Walt Whitman Anthology.
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