Witches of Darkness

Every October my awesome Uncle Felix shares this poem he wrote for Halloween. With All Hallows' Eve being only a few days (or dark nights) away, here is a fun little medley to read with your kiddos. Enjoy!

WITCHES OF DARKNESS

LET ME TELL YOU OF THIS FRIGHTENING TALE
OF THE WITCHES OF DARKNESS THAT ONCE DID PREVAIL
T’WAS A TIME FULL OF MYSTERY, SUPERTISIONS AND FEARS
IN A LAND NOW ABUNDANT WITH SORROW AND TEARS
IN A DENSE CREEPY FOREST, ALOFT ON A HILL
STOOD AN OLD WOODEN CABIN, ONCE PART OF A MILL
IN THE DIMLY LIT STRUCTURE, A SIGHT TO BEHOLD
MANY WITCHES IN CIRCLE, FOUL, UGLY --- OLD!
THEIR SKIN FULL OF WRINKLES, COMPLEXIONS LIKE STONE
HAIR BRIGHTER THAN SILVER, SORES THAT SHOW BONE
BACKS LIKE A HUMPWHALE, HANDS FULL OF WARTS
THEIR FOUL LIPS REPEATING ANCIENT PHRASES OF SORTS
IN THE VILLAGE NEARBY, TOWNSPEOPLE HAVE EARS
STAY AWAY FROM THESE WITCHES AND LIVE MANY YEARS
AS TIME SLOWLY PASSED, THE PEOPLE FORGOT
THOSE WITCHES OF DARKNESS BUT THE WITCHES DID NOT!
THEN ONE NIGHT IT HAPPENED, THE WITCHES CAME DOWN
AND FORMED A HUGE CIRCLE IN THE MIDDLE OF TOWN
WITH ARM WAVING SIGNALS, ANCIENT WITCHCRAFT OF LORE
A SUDDEN EXPLOSION, AN THE TOWN WAS NO MORE
AND TO THOSE WHO HAVE DOUBTS AND FEARLESS OF FRIGHT
REMEMBER THIS POEM ON HOLLOWEEN NIGHT!