Carve the gourd
Light the wick
Spirits flee
Blend the rite
Bend the right
Blur the sight
Mask the truth
Hallow’s Eve
Trick’s on me
© Jilly’s All Rights Reserved
For Frank J. Tassone’s Challenge #5
Trick or…
Carve the gourd
Light the wick
Spirits flee
Blend the rite
Bend the right
Blur the sight
Mask the truth
Hallow’s Eve
Trick’s on me
© Jilly’s All Rights Reserved
For Frank J. Tassone’s Challenge #5
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Haiku Happenings #7: Jilly draws first blood on my #Haikai Challenge #5: Halloween!
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You carved it brilliantly, Jilly! (pun?) Every witch way I read it, it glows. Great job!
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(Snort!) Thank you, Sir Punny!
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Hahaha! Yes!
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Fangtastic, Jilly!
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Thanks!
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After following the link you sent me, I read about how the Church (capital C) co-opted the pagan “rite” and tried to sanctify it. Now this makes so much more sense! Definitely “blend the rite / bend the right / blur the sight.” We’ve created more trouble than we’ve solved. A strong lesson in a short write. Great job!
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I love how that middle stanza slams on the breaks and makes you really read closely and think. Very cool!
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Thank you! Exactly my intent.
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