Annuity Of A...
/Whether or not you live in…
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…they tell always say you’re from Hell
(unaware you’re a neighbor they knew very well),
but Halloween’s over…
By Ken Gosse
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A Witch’s Riches…
/Revisiting the Hansel and Gretel…
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…the true story—no crumb has been faked.
The witch filled her pantry, each cookie was flaked,
but this witchly rich fare left her cravings…
By Ken Gosse
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/A one-sentence tale of terror…
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…the legends of ancient sagas, it was a tenet of the madam of their unorthodox civic group, whom they lovingly referred to as “Mom,” that on each Halloween at midnight, exactly twelve hours after noon, they would team up with pals and slap each other silly…
By Ken Gosse
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/Kids poem, inspired by…
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…moon is hanging
Exactly out there,
Up in the…
By Petrouchka Alexieva
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/In 1711, Alexander Pope…
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…the last stroke of midnight,
foolhardy miscreants take on a dare.
Pretty soon lunatics vanish…
By Ken Gosse
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/Where No Man Has Returned Before ...
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…it seemed obscene to not accept a dare
and then display, to friends’ dismay, an air of laissez-faire.
Just close your eyes and realize the…
By Ken Gosse
Read MoreA Sourdough Sonnet
/Beware the Beast in your Yeast
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…Cookie Man appeared each Halloween
and joined the children seeking tricks or treats;
long after dark, he’d shadow every…
By Ken Gosse
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