Pumpkin
a hollowed out,
rictus grin
placed prominently
at this liminal time
a curious crossroads
of old and new
with but a cursory nod
to the peaceful host
frail shelter
from this Samhain storm
a rail of russet leaves
and borne
the broken limbs
of oak
and scorned
a single flame,
faltering.
©Andrew James Murray
City Jackdaw
Notes on a life
City Jackdaw 
Lovely poem, Andy. Happy Halloween/Samhain!
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Thanks Mary. Hope you had a good day.
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That’s an awesome Halloween poem!! Thank you!
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You have it in your book so can return to it every Halloween 🙂 Thank you.
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A good one from your book! Very appropriate!
Hope you had a great Halloween.
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Plans were affected by one of those vomiting bugs that invaded our home 😦 Thankfully was only a twenty four hour thing.
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Oh no!!! Hope everyone feels better.
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James since suffered a relapse, but (whisper it) we seem to have got through it.
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