Is it really true that Halloween will be here in just a week? The calendar insists it is so. Therefore, I’m sharing a poem I wrote two years ago, inspired by the style of the lofty Robert Burns. Prepare yourself for whimsy!
Also, my final Book Signing Event for 2014 will be held at Hastings in Norman, OK, tomorrow evening from 6pm-8pm. Come get your book signed, chat with the author (that's me!), take a free bookmark, and enter to win a gift card. I’m so looking forward to seeing you there! These events always allow me to meet new people and fellow book-lovers, which I enjoy so much. Of course, I'm also looking forward to seeing some familiar faces!
The Kit and the Kettle
by Natasha Wittman
All black and lithe, the young kit hides
among the rocks and brittle grain
where brave barn cats with kippers had
may dip their dainty paws in rain.
Against the sleeping dog she rubs her back
and purrs while scuttling from the eaves.
A pause beneath the bush and limbs, her fluffy tush
she feathers ‘gainst the thickest bark and leaves.
While in the house, the Humming Wife
a white-haired matron sighs,
and sets upon the stove the metal pot,
a kettle for her tea and rye.
The aproned Misses muses still
and hastens to the rising shrill;
the whistle whines and streams its steam,
-The Melodic Spout begins to sing!
‘Til Naughty Kit jumps o’er the flame
and tackles by her mettle, Great Metallic Beast
-The Brute! She conquers the cruelest
the meanest, The Steamest!
More peril than all her past pursuits!
She hisses ‘mid the boiling brew, until
-Alas! the Kit has killed the Kettle
and the Whistler has become the Mute.
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Did you know there is a section in Wolves and Men about Halloween?
What are some of your favorite Halloween traditions?
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