Trick or Treat: Bats Night Out—Poem in Two Voices By Janie Reinart

Congratulations to Susanna Hill for the 10th Annual Hallowensie Contest. Write a 100 word story for children using the words skeleton, creep, and mask. Thank you, Susanna for the treat of writing and reading all the entries.

Trick or Treat: Bats Night Out—Poem in Two Voices By Janie Reinart

Each person reads a column in this performance piece. Lines said at the same time are written on the same line in both columns. A blank space in the column—reader remains silent. (98 words)

On Halloween                                      On Halloween                                     

when bonfires gleam,                           

                                                               and the moon is masked

by clouds.                                             by clouds.

We carefully creep                               We carefully creep

from places we sleep

                                                                 under bridges, caves and trees.

Swooping,                                               darting,

darting,                                                    swooping                      

in fluttering flight                                    in fluttering flight

our skeleton fingers—

                                                                   stretch webbed wings.

Ride serpentine streams…                     Ride serpentine streams…

 

streams…

                                                                   streams…

searching for our prey.

                                                                  Our tricks of echolocation

transforms us  

                                                                 into eating machines.

treating us to buggy                                                   

                                                                  buggy

buggy cuisine.                                        buggy cuisine.

A cauldron of bats.                                A cauldron

                                                                   of bats.

Bats

Feasting

                                                                   Feasting

Feasting on our night out.                          Feasting on our night out.

12 thoughts on “Trick or Treat: Bats Night Out—Poem in Two Voices By Janie Reinart”

  1. What a lyrical, creative, and delightful visit with Halloween tricks, treats, and bats! Good luck Janie 🙂

  2. I like the way it is written almost in a round. Like bats swirling and circling in the night sky. So lyrical. Nice job!

  3. I love poems in two voices and your is spectacular, Janie! My favorite part was Tricks of echolocation transform us into eating machines treating us to buggy cuisine. This is a winner!

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