One of the many perks of being married to a Riding, is that I get to be involved in their many, many random/awesome/fun/outrageous/hilarious/unique parties!
That being said, this year, we spent Halloween trying something new.
Michael's brothers had this brilliant idea to have a Halloween Poetry reading.
One would come to the party dressed in costume, and read a poem about their costume.
It turned out to be such a fun way to spend Halloween!
As you can tell, all the poems turned out to be funny!
J U S T A S A S I D E N O T E: This one of the things I fell in love with quickly!
If any of you have heard Michael laugh, you know what I am talking about.
When he really gets going, his laugh turns into more of a high pitched squeal, that he can't control! It seriously brings joy to my life and is absolutely contagious!
Michael worked really hard on our poem, and although we didn't in a prize, it was definitely my favorite! He thought out every line, and even made pictures to go with it!
One day he wants to put some work into the pictures and publish it for our family.
A R A C H N O F L O W B I A
T W A S A S U N N Y A F T E R N O O N ,
N O T A T H I N G T O D O B U T T H I N K .
I S T R A I N E D M Y M I N D S O D A R N H A R D
I C O U L D N ' T E V E N B L I N K !
W H O A M I ? W H A T A M I ? W H A T W I LL I B E C O M E ?
' T I S A S T R O N G G O S H D A R N C O N U D R U M ,
W H E R E T H E S E T H O U G H T S W E R E C O M I N G F R O M .
M Y F A T H E R : A P E A S A N T , M Y M O T H E R : R O Y A L ,
M Y S I B L I N G S C A M E I N W A V E S .
B O R N O F B O T H B L O O D L I N E S
C A M E F A R M E R S , W A R R I O R S , A N D K N A V E S .
S O W H A T I S I T ?
I T H O U G H T T O M Y S E L F W I T H M Y E L B O W U P O N M Y K N E E ,
A N A N T ? A M A N T I S ? A C O C K R O A C H ?
O R M A Y B E E V E N A B E E ?
N O , N O , N O !
I F U M E D , I C A N ' T B E O N E O F T H E Y!
F O R I F I W E R E , A N D I K N E W I W A S N ' T,
T H E N T H E R A I N W O U L D S W E E P M E A W A Y!
O H W A I T , H O L D O N , J U S T A M O M E N T ,
J U S T A M O M E N T P L E A S E !
M Y B R A I N L I K E M O V I N G P I C T U R E S I S
P L A Y I N G M Y M E M O R I E S!
S O M E T H I N G O F A D R A I N P I P E
O R A G U T T E R I R E C A L L ,
C R A W L I N G U P I N A D E A F E N I N G C U R R E N T
I C O U L D N ' T C L I M B A T A L L !
I T W A S D A R K , C O L D , A N D W E T
A N D A F T E R A F E W A T T E M P T S ,
I L A Y A T T H E B O T T O M O F I T S M O U T H
T O T A L L Y A N D E X H A S T I N G L Y S P E N T
I T W A S N ' T U N T I L I F E L T T H E W A R M
S U N L I G H T U P O N M Y F A C E ,
I L O O K E D U P A T T H E D A U N T I N G P I P E
A N D B E G A N T H E A S C E N D I N G R A C E .
I R E M E M B E R N O W !
O H Y E S I D O , W H Y I W A S F L U S H E D O U T ,
I W A S T R Y I N G T O C R A W L U P
A R A I N Y W A T E R S P O U T!
S O O U T C A M E T H E S U N
A N D D R I E D U P A L L T H E R A I N ,
A N D M E : T H E I T S Y B I T S Y S P I D E R
C R A W L E D U P T H E S P O U T A G A I N !
By: Michael Linley Riding
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