SCIENCE, MEDICAL, LAW, HUMOR, CHILDREN

JACK AND JILL AND HALLOWEEN

JACK AND JILL AND HALLOWEEN

[A poem for children]



Once Jack and Jill
Had a pastil
Made for the Halloween.
They side by side,
Did hide inside,
A hollow tree trunk clean.

But then night came
And Jack became
Afraid and struck a match.
Lo, and behold,
From it an old,
And smiling ghost did hatch!

The ghost said I
Won’t hurt. Don’t cry.
I’m hungry give me bread.
Both Jack and Jill
Gave their pastil
And from there, trembling, fled.



• Written in aabccb 4-4-6-4-4-6 format.

• Related poem: "JACK AND JILL FLY A KITE" 

* My other poems for children are at:

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M C Gupta
17 October 2005