Friday, October 30, 2009

Poetry Friday: Halloween Edition






In honor of all things spooky and Halloween-ish, I give you a favorite from the incomparable Shel Silverstein. "Batty the Bat" was the very first poem I ever memorized--I proudly learned it by heart in first grade!

"Batty the Bat"
by Shel Silverstein

The baby bat
Screamed out in fright,
'Turn on the dark,
I'm afraid of the light.'

2 comments:

  1. Oh, that makes me feel old...you learned this in the 1st grade! Still, it doesn't get better than SSilverstein!

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  2. What a cute poem! Happy Halloween.

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