Challenge
We are approaching Halloween, and not much longer after that will be Thanksgiving, followed by just about everyone’s favorite holiday—Christmas. Thus this challenge is to incorporate all three holidays into a three stanza poem followed by a single line ending. This can be dark, eerie, pleasant, daunting. Possibilities with this can be endless.
Because Prose still has some difficulties determining a winner via most likes, and though this falls under Monarchy, I will choose the winner based on the total amount of likes. The only difference this time is this: If you do not tag me in the comment box, not in your piece—it will not matter how many likes you have, it will not be chosen, so be sure to tag me as @Danceinsilence.
I will start this off so you get an idea or ideas from which to decide how you wish to go with this.
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Gather Near
On a brisk fall night
When the air holds just a bite
Children dart here and there
Asking for candy or a scare
When the leaves have fallen down
And everyone’s back in their hometown
A turkey sits on the table
While we all listen to a fable
When colder fronts move everyone inside
Children stay up, bleary-eyed
Waiting for presents to appear
While ‘Santa’ waits for the ‘all-clear’
And through another year, it holds clear: we love to gather near.