In Verses & Song

Waking in darkened gloom,  I work by the light of a blood red moon, Mixing a potion delicious with fright,  Its green liquid gleaming in wolf's moonlight.  Thick with goo my cauldron bubbles, My wand casts a spell; in size it doubles. Add a pinch of spiders, frog toe, eye of newt, Now dog's tongue, bat wool and dragon's fruit, The children sleep soundly til' a howling they hear, Then up from above, six small eyes appear. Hee-hee-hee! I cackle. Add a slip of yew. Three heads shall deliciously add to my brew! You can also read Witch's Brew, along with other scary stories & poems, on Storyberries.com !  Halloween Stories & Poems for Kid on Storyberries Thank you for visiting my Author Blog. Have a safe & spooky Halloween!   -Stacie 

The White Lady of Kinsale by Stacie Eirich  Silent and sorrowful, she haunts the soldiers of Charles Fort at their posts, floating above its ramparts, a bride in an ivory wedding dress, willowy and pale. Lithe and mournful, she strikes fear and sadness into their hearts, raven hair and ebony eyes, an eerie shadow spied on moonlit nights. Melancholy and doleful, she weeps in wretched quietude, above tumultuous Irish seas, peering over the rocky cliffs of Kinsale. Desolate and woeful, she dwells within its ruins for centuries - still, forever young, a frail specter eternally grieving her lost love. 💔 *This  poem was inspired by the word "Haunted" and is based on the famous 17th century legend of the White Lady of Kinsale, Ireland. She was a young bride who committed suicide on her wedding night after finding her husband dead (at the hand of her father), jumping off the ramparts of Charles Fort in County Cork. Her ghostly spirit, dr...