Third Thursdays in the Sacramento Room
Thursday, October 19 at the Central Library
828 I Street, 12 Noon
Mary Zeppa and Lawrence Dinkins host
Mr. Macklin draws the shade
And lights the candle in Jack’s skull.
Then all the inside dark is made
As spooky and as horrorful
As Halloween..
–David McCord
October is
when you can be ghost,
a witch,
a creature from outer space…
almost anything!
And the neighbors, fearing tricks,
give you treats.
—Bobbi Katz
October: the month in which Spooky! Eerie! Ghostly! Weird! Scary! and Spine-chilling! are exclamations of praise. On October 19, bring your favorite poems (preferably by a writer other than yourself) evoking, exploring, embodying or embracing some aspect of the spooky, the eerie or the spine-chilling. Or! Bring poems elucidating, illuminating or epitomizing some aspect of “tricks” or “treats”. Cast your net wide. Think metaphorically as well as literally.. Let your mind (and your senses) run free.
