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Happy Halloween!
Every year my mom sends us kids and her grandkids this Halloween poem she made up when I as just a kid (so around 40+ years this poem has been around). I remember we had an assignment in third grade to write a Halloween poem, so I saved the time for TV watching and handed hers in instead. (Sorry, Miss Gick!) This wasn't a terrifying poem, but Mom recited it with such conviction that you couldn't help but wonder what her coven designation was--as she was most certainly speaki

Ron Stempkowski
Oct 31, 20171 min read


Mom's Classic Halloween Poem
Every year my mom sends us kids and her grandkids this Halloween poem she made up when I as just a kid (so around 40+ years this poem has been around). I remember we had an assignment in third grade to write a Halloween poem, so I saved the time for TV watching and handed hers in instead. (Sorry, Miss Gick!) This wasn't a terrifying poem, but Mom recited it with such conviction that you couldn't help but wonder what her coven designation was--as she was most certainly speaki

Ron Stempkowski
Oct 31, 20141 min read
My Mom's Personal Brand of Scariness
Sharing this again from last year.

Ron Stempkowski
Oct 31, 20131 min read


My Mom's Personal Brand of Scariness
Every year my mom sends us kids and her grandkids this Halloween poem she made up when I as just a kid (so around 40 years this poem has been around). I remember we had an assignment in third grade to write a Halloween poem, so I saved the time for TV watching and handed hers in instead. (Sorry, Miss Gick!) This wasn't a terrifying poem, but Mom recited it with such conviction that you couldn't help but wonder what her coven designation was--as she was most certainly speakin

Ron Stempkowski
Oct 31, 20121 min read
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