Saturday, September 17, 2011

Autumn Lullaby


My grandkids just took off for a soccer game, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to get down with the Saturday Centus. Since Jenny was a little bit wicked this week (requesting lyrics to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star), I decided to go gruesome. The prompt, as always, is in red.

Autumn Lullaby
to the tune of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star

In the autumn, goblins howl.
Ghosts and ghouls are on the prowl.

Leaves are bleeding red and gold.
Hallow's Eve looms dark and cold.

Witches streak across the moon.
Sleep, my darling. Sleep and swoon.

32 comments:

Cheryl said...

Aw, that's sweet, Sue.

Rawknrobyn.blogspot.com said...

Another gem, Sue. I love the imagery and am humbled by your poetry. It should replace the original song.
xoRobyn

Brian Miller said...

so cool...you know i grew up with a cemetery in my back yard...sorry the pic took me there...think i will take a nap in autumns lap now....

Kathy Felsted Usher said...

This is fantastic! A spooky one. Love it.

Erika said...

Great take on the prompt--I like cooler temps but not all the spookiness.

jabblog said...

Now this I like - but not a song to send a babe to sweet sleep;-)

Lynn said...

That's too fun, love the pics:@)

Unknown said...

Wonderful! I sang it and it sounded great!

Grandma Honey said...

Creepy.
You continue to amaze me in what a multi faceted brain you have. :)

Judie said...

Yow! Pretty spooky, Sue! The photos you chose are excellent!!

Anonymous said...

Well now you are just so clever and how you manage to keep coming up with so many wonderful things on such short notice astounds me. I love this little song. Hugs

CB said...

I love the imagery! Definately my favorite time of year and this just made me happy! Boo!

Karen Mortensen said...

Awesome as always. Gave me the chills.

Ames said...

Sleep? With a scary image like that how could she? Look at the fear in that poor childs eyes!
Ha ha!~Ames

Amy said...

Hahahaha! Just getting evil back at her, I see? I love your poems. You amaze me that you can just whip them out like you do. Absolutely amazing.

Nonna said...

Awesome job Sue !

No matter what Jenny throws at us, you excel brilliantly every time. We are visiting our grandkids next month and I might just sing this cute poem / song to them since it will be so close to Halloween !

cj Schlottman said...

Perfectly written and beautifully illustrated!

Namaste.........cj

PS - Thanks for your comment on "In The Ditch!"

karen said...

I loved that! Kind of sweet and creepy all at the same time. Can't you just picture it being sung by a spooky children's chorus as background for a scary movie?

Bargain Decorating with Laurie said...

Excellent, Sue. I was able to sing it in my head (T-T Little Star is never going to leave my head after today). Great pictures too. laurie @ Battling My Inner Critic

Unknown said...

Oh Miss Sue, you clever one
penned a tune, a spooky one!

With haunting words taking flight
making this one scary night!

Matching pics with words of flair
reappearing in nightmares!

<3

Viki said...

How fun your centus was. I really enjoyed that you wrote about Halloween. Great spooky centus.

Barbara Rosenzweig said...

Glad that you enjoyed my white rose!

Great post and super music!

Unknown said...

Love this spooky little gem!

LeAnn said...

Loved the poem and the pictures; it was awesome.
You are so good at writing poetry. Have you ever published a book of your poetry? If you haven't you should.
Blessings to you and keep on enjoying those sweet family moments!

4 Lettre Words said...

That is too fun!

Unknown said...

Great poetry. It's even singable. But is it something for the little ones?
Maybe.
Best wishes,
Anna
Anna's SC wk 72'In the Autumn'

Susan Anderson said...

This was just for fun, Anna. I wouldn't really use it as a lullaby for children.

(Not for my children, anyway. This would have given them nightmares with their fertile imaginations!)

;)

Anonymous said...

Great SC!! Halloween is fun!! =)

Dazee Dreamer said...

oh my gosh. I freaking loved your song. Way to go.

Caroline said...

Spooooooky!

What I love about you is the diversity of your writing: you can write sweet, clever, poignant, beautiful AND even slightly spooky/fun poems. So talented, Sue!

:)

anitamombanita said...

FAntastic!!

Jenny said...

I bow down to your superior writing, rhyming and illustration skills.

Seriously.

This was totally amazing!

I think gradeschools need to adopt this version!