October Country's Labyrinthine Halls (in the realm of the mundane aka The Contents)
Being a collection of poems and stories focused on Hallowe'en and Witches and all such things of an Octoberish Nature... and being a collection of vintage ad art and photography... and being a collection of folk art imagery... and being a collection of jokes, riddles and cartoons... and being a celebration of my favorite time of year both real and imaginary...
-- Octoberwych --
October Country USA
Where Caliginous Chaos Reigns
A friend asked - can you maintain a blog about witches and Hallowe'en and Autumn over the course of a year? Short answer - Yep - probably several years... posting every day... stay tuned. Mondays is postcard of the week day, then we have Tombstone Tuesday, Saturday is Sexy Witch Pinup day - Most days are potluck days - whatever I feel like posting which could include creepy trick or treat photos, haunted house photos, vintage ads, memes, quotes, book reviews and more stories and poems or reflections.
Note: Links go live here when articles are posted... sorted by author
Other pages include:
Hallowe'en Reading List
Halloween Movies and Music
Hallowe'en Riddles and Rhymes for the Young at Heart
Hallowe'en Humor mostly for Adults
The Witches Kitchen
Gothic Americana by Octoberwych
Poetry * Prose * Stories * Parables *
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House of Dust, A Symphony (circa 1920) - Conrad Aiken (1889-1973)
All Hallows Eve (circa 1916) - Hartley Burr Alexander (1873–1939)
The Fairies (circa 1850) - William Allingham (1828-1889)
John's Pumpkin (circa 1889) - Mrs Archibald (1800s-1900s)
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Hallowe'en circa 1890s - John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922)
Hallowe'en Failure (circa-1910) - John Kendrick Bangs (1862-1922) pseudonym Carlyle Smith
The Ghost/Ingoldsby Legends (circa 1898) - Richard Harris Barham (1788-1845)
The Witchs' Frolic/Ingoldsby Legends (circa 1898) - Richard Harris Barham (1788-1845)
A Witch - William Barnes (1801-1886)
The Witch of Willowby Wood (circa 1964) - Rowena Bennett (1896-1981)
Witch Cat (circa 1949) - Rowena Bennett (1896-1981)
Hallowe'en (circa 1896) - Joel Benton (1832-1911)
John Bartine's Watch (circa 1893) - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
The Witch's Steed (circa 1890s) - Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914)
The Straw Phantom (circa 1917) - Dorothy Brewer Blackall (1890?-1949)
Beware! (circa 1970) - Lee Blair
Halloween (circa 1900) - Rowland C. Bowman (1870-1903)
Leaves - Elsie N Brady
The Halloween Tree (circa 1972) - Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
The October Game (circa 1948) - Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
Halloween (circa 1910) - Ignatius Brennan (1900s)
The Frightened Path (circa 1920) - Abbie Farwell Brown (1871-1927)
Scarecrow (circa 1920 - Abbie Farwell Brown (1871-1927)
Halloween (circa 1785) - Robert Burns (1759-1796)
Epitaph to a Dog (circa 1808) - George Gordon Byron (1788-1824) for Boatswain (1803-1808) Dog of Lord Byron
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The Eve of All Saints (circa 1891) - Madison J Cawein (1865-1914)
Hallowe'en (circa 1908) - Madison J Cawein (1865-1914)
October (circa 1902) - Madison J Cawein (1865-1914)
The Jack-O'-Lantern (circa 1909) - Madison J Cawein (1865-1914)
The Wood Witch (circa 1900s) - Madison J Cawein (1865-1914)
Origin of the Jack-O'-Lantern (circa 1886) - by Graham Claytor (1800s)
Witches' Song (circa 1948) Elizabeth Jane Coatsworth (1893-1986)
The Witch (circa 1894) - Mary Elizabeth Coleridge (1861-1907)
A Soliloquy of the Full Moon (circa 1800) - Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)
HALLOWE’EN (circa 1842) - Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1818-1896)
hist whist (circa 1923) - by e.e. cummings (1894-1962)
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Halloween Blessing (circa 2007) - Sabrina Dearborn
The Old Huntsman (circa 1916) - Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)
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Desiderata (circa 1927) - Max Ehrman (1872-1945)
Requiem - Ann C Bryn-Evans
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The Witch in the Wintry Wood (circa 1949) - By Aileen Fisher (1906-2002)
A Witch Trial at Mount Holly (circa 1730) - Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790)
Apple Picking - Robert Frost (1874-1963)
Gathering Leaves - Robert Frost (1874-1963)
October (circa 1915) - Robert Frost (1874-1963)
My November Guest (circa 1915) - Robert Frost (1874-1963)
The Demiurge’s Laugh (circa 1915) - Robert Frost (1874-1963)
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The Charge Of The Crone (circa 1998) - Jim Garrison
The Ballad of Hallowe'en (circa 1920) - Theodosia Pickering Garrison (1874-1944)
Ballad: The Ghost, the Gallant, the Gael, and the Goblin (circa 1860s) - W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911)
The Ghosts' High Noon (circa 1912) - W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911)
An Autumn Meditation (circa 1885) - Richard Watson Gilder (1844-1909)
A Song of Early Autumn (circa 1885) - Richard Watson Gilder (1844-1909)
All-Hallow Eve (circa 1884) - Dora Read Goodale (1866 – 1915)
Ghost Music (circa 1917) - Robert Graves (1895-1985)
The Crystal Ball - The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) Wilhelm (1786-1859)
The Old Witch - The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) Wilhelm (1786-1859)
Buckwheat Cakes - Edgar Albert Guest (1881-1959)
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My Spirit Will Not Haunt the Mound (circa 1916) - Thomas Hardy (1840 - 1928)
Autumn Gold - Gladys Harp
A Plantation Witch (circa 1881) - Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908)
Jacky-My-Lantern (circa 1881) - Joel Chandler Harris (1848-1908)
from the Witches of Weir - David L Harrison
Ken's Mystery (circa 1883) - Julian Hawthorne (1846-1934), Son of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
The Haunted Mind (circa 1835) - Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
Young Goodman Brown (circa 1835) - Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)
Song of Pumpkin Blossom Hill (circa 1920) - Arthur Wentworth Hewitt (1883-1971)
The Witchery of the Weird (1920) - Arthur Wentworth Hewitt (1883-1971)
Sister Witch (Sept 2017/Faerie Magazine) - Alice Hoffman
Autumn (circa 1919) - Thomas Hood (1798-1845)
The Broomstick Train (circa 1858) - Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), Illustrations by Howard Pyle (1853-1911)
from the Broomstick Train - (circa 1858) - Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894)
Hallowe'en (circa 1906) - Nora Hopper (1871-1906)
White in the Moon the Long Road Lies (circa 1896) - A. E. Housman (1859–1936)
The Migration of the Grey Squirrels - William Howitt (1792-1879)
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A poem about September - Helen Hunt Jackson (1830-1885)
Snap-Apple Night (circa 1841) - Joseph James (1800s)
from The Witches' Charms -Ben Johnson (1572-1637)
For All Those Who Died (circa 1981) - Erica Jong (1942-)
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from La Belle Dame sans Merci - By John Keats (1795-1821)
Ode to Autumn - John Keats (1795-1821)
The Haunted House (circa 1920) - Harry Kemp (1883-1960)
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Esben and the Witch from The Pink Fairy Book (circa 1897) - edited by Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
The Witch and Her Servants from The Yellow Fairy Book (circa 1894) - edited by Andrew Lang (1844-1912)
Incantation (circa 1892) - George Parsons Lathrop (1851-1898)
Hallowe'en 1914 (circa 1914) - Winifred Mary Letts (1882-1972)
Hallows’ E’en (circa 1920) - Winifred Mary Letts (1882-1972)
All Saint's Day (circa 1972) - Anne Morrow Lindbergh (1906-2001)
Haunted Houses (circa 1858) - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
Dreams in the Witch House (circa 1932) - H.P. Lovecraft (1890-1937)
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The Listeners (circa 1916) - Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)
The Ride-By-Nights (circa 1920) - Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)
Halloween - John Martin
Witch Way - Shelagh McGee
The Witch's Garden (circa 1975) - Lilian Moore (1909-2004)
from A Hallowe'en Memory (circa 1921) - Christopher Morley (1890-1957)
Sing a Song of Sixpence - Mother Goose
Hallowe'en 1909 - A.F Murray (1800s-1900s)
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A Tale Of The Thirteenth Floor (circa 1955) - Ogden Nash (1902-1971)
Eerie Time (circa 1903) - Alphonso G. Newcomer (1864-1913)
Druids (circa 1953) - David O Norris
Upon Each Samhain (circa 1988) - David O Norris
A Loom of Years (circa 1917) - Alfred Noyes (1880-1958)
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All-Hallow Eve (circa 1833) - A Song by Sir Morgan O’D (1800s)
Wish Upon a Leaf - Octoberwych
The Legend of the Jack-O-Lantern, A Retelling - Octoberwych
The Witches Dance - Octoberwych
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Halloween (circa 1887) - Arthur Peterson (1851-1932)
El Dorado (circa 1849) - Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
The Black Cat (circa 1843) - Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
The Haunted Palace (circa 1839) - Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
The Raven (circa 1845) - Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
Ulalume (circa 1847) - Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
I'm a Crotchey Witch - Jack Prelutsky (1940-)
Mother Goblin's Lullaby - Jack Prelutsky (1940-)
Danse Macabre (circa 1918) - Cale Young Price (1872-1943)
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On the Hill of the Dead (circa 1898) - John Reid (1800s-1900s)
All-Saints’ Eve (1920) - Lizette Woodworth Reese (1856-1935)
Spells - James (John Morris) Reeves (1909-1978)
Danse Macabre (circa 1918) - Cale Young Rice (1872-1943)
When the Frost is on the Pumpkin (circa 1883) - James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916)
Autumn - Carol L Riser
The Scarecrow (circa 1896) - Donald Robertson (1800s-1900s)
A Chilly Night (circa 1904) - Christina Rossetti (1830-1894)
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JACK-O-LANTERN (circa 1900s) - Margaret Elizabeth Sangster (1838-1912) pen name Aunt Marjorie
St Swithin's Chair (1822) - by Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
Something wicked this way comes (circa 1611) (brief)- William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
The Witches' Spell (circa 1611) - William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
The Witch of Atlas (circa 1824) - Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
The Devil's Walk (circa 1812) - Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)
Marie Laveau (circa 1974) - Shel Silverstein (1930-1999)
All Hallow-e’en (circa 1850) - Jonathan Freke Slingsby pseudonym of John Francis Waller (1810-1894)
Hallowe'en Failure (circa 1910)- Carlyle Smith (1862-1922)
The Forest Fairies’ Fount (circa 1829) - Sarah Louisa P. Smith (1811-1832)
Grimelda (circa 1977) - Jean Conder Soule (1919-2008)
The Devil's Walk (circa 1827) - Robert Southey (1774-1843)
from The Faerie Queen (circa 1590) - Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)
The Messenger - John Stagg (1770-1823)
The Vampyre (circa 1810) - John Stagg (1770-1823)
November Morning - Evaleen Stein (1863-1923)
Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (circa 1917) - Wallace Stevens (1879-1955)
Autumn Fires (CIRCA 1885) - Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Shadow March (circa 1913) - Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
In the Still, Star-Lit Night (circa 1895) - Elizabeth Drew Stoddard (1823-1902)
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The Halloween Elf (circa 1912) - J.B. Tabb (1845-1909)
Dusk in Autumn (circa 1907) - Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
September Midnight (circa 1914) - Sara Teasdale (1884-1933)
The Oak - Alfred Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)
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November - John Updike (1932-2009)
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The Charge of the Goddess - Doreen Valiente (1922-1999)
Witches Rune (Chant) - Doreen Valiente (1922-1999)
Elegy for a Dead Witch - Doreen Valiente (1922-1999)
Night in New Forest - Doreen Valiente (1922-1999)
De Ole Moon Knows (circa 1921) - Lettie C Vanderveer (1881-1947)
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ALLHALLOW-E'EN ALLHALLOW-E'EN (circa 1870) - By John Francis Waller (1810-1894)
November Comes - Clyde Watson (1947-)
ALL HALLOW EVE (circa 1918) - Carolyn Wells (1862–1942)
The Magic Shop (circa 1903) - H.G. Wells (1866-1946)
The House of Ghosts (circa 1917) - Margaret Widdemer (Pulitzer) (1884-1978)
The Witch's Daughter (circa 1890)- Mary E Wilkins (1852-1930) (Freeman)
October (quote) Humbert Wolfe
Crone (circa 1998) - Graham Wyley
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The Song of Wandering Aengus (circa 1899) - William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
The Wild Swans at Coole (circa 1917) - William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)
Harvest Moon (lyrics, 1992) - Neil Young
Poems, Rhymes, Folk Tales - Author Unknown
The Three Apples (parable) - adapted from Ovid - Author Unknown
Baba Yaga, a Russian Folk Tale
Begger's Night - Irish Rhyme
Halloween Night
Soul Cake/Olde Celtic Chant
Jack-O'-Lantern Song
Jack-O'-Lantern's Story
The Knotting Spell
The Hearse Song (circa WWI)
The Old Witch (and two sisters), a Folk Tale
The Witch and the Toad, an English Folk Tale
Tonight the witches will ride (circa 1921)
Witch and Hare, a folk tale
Witch Heritage
The Anxious Leaf - author unknown
Quotes
Autumn (quote) - Harold "Hal" Glen Borland (1900 - 1978)
Hitchcock on fear... Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980)
Autumn (quote) - The Old Farmer's Almanac (1993)
Who are we now - Octoberwych (grandparent's day)
What hath night to do with sleep? - John Milton (1608-1674), Paradise Lost (1667)
Wild is the music - William Wordsworth (1770-1850)
Odd and end videos
Marie Laveau (1974) - Bobby Bare (youtube)
Purple People Eater (1958) - Sheb Wooley
Season of the Witch (1966)- Donovan
Monster Mash (1962) - Bobby "Boris" Pickett
Desiderata - Les Crane (circa 1971)
I Put a Spell on You (1993) - Bette Midler/Hocus Pocus
The Haunted House (1908) - Segundo de Chomón
Skeleton Dance - unknown
Time Warp - Rocky Horror Picture Show (circa 1975)
The Skeleton Dance (1929) - Disney
The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe - performed by Vincent Price
The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe - performed by Christopher Walken
The Raven - Edgar Allan Poe - performed by James Earl Jones
October Country - Bradbury
Poems, Stories, Rants and Perspectives by Octoberwych
Hallowe'en Rant 1998
Hallowe'en Rant 1999
Hallowe'en Rant 2000
Hallowe'en Rant 2001
Hallowe'en Rant 2002
Hallowe'en Rant 2003
Hallowe'en Rant 2004
Hallowe'en Rant 2005
Hallowe'en Rant 2006
Grandpa Loved Halloween 2018
The Witches Dance - Octoberwych
The Legend of the Jack-O-Lantern, A Retelling - Octoberwych
For Shadow-Buddy - Epitaph to a Dog (circa 1808) - Lord Byron (1788-1824)
2014 Grandpa Loved Hallowe'en w/My Daddy Loved Hallowe'en - Octoberwych
Friday the 13th - So What! by Octoberwych (posted on multiple Friday 13th)
TALES FROM OTHER SEASONS
The Gift Of The Magi (circa 1905) - O. Henry (1862-1910)
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