Halloween Haiku

I Once Loved a Witch

We have hearts too, ya know

Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash

her black heart glowed red

ceremony of past times

binds together now

The prose behind the poetry

As a midwife, I’ve been steeped in the tradition of female folklore. So when I found a collection of items by the creek that runs by my house, I knew what it was: True Love. Two braids of hair had been cut and now lay on the ground beside the running water. Beside them, a dollar bill. And most telling was an egg which had written upon it, “New Beginnings.”

This could only mean one thing: A witch got hitched.

Immerse yourself in this Halloween nonfiction tale by Brooke Kochel RN:

The Spellbinding (True) Story of a Witch Getting Hitched