October 31: I am called pumpkins

[neverspent]

Theme in Yellow
~ Carl Sandburg

I spot the hills
With yellow balls in autumn.
I light the prairie cornfields
Orange and tawny gold clusters
And I am called pumpkins.
On the last of October
When dusk is fallen
Children join hands
And circle round me
Singing ghost songs
And love to the harvest moon;
I am a jack-o'-lantern
With terrible teeth
And the children know
I am fooling.



Jack-o-lantern pumpkins, by the way, make a perfectly fine pie or soup. I think it's a shame so many of them get thrown away after they serve their duties as decorations. The processing takes a big knife and a little work, but that's the way when you're using fresh food! It's a good feeling, though.

Comments

[shinsetsu]

There is one man on another website I use who is into cooking, and every year he always mentions the pumpkin pie he makes and soup too. :) Plus he used to carve some really fancy jack-o-lanterns and the website people would post pictures of theirs and vote on them. :)

[neverspent]

Gotta love a man who appreciates pumpkins and all the things one can do with them! :)