Jack Of Lanterns Poem by Ellen Ni Bheachain

Tis,
That time of year again,
Where the Autumn leaves,
Fall from the trees,
Tis, where Jack the Lantern,
And his snares,
Are easily seen,
As,
All the trees are bare of leaves,

Light your Halloween lantern,
Whether it be,
A Turnip,
Or,
Pumpkin Carved,
To show your amber lights,
So,
Jack the Lantern,
Will pass over your domain,
As he travels from amber light,
From the amber light you shed,
This Halloween,

For at the time of Halloween,
You do not want Jack,
At your homestead,
Yet, an amber glow,
As tradition says,
Will warn off the devil and restless spirits,
From haunting your homestead,

The old tradition of carving out a Turnip,
Has been replace with a pumpkin,
With a lite candle placed inside,
And at the time of Halloween,
All light their lanterns of amber glow,
So, it can be seen,
For all to pass through and by,

Just in case that old,
Restless Jack returns,
It is said if your lanterns shines,
It will guard you and all that dwell,
In your home at the time of Halloween,
For those who believe,
Is to know,
Who and what Jack the Drunkard did,
With his tall tales of stories that even told,
How he snared the Devil,
Up onto a tree,

And so, it is told in old Celtic folklore
For snaring the devil in return, he lost,
His passage to Heaven,
And as he snared the devil too,
Hell did not want him either,
Yet,
The Devil he did snared,
And as his punishment,
When Jack did die,
Was left to roam endless,
In the aftermath,
Neither here,
Neither there,

It is said,
He is left as just a cinder of amber,
And in the darkness at Halloween can be seen,
As he bounces from amber lite,
As Jack of Lantern
His restless spirit roams
Bouncing to and fro,
As a cinder of amber,
Is how Jack shows,
When he passed over,
With no place to rest,
Forever roaming,
Looking for a place to dwell,

And that is why,
It is said,
To light an amber light,
To guard off the devil and restless spirits
So, they will pass on by,
Your home and dwelling,

Tis,
That time of year again,
Where the Autumn leaves,
Fall from the trees,
Tis,
Where Jack and his snares,
Are easily seen,
As,
All the trees are left bare of leaves,
So,
Light your amber light,
Whether it be,
Turnip,
Or,
Pumpkin Carved,
Of, amber lights a showing,
So, the devil and restless spirits,
Will pass over through,
The Amber lights you shed.