While certainly an unorthodox choice, “Carrion Comfort,” by Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., fits with the Christian roots of Halloween as an appraisal of faith in the face of horror.
Poetry
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Lament
Though it felt wrong to sleep, I slept,
and when I woke and remembered, I wept.
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‘She was startled by what the angel said and tried to figure out what this greeting meant’
And therefore, all the more believable,
That God sent a tiny angel with a chinstrap made of feathered jewels,
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Sin of Omission
All night, God peers from his gilded case,
nothing to do but wait for morning
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Sappho
that primal howl of grief, guilt,
anger, fear at the telegram:
“Sylvia died today.”
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Lily, Lily, Lily
a golden halo around her black
braids, and telepaths faith, faith,
faith.