2024

Hi friends!

It’s October - you know what that means!

A note from the good goblin:

Dear ol’ Bertie!

For my poem this year

I think that it’s time,

To tell the history

Of this annual Halloween rhyme.

It started way back in the 90’s,

Before Bluey or iPhones!

Before Taylor Swift!!

Before your parents were grown!

Every October

I received a mysterious letter

From a Goblin named Gertie.

Her poems were clever.

On bright orange paper

Gertie Goblin would write,

Kind words and well wishes

For my own Halloween night.

Have Fun! Be Kind!

Stay close with your friends!

Look both ways at the corner

When the sidewalk ends.

I was one of hundreds

Of excited children who

Looked for the orange letter.

What did it mean? Oh, we knew!

It meant Halloween was

Once again near.

We could collect our candy loot

And eat it with cheer!

For years, all Gertie wanted

Was to spread Halloween love.

And as the years have passed,

She now celebrates from above.

I don’t have orange paper.

And I’m Bertie with a B.

But I adore sweet Gertie,

She’s the O.G!

I try to honor her spunk

And give you a good giggle

So you smile SO big

As into your costume you wiggle.

As for me, Bertie Goblin,

I’m so fond of this mission,

To wish you a Happy Halloween,

it’s the great Goblin tradition <3