Windy Nights
A child imagines a windy night as a rider on a galloping horse...
Whenever the moon and stars are set,
Whenever the wind is high,
All night long in the dark and wet,
A man goes riding by.
Late in the night when the fires are out,
Why does he gallop and gallop about?
Whenever the trees are crying aloud,
And ships are tossed at sea,
By, on the highway, low and loud,
By at the gallop goes he.
By at the gallop he goes, and then
By he comes back at the gallop again.
Halloween Poem for Kids written by Robert Louis Stevenson
Illustrations by Pixabay, with thanks.
LET’S CHAT ABOUT THE POEM ~ IDEAS FOR TALKING WITH KIDS
Creativity, Feelings
1. In this poem, the child imagines windy nights are a man riding around on his horse. What kinds of things can you imagine on windy nights? How do they make you feel?