As we carve our jack o’ lanterns, put out the candy and cobwebs, and piece together our last-minute costumes, let’s pause for a moment to imagine Halloween from a slightly different perspective. This week, Zavala fourth-grader Aubrey allows us to experience a night in the life of a vampire. Congratulations, Aubrey, on a sophisticated and surprising persona poem!
It’s very dark inside my tomb.
It’s musty, dark, and damp.
Slowly, it gets colder, and I stretch my folded cape.
The door slowly opens, and the church begins to sing—
the song of midnight’s ringing coming slowly under wing.
I take flight as a bat, and I begin to hunt.
What can I find?
Will it be appetizing for brunch?
I chase a dog around the block.
I eat an old, old man.
I feel the sun is rising, and now
I have returned to my tomb.
It is very dark inside my tomb—
It’s musty, dark, and damp . . .
I slowly close my eyes
and wait for it again.
Aubrey, fourth grade, Zavala Elementary
unbound 
Aubrey, congratulations on publishing this amazing poem. You are an author with brilliant lyrical rhyming style and natural talent. I am very proud of you!