October 25, 2024 by Matt Willing Poet's DayWhy Does the Night Wind Wail? This week’s choice is “The Haunted Oak” by Paul Laurence Dunbar, and I have chosen it to mark Halloween, although its message is a deeper, darker and more important one than the pumpkins and dressing-up normally associated with this festival. Read more Halloween Lynching Paul Laurence Dunbar Racism The Haunted Oak Vigilantes 1/1