WINDY NIGHTS
By Robert Louis Stevenson
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.
We then created some art inspired by the poem. We painted a background of concentric circles with only three colours, white, blue and black. We mixed the colours to create a gradually darkening effect. Finally, we added silhouettes on top using black markers or pencils. Some people added haunted houses, bats, witches and graveyards. A few people even drew the travelling horseman from our poem!