Week Three - Task #16. “The Pumpkin Tree”
Posted: Sat Nov 15, 2025 12:54 pmThe wind is still. The branches are quiet. The journey is over but you know it isn’t really.
The Pumpkin Tree stands full now, shimmering bright with every story meant to be honored. You walk slowly around it, remembering every stop. Each offering and the lessons returned.
You think of the way people mourn across the world. How they fear death, celebrate it, make art of it. You think of how you do too, and how maybe now you do so with more wonder than dread.
This tree is no longer just a tree to you. It is a vessel. A cathedral. A clock made of time and story and soul.
You close your eyes and listen as the pumpkins intone, “You are not alone.”
Task:
Write and post below a piece of Poetry in a minimum of 80 words to commemorate the journey you’ve been on within this a activity! There’s no strict theme you must follow for what you’d like to write about, but you must pick at least eight of the following words to include in your poem: Dusk, Echo, Ghost, Grave, Grief, Harvest, Lantern, Marigold, Memory, Midnight, Offering, Pumpkin, Remember, Rustle, Shadow, Smoke, Threshold, Twilight, Veil, Whisper. You are welcome to change these words slightly to fit the piece, such as writing Echoed instead of Echo, or Memories instead of Memory.
Alternatively you may hunt for the same list of options in the following Word Search and Send Me Your Solution through a private message. 1 bean for every two words found.
This task is worth 10 beans, with an additional 13 bonus beans for completing all Week Three tasks by end of activity. Deadline is 11:59pm (HOL time) on Friday November 21st.
The Pumpkin Tree stands full now, shimmering bright with every story meant to be honored. You walk slowly around it, remembering every stop. Each offering and the lessons returned.
You think of the way people mourn across the world. How they fear death, celebrate it, make art of it. You think of how you do too, and how maybe now you do so with more wonder than dread.
This tree is no longer just a tree to you. It is a vessel. A cathedral. A clock made of time and story and soul.
You close your eyes and listen as the pumpkins intone, “You are not alone.”
Task:
Write and post below a piece of Poetry in a minimum of 80 words to commemorate the journey you’ve been on within this a activity! There’s no strict theme you must follow for what you’d like to write about, but you must pick at least eight of the following words to include in your poem: Dusk, Echo, Ghost, Grave, Grief, Harvest, Lantern, Marigold, Memory, Midnight, Offering, Pumpkin, Remember, Rustle, Shadow, Smoke, Threshold, Twilight, Veil, Whisper. You are welcome to change these words slightly to fit the piece, such as writing Echoed instead of Echo, or Memories instead of Memory.
Alternatively you may hunt for the same list of options in the following Word Search and Send Me Your Solution through a private message. 1 bean for every two words found.
This task is worth 10 beans, with an additional 13 bonus beans for completing all Week Three tasks by end of activity. Deadline is 11:59pm (HOL time) on Friday November 21st.