
Carloads of visitors file past 41 huge sculpted pumpkins at dusk at Woolsey Park, Hopewell Township, New Jersey. Photo courtesy of NJ.com.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade — or in the case of the 2020 Amazing Pumpkin Carve, turn a walk-around event into a drive-thru! :- D
Public poetry had a place at The Amazing Pumpkin Carve again this year in the form of six “gravestones” I made, complete with epitaphs. Many thanks to the Hopewell Valley Arts Council for including them! They were placed near the entry of “Pumpkin Row” and looked appropriately spooky — especially at night.

Gravestone Row. Photo by Bill Waters.
(For a little information on how I made the poem-signs, you can go back in time a few days to The Amazing Pumpkin Carve 2020, part 1, if you wish.)

Photo courtesy of Nancy Waters.

Photo courtesy of Nancy Waters.

Photo courtesy of Nancy Waters.

Photo courtesy of Nancy Waters.

Photo courtesy of Nancy Waters.

Photo courtesy of Nancy Waters.
After the gravestones came a haunted house,…

Home NOT sweet home! Photo courtesy of Nancy Waters.
…the “welcoming committee”,…

Come on in! It’s a helluva show! Photo courtesy of Nancy Waters.
…and then the pumpkins themselves! Here are just a few that caught my eye:

Pumpkin King, by Lori Johannson. Photo courtesy of NJ.com.

The Moon, by Anne Nixon-Ellery. Photo courtesy of NJ.com.

Epidemic, by Matt Derby. Photo by Bill Waters.

Peering Pumpkin, by Curtis May. Photo courtesy of Nancy Waters.
Kudos to the Arts Council for bringing some outdoor fun to Central New Jersey during a year notable — alas! — for many cancelled cultural events! The final tally showed that more than 2,500 carloads of people viewed this amazing display!
Hopewell Valley Arts Council: https://www.hvartscouncil.org
Poetry in Public Places Project: https://www.facebook.com/groups/PoetryInPublicPlacesProject/
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