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Haughty Naughty Halloween

Oh how I hate thy haughty hours oh Halloween! Your thorns and thistles are these terrifying teens who wear worried looks, walking, wobbling…woeful; daring doors and deeds that are dreadful. Cruising for candy: the core of thy course oh Halloween! kind kids from keen kindred knock their kith and kins, playful princes paint pure palaces in pale, purple and pink; Spreading stones and soiling streets with sweets... that stink. In the hollow of thy haunting hands… oh Halloween! mighty men melt at the melodrama of masked men…mean; Trick or treat, terrors or treasures? The termites ask the tall trees, waiting, willing and working to waste their wares and wears. Oh how I hate thy hit and run habits… oh Halloween! Sharing sudden sweets for strangers you have never seen; heating up the heartbeat of happy husbands and wives, you turn lively, lovely lads into lurking and longing lives.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2009




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Date: 11/1/2015 10:58:00 AM
Adeleke, Congratulations on your Halloween win in Kelly's contest. SKAT
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Date: 10/31/2015 12:02:00 AM
Very different Halloween poem... Congratulations! ~ Susan
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Date: 10/30/2015 4:46:00 PM
A different slant on Halloween and well done. Joyce
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Date: 10/30/2015 1:57:00 PM
A great poem that combines all the good and "bad" things about Halloween... I really enjoyed this, Adeleke! Congrats on a win!
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Date: 11/29/2010 4:10:00 AM
Congratulations on your win Adeleke in Irma's "Halloween Costume Contest". Love, Carol
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Date: 11/26/2010 3:02:00 PM
Congrats Adeleke on your big win in Irma's cool contest with this rare beauty entry luv.. enjoy your win with luv..my friend..
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Date: 11/26/2010 1:39:00 PM
Congratulations on this well deserved win, Adeleke
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Date: 11/26/2010 1:37:00 PM
Nicely written, good poem, congrats on the win:)
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Date: 11/26/2010 10:17:00 AM
Many congratulations Adeleke on your fine win in SKAT's contest >> James
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Date: 11/26/2010 10:13:00 AM
Very clever Adeleke. You amzae me. Congratulations on your win. Love, Joyce
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Date: 11/26/2010 3:38:00 AM
Many congratulations Adeleke for this win.
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Date: 11/25/2010 10:22:00 PM
Adeleke, CONGRATULATIONA! and Sorry for judging my contest late. Once again I love the taste of my # 1-10 placements. Enjoyed the thought and smiles. Thanks so much for my contest entry, have your self a wonderful & bessed holiday~luv* SKAT
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Date: 9/11/2009 4:38:00 PM
This is a very clever and funny poem, it definitely made me smile. Love the alliteration and wordplay, it is very well carried out. Thank you so much for your kind comments! Katie
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Date: 9/11/2009 10:30:00 AM
it gives you the tooth ache too! LOL
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Date: 9/11/2009 8:25:00 AM
This poem is incredibly comedic. The inversion of social norms on the Halloween holiday and the unrestrained freedom of costume was a wonderful idea, but paired with your excellent command of vocab this write is masterful and hilarious.
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Date: 9/11/2009 7:24:00 AM
Fantastic write, if people really knew what goes on with the Halloween people everyday and who they really are? Thanks for your kind words on"Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition", glad that you liked it...kind of my way of voting if you understand...thanks Danny
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Date: 9/7/2009 2:39:00 PM
I've never really cared for this holiday ... not even as a child as my costume never seemed to "measure up" to others and we had too many scary years with razor blades inside of apples and other horrors ... I usually managed to be out and about or away from home ... bah, humbug me ... LOL ... thanks for this wonderful write !
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Date: 8/31/2009 10:26:00 PM
I love this poem Adeleke! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays! And thank you for you wonderful comments on my featured poem also! ~Trudy~
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