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WHEN WITCHES GO RIDING, AND BLACK CATS ARE SEEN, THE MOON LAUGHS AND WHISPERS, "TIS NEAR HALLOWEEN  ~unknown

Molly Harrison art.com

                                

Havoc is when all hell is loose,
This night belongs to all of you...
 
To the pumpkins slashed into lanterns
“Stingy Jack” his trusty O’ hand returns.

Ne'er-do-wells started carving crude faces,
whose gutted innards a candle replaces.                             

To the black cats with yellow eyes
Screech and scratch with no alibis.

To the banshees of the ancient Celtic folklore
Wailing at death, deep red eyes, features worn to the core

To the monsters deformed and hunched back
Bolts, nuts, and green skin, lurching and ready to attack!

The night belongs to zombies revived by voodoo.
And by the necromancy practices that you may do

They the living dead who may walk amongst 
Pay respect to them in mercy goe with you alongst! 

To the goblins that go bump in the night, and ghosts                               
Wicked fairies and evil spirits their hosts

Grotesque goblettes vengeance they choose,
Invisible underneath white sheets shout boo's
                    
To the witches and warlocks who enchant 
Their wands and wide brim pointy hats so gallant 

As practitioners evoking spells of black magic
Rootstock and smelly herbs stirred with a stick.                          

Boiling remnants of bones and lizards
Digesting glands of bird’s gizzards

To candy corn rich red, yellow and white
Kids walking from house to house, smiles so bright,

To the Trick or Treat screams and chants
If your dressed to scare plenty of candy it grants.

Trick or treat we will, without any fright, 
Our Halloween night will surely be filled with delight.

Here we come to trick or treat. 
Please give us some candy sweets.

*Goblettes - woman goblins

Copyright © | Year Posted 2023



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Date: 10/24/2023 7:17:00 AM
ROTFL my friend. "...Grotesque goblettes..." - can't stop laughing! Although I tend to reserve goblets for happy libation. :)
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I Am Anaya
Date: 10/25/2023 2:20:00 PM
Gobettites? ha goblets it's what it said in the wiki. I think. Love it, fill my goblet. Thank you, Linda..good humor! :)
Date: 10/14/2023 4:59:00 PM
Saved me a spy trip, Anaya, globettes--nice. A sweet treat to fill my empty wells that are always thirsty for brilliant writes as your couplet had promptly satisfied. Aloha, my friend, William
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Date: 10/14/2023 6:50:00 PM
You are too kind, coming from a brilliant poet, Hilo Poet, prayers that you have found calm since the wildfires of Lahaina in Hawaii. Delighted you enjoyed. Aloha Nui Loa! Anaya
Date: 10/11/2023 11:35:00 AM
Anaya, you penned such a gorgeous poem, even the phantoms contributed to shed more depth to your already stunning imagery. Wish you good luck with the contest and hugs
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Date: 10/11/2023 2:46:00 PM
It came from everything I've ever known about Halloween [My favorite Time of the year] the spirit and all the phantoms we grew up reading about. What lacks is the flair and flow as your magnificent poems do so well, SP. Hope you have a beautiful day. xhugs Anaya
Date: 10/11/2023 5:57:00 AM
Lovely Halloween poem, Anaya. Thoroughly enjoyed being scared by gobbets and other scary phantoms. Blessings.
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Date: 10/11/2023 10:05:00 AM
Thank you, Victor! :)
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