Best Costumes Poems

Halloween Costumes



When I grew up we were free to be anything.
But those days are over!
I can only dress as my dog, Rover??

If I dress ethnically, some may get offended.
We had innocent fun as kids and adults.
Today a costume may start a revolt.

Only people in power...

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      A mask to conceal
         a costume to hide behind
      A dozen laughs kill the pain
         a couple drinks...

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Ode to the Cats in costume
Cats in costume, you inspire me to write.
How I love the way you hiss, stare and walk,
Invading my mind day and through the night,
Always dreaming about the wicked chock.

Let me compare you to a black clover?
You...

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halloween costumes
back home comparing our loot
ready for sweet dreams



AP: 3rd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on June 27, 2018...

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COSTUMES

There are costumes in the world today called “Christianity,”
But will they hear Christ say to them some day, “Depart from Me”?
There are costumes of self-righteousness that many people wear,
Though God will say they’re filthy rags, they do not seem to care.
There’s costumes of the rituals...

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Satin fog essences. 
Narrow shadows in the side streets. 
Azure complacencies and cotton pleasures. 
Costumes of the naked need the tender touch. 
Hollow furs finding velvet purrings. 
Swallowing remembrances . . . 
Of old houses and ferns and breakfast biscuits, 
Of bacon grease and flat...

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Gypsy Fortune Teller costume revealed my most dazzling self
Wearing hot pink, silver, gold, purples, and flaming oranges.
Carrying a crystal ball, tarot cards and runes.
An elaborately embroidered shawl over my shoulders.
Enjoyed myself ever so much at the Octoberfest, reading palms.
My psychic self pranced forth, hugging my...

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Let’s make art deco Halloween costumes this year, she said.
What are they? I asked. I do not like spending a lot of extra time.
Do a little research, she suggested. You’ll figure it out.
The easiest costume I saw was probably for a flapper.

I put fringe around...

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I can’t believe its Halloween
These are the worst costumes
That this world has ever seen
Those that see are the victims
An experience it’s really been
To be here on this Halloween

Russell Sivey...

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Costume

No fulgor 
do domingo, 
finda a visita
e o merecido
descanso, 
agora,
Dona Dalva,
para a vida
abre o atalho. 

Ela volta à cidade,
para bondade semear,
para com seus atos, 
a vida de toda
a gente, melhorar.

Esperamos, Dona Dalva
Bem vinda....

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Shadow, shadow on the wall.
Merry monsters in the hall;
Ghostly goblins gently peek
At little children faking sleep.

The night is strange as low it roams
Around the snugly lighted homes.
The young ones feel its magic power;
The clock has struck the children’s hour!

Grabbing costumes from the pegs
Then down the...

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ghosts and goblins
trick or treating
for bags of candy
and toffee apples on a stick

children roam streets
as costumed fairies
looking for sweet treats
to rot their teeth

scary pumpkins
carved with care
eerie sounds
while darkness falls

tiny tots hold parent’s hands tightly
as the streets fill up with characters
dressed from angels and devils
and everything...

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October 30, 2018

Well the shoppers are all out 
Already in costume wandering about
Buying up candy and chocolate bars
Trick or treating under the stars

What will the costumes be this year?
Make us laugh and bring some cheer
Some of the yards will be quite frightening
And some will be...

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The emerging of wizards and ghosts
On a night of deep and frightening darkness 
Children dressed in special costumes,hats and masks
With a Jack-o'-lantern in hands
Hoping to frighten the evil spirits away
Things with bad omens like black cats, bats and spiders
Are completely avoided
The number of 13 is...

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Its that dark October night
When the dead come alive
Broomsticks ready to ride
Nowhere for you to hide
Fancy dress and party time
Cackling witches ready to dine
Dunking apples and games galore
Knock knock whos at the door
Frankenstein, Zombies, ghosts and dracula
Is it a trick? I hope that's not popular
Or...

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