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Best Pumpkin Poems

Below are the all-time best Pumpkin poems written by Poets on PoetrySoup. These top poems in list format are the best examples of pumpkin poems written by PoetrySoup members


Premium Member Poor Peter Pumpkin
Poor Peter Pumpkin had a very itty bitty head.
So the farmer made him stay inside the garden bed.

The farmer said that he was going to...

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Categories: pumpkin, fantasy, halloween, humorous,
Form: Couplet



Premium Member Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater - the rest of the story
(Alternative Ending for Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater)

Peter Peter Pumpkin Eater.
Do you think he kept his wife so well
by putting her inside a pumpkin shell?
Inside that...

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Categories: pumpkin, anti bullying,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Poor Peter Pumpkin
Poor Peter Pumpkin had a very itty bitty head.
So the farmer made him stay inside the garden bed.

The farmer said that he was going to...

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Categories: pumpkin, fantasy, funny, holiday,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Pie In the Sky - Dedicated To Andrea Deitrich
guided streams  of bright lights few squeeze through a crystal tight sky 
colours this nature scene brand new a freshly baked pumpkin spiced pie

a...

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Categories: pumpkin, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Rhyme
Hot Cider Dreams
Fall glides in on the wings
of migrating monarchs,
stained glass visions seeking respite
from a tedious journey
signaling a change in our surroundings

Blushing, the complexion of November
slips from...

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Categories: pumpkin, autumn, beauty, love,
Form: Free verse



Premium Member Happy Birthday, Andrea
How Poetry Began, such plots you tell!
A Tale Of Fire And Ice you wrote so well
Poor Peter Pumpkin bid a sad adieu
Pink Cherry Blossoms was...

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© John Watt  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pumpkin, birthday, poetess,
Form: Acrostic
Premium Member Halloween Fun
HALLOWEEN FUN

Carving the pumpkin, oh such fun
How they danced when dad was done

Twisted mouth with large, black eyes
To scare the kids, then pumpkin pies

Hear those...

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Categories: pumpkin, halloween,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Autumnal Flame
Vistas of autumnal flame set the fiery meadows afire
Where song of the winds wheezes in auburn breeze
And gold, red, brown whispers kindle tunes of a...

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Categories: pumpkin, autumn,
Form: Pantoum
Premium Member Upon Autumn's Stage
Upon autumn's stage where vermillion vistas and cobalt-blue sky meet
Picturesque hues enchant, oscillating in breeze, as scarlet landscapes greet.

Falling leaves trickle down on golden yellow...

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Categories: pumpkin, autumn, imagery, nature,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Autumnal
In depth of woods how autumn dazzles, swirling beauty of ornate décor,
Waltzing with ochre hickory, birch; whirling flaxen moods of sycamore,
Gracing my view upon blazing...

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Categories: pumpkin, autumn,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Halloween's Headless Horseman
One Halloween night when I was five
Rain pelted city streets, we stayed inside

Dad lit the Jack-o-lantern candle
Told us the tale of a famous vandal

One “Headless...

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Categories: pumpkin, childhood, children, dad, halloween,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member Thanksgiving From Three Perspectives
A Child's Thanksgiving Prayer 

Lord, I thank thee as I sit to eat,
For mashed potatoes that I helped to make.
And thanks, dear Lord, we're having...

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Categories: pumpkin, family, funnymom, prayer, thanksgiving,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member October Is Orange
monarchs waltzing on the wind,

    jack-o'-lantern's fiery grin,

pumpkin spice's sweet perfume,

    the orange glow of Hunter’s Moon,

falling leaves in...

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© P.S. Awtry  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pumpkin, october,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member November's Twinkle Fairy
Outside was I one evening
with my jacket on,
gazing at the pumpkin 
still out there on my lawn
with its face carved in a grin.
It was November...

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Categories: pumpkin, november,
Form: Rhyme
Sunset Splash
The sun sets in muted gold glow, 
Shadows darkle the sky's blue brow, 
Salmon clouds spread the sparkle slow, 
As the orange orb's hiding now;

Lilac...

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Categories: pumpkin, beautiful, color, sunset,
Form: Quatrain

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