Dad Candy Poems

Come one, come all, down to the Candy Cat Paw!
The most fabulous kitty store in old Arkansas.
We have Animal Twists and Meow Mix too.
Mom and...

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Shadows prowl early evening.

A diminutive witch and Spiderman
huddle at an unknown door.
The creep within
rubs himself again.

A dad suspects laced candy
ushers kids away.

Tell all, tell the...

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Christmas has it's candy canes and chocolate Santa Claus doll
Easter with it's Peeps and jelly bird eggs can get a little dull
But do you recall...

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When I was young and handy,                                       ...

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Pocket Money.
.
Pocket money
Was a way of shutting us pesky kids up
At least for the rest of the week
If Mum and Dad
Had the luck
.
Fifty pence
Was quickly...

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Looking back, one thing comes clean-glass clear
you were always there for me subduing every fear.

I tried to do my duty, be a husband strong and...

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Twas the night before Halloween
All costumes were chosen hang by their beds
Thoughts of pumpkins and candy treats
Knocking on doors waiting for something sweet

Yet the ghost...

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(Contest entry: Poet’s October Pantoum...)

Trick or Treat
(Ghosts)

These ghosts have walked the streets before,
their hollow eyes embarking for the light;
the streets are glad they’re here once...

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I can’t stand my brother Randy, 
stole all my Halloween candy!
He said, “it’s all fine and dandy."
Guess I’ll just get more from Sandy!
I can’t even...

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I asked where is my bag of candy?                 ...

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mom and dad 
would be perturbed 
they hung the sign
"do not disturb"

you stand there
looking so coy
well look here
little boy

you took all my candy
there's no time...

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When his children were small, their dad Fred

every Halloween Eve to them said

that a candy bar creep

steals kids’ treats while they sleep.

(Their best bars Dad...

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The neighborhood convence store
was always good for necessities and more
Together I would walk with my dad
and to get a smile and make me glad
A bag...

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Empty Shell

I caved in its head in my haste to be fed
On the candy that should be inside
But inside was hollow, that’s too much to...

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Seeing it on the country store shelf
reminds me of Dad.
"Horehound Candy," a name snickered
at when I got older,
a flavor not really to my liking, 
a...

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