Child Halloween Poems

Skeletal feet clickity clack,
a zombie child chewing bubble gum
giggles.

I have set a cackling witch at my door
but none are sacred tonight,
yet the cold hand of...

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Glowing jack-o’-lanterns
Greet me by the door
Orange faces grinning
Or grimacing in horror

Night perches like a raven
Upon a twisted tree
While on the moaning autumn wind
Withered leaves fly...

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prophetic powers she wanted to help
saving one child at a time
small witch with a mission...

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As a child, I yearned to glimpse the ghostly trace, 
Wake at midnight, staring into the mirror's face, 
Months passed by in this eerie, haunting...

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There is an old hag that guards the way, she’s a witch, I think.
This was told to me by a child with large eyes and...

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There she goes again the ten-year-old boy said.
We all stared at the empty house.
None of us knew what he was seeing.
No one else saw anything.

The...

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Have you ever felt from a song

A song that reminded you how you can live
The rush of the wind, the desire to climb
A quickly-building monument...

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Hark! Halloween breeds an open season of gloom,
 For others, the very thought would not fill the room,
 Tonight, Jack O' Lanterns give off a...

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Blood Red Sky

There was movement on All Hallows Eve with stirrings all around
The moon was full against the blood red sky.
I wondered if I’d make...

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN

“Is there anyone in the back room of your bookstore?” A father asked me. “My daughter would like to know.”
“Not that I’m aware of.”...

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I love your Halloween costumes! A little boy piped up.
Iggy laughed, and coffee spilled out of Giggy’s cup.
What is this Halloween thing? Giggy asked, wondering...

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            halloween movies
           ...

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The corpulent witch was laughing herself practically sick.
Her striped socks made her thighs look unusually thick.
I stole the kid’s candies, and I had a smooth...

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fallen leaves
           whose veins etch the ground
        ...

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The faces of parents revealed not a worry; not a care.
Kids walked alone, not for tricks, but for treats.
No child was worried about the candy...

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