Nostalgia Halloween Poems

From roses to peonies, from peonies to lovers
im swinging on the bench during the deepest Halloween night like a crazy cicada enamorada wrapped around the...

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On a night made of black sequined velvet
Missing perhaps more sequins 
Than the years have managed to retain

The air smells of damp yellow leaves
Wisps of...

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She wandered about the peaceful eve
Not knowing what it was she sought
Pumpkins on porches, a few fallen leaves
Weren’t as welcome a sight as she thought

October...

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Orange blooms at dusk
goblins in the pumpkin patch
rich fall's come again

ghosts haunt dark cool nights
scarecrows wave in harvest fields
sad trees weep colors

devils on doorsteps
trick or...

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All those movie characters
Crying in the shower
Definitely staged
But guess not
Short fits of panic
Fizzing in the steam
My lifelike dreams
Scare me
Waking up
Between dreams
To realize
You were never there...

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best Halloween was in 1962
I was a fairy with silver tinseled wings
felt angelic in virginal white shiny gown
aluminum foil wand looked fancy
I felt pretty maybe...

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You have been on my mind
Since I saw you last night.
Lying there on the shelf,
So innocently.
Your orange wrappings
Caught my eye
And never let go.

I walked right...

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Fond memories of Halloween as a child,
and times spent with my own children 
have me feeling nostalgic today. 
I recall the excitement felt as the...

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Suburban waste stretches beyond and far away
Languishes under the hot hazy sun
Seasons reap
Memories run
Remembering things better left unseen
Memories reel in the theater on the mind
Things...

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Its skeletal bones bare
Eyes still stare 
All that remains is the soul
A drift as a shadow lingers there
A bare bulb blares
sways absently silently 
in the...

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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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My Halloween Kitty (written 10/11/2020) free verse

I had a familiar named Callie
She was born on Halloween.

Feral siblings abandoned at my door.
I took the whole litter...

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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 once made a Halloween costume
For a little boy of four.
And gave him a sack with some string I had,
To go knocking on the doors.

His...

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Its strange how I have always loved the fall
Even as a child with schools threat so near
I yawn and watched as time slowed to a...

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