Spooky Halloween Poems

who then rings
thy solitary bell
whose voice cuts through
the mist

and lowly darkness
winter’s eve
there far off 
screaming fox

when unseen eyes
then look upon
from trees that hide
in cloak

and footsteps
cast...

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Eerie Midnight …walking through empty field,
found three strange witches asking me to yield,
abominable they looked,
brewing, following their book! 
had no choice but to those creatures...

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Spicy 
punk and crazy;
I’m spooky off-season;
October ignites a wildfire,
now free....

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Like an artists canvas the sunset sky was ablaze in glorious fall colours which complemented the trees in their red, yellow and orange attire. Kayla's...

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A late October rain with the wind rowdy
grey skies overcast and storm clouds full
Dampness to the bone feels muggy
the earth becomes soggy as the rain...

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ITs another Halloween 
There are groups walking the street
Looking happy with themselves 
And their stash from trick or treat 

We’ve got toffees by the door...

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Night is ebony
October in flight
Vampire curie
A Halloween night
Dracula sandwich

Fear in the air
Green witch flies by
Some children scream
October high

Floatable
Transparent
Marvelous

Creepy
Spooky

ghost...

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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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Enter my pretty if you dare, if you dare.
Who are you referring to? Asked my friend Mare.
Don’t pretty me, or I will burn you down...

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Graves of many, dreadful dark and spooky.
Spiders hung and swayed a little kooky.
Pumpkins fierce howling red glow.
Walking-dead knock blow-by-blow.
Black wild cat moved its tail slightly...

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If you see gremlins on Halloween... DUCK!
Hide from vampires looking for blood to suck
It's such a spooky night
Werewolves and zombies bite
If possessed by demons you've...

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The autumn leaves fell gently to the ground.

Covering the body like a blanket.

It lay undisturbed that way.

Sometimes the eyes would flicker.

Sensing the surroundings.

Waiting.

The children gathered...

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four little Hallows Eve spooks sitting on a fence
Named Ford, Carter, Rockefeller and Pence.
Camouflaged as jacks, the little one says.
She is persnickety and impolite, we...

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that barn owl in the tree must know something,
quietly it looks, follows all night long,
looks from left, right, left.. like pendulum swing,
its ears pricked, is...

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Written: October 19, 2023, For Tania Kitchen Spooky Halloween Contest

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