Halloween Hope Poems

The gathered, outside my house, lingered long,
As if it were Halloween night -
A rogue's gallery of goblins and ghouls,
They were an unwanted sight.

Their faces had...

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October is one of those months that begin to transition and change to prepare for winter.

As our days begin to shorten, this tenth month brings...

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I'm okay, 
you're okay is a mask in the land of pretend.
Children say what they feel,
their honestly can bubble over.
Little ones have not learned words...

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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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In the stillness,
The buried memories
Do crawl to haunt you 
Embers of guilt, burn you
Graves you built of your yesterday
Are Ghosts that taunt you.
Her fears danced...

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What is it called?

When thousands of bats
Come pouring out the mouth of a cave
For the black gold of sunset?

Like that
The late autumn leaves tear from...

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I remember the day Frankenstein was made,                  ...

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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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Living above ground in invisible coffins condemned to a 6 foot box
COVID stripped us of keys to our freedom holding us captive with no way...

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Halloween often brings out
The alien, vampires and goblins
Who crave to suck your blood
Feasting on your heart’s hope
With diabolical plans for more
Trickery than treats, leaving
You paralyzed...

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She stirs her pot, her cauldron, strong
This witch’s wish is to live long
On children’s eyes and parents’ hearts
She says the words that so now start

“Oh...

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As a child we think of masks and Halloween,                ...

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Seek fortune teller asap (haint no fable)

Best nondescript literate jinxed
humble dug good feller ya e'er seen
amenable, a non biased opinion -
of course I mean mine...

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Things of Need

When I open up my cupboard, 
I find it full of items, 
lost…and then found. 

This piece of glass, that item made of...

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"Clinging to me
Like a last breath you would breathe
You were like home to me
I don't recognize the street

Please don't close your eyes
Don't know where to...

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