Halloween Light Verse Poems

a white blur wafts into eye’s side view
a playful ghost comes slowly into focus
extra holes in the sheet give his identity away
we all pretend to...

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Ghosts and goblins come in waves on Halloween,
The spookiest spooks and ghouliest ghouls you've ever seen.
They really haven't come to haunt,
It's not your mortal soul...

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A rustle here,
A rattle there,
A furtive footstep faintly falling on the stair,
And there's nobody rocking in that rocking chair.
Strange things are happening!

An eerie creak,
My knees...

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Eye of newt, wing of bat,
A dab or a dollop of dragon fat,
Stirred in a pot o'er a witch's flame,
A potion for love, or riches,...

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When a woman I yearned for would not return my emotion,
I consulted a witch for a magic love potion.
She said there was an elixir that...

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There are those who think the spirits of loved ones departed
Have moved on to their heavenly reward,
And there are those who think they'd like to,...

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“Hello Pumpkin! You’re gourd-geous
in your striped orange number!” *

Just boo-tiful!

Witch is why, I want to take you to my home.”

“I’d rather patch things up here,”...

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Little Charlie was a seven year old who was picked on in school because of his
height. Some of the kids would poke fun at him...

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With a nod to Macbeth's three weird sisters...


Midst rats, black cats, and screeching bats,
Cackling crones in pointy hats
Add a rag, a bone, a hank of...

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Invitations have gone out to one and all,
On October 29 there'll be a ball.
It's Halloween inspired,
RSVP required,
To do so simply text, or tweet, or call.

Expectations...

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A tombstone cleaning workshop—
don’t bother the ghost…it’s sold out!
You can no longer finger this rest stop.
How about this Halloween turnout!

Will it be a Poppins extravaganza,
sweeping...

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Poor Johnny. Halloween night he was high on sugar ~ 
  The next morning, he woke up 'low on sugar.' O, booger...



  ...

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Scatter-howl, the black cat’s gone bats.
Scalloped fur-spikes at peak heights.
Pumpkin candlelight holds extinguished fright.
The gourd-tomb tightly pinned.
Triple threat of fang’d mosquito bites.
Dare not men enter...

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There was an ethereal quality about Elspeth 
That made her a force we did not want to double cross.
She could blow smoke rings into faces...

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She has the greenest face, he told his mother.
She looked at him cautiously. And that appeals to you?
Not really, but you should see her eyes.
What...

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