Halloween Not What It Poems

Costuming Halloween

Masque my visage fast!
…So my eyes bulge out, drunken red, and give me
    purpled, hairy lips and cheeks to complete 
My...

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Some monsters were mashing in a vault
Then Caspar screamed "it wasn't my fault"
Dracula turned on the light
To reveal Halloween fright
Old Frankie lost his head with...

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Don’t look now but there are ghouls in the thicket of the yum yum tree.
Naturally my head whirled around, for I quickly wanted to see….
What...

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The masquerade ball is fun for all
This was said by my master, in a voice not small
I was not convinced as she stuffed me into...

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Every night
I sat up waiting
and waiting
for you to
sweep me up
from off my feet
instead you
would always
vanish away
into the shadows
from which you came from
without a trace
never leaving...

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My apartment once looked like it was decorated for halloween.
Throughout spider webs were on display easily seen, 
from every corner of every room and from...

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Glowing gleaming pumpkin on a fancy autumn fence.
We watch him counting his money, dropping six pence.
He picks it up and glowers at us, causing a...

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Trick or treat! A hoarse voice barked with a loud kind of cough.
All meowing stopped. Is that those dogs? Sure enough!
Don’t let them in. Everyone...

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Halloween bear we know you want to be horrifyingly scary
But you are no more frightening than the sugar plum faerie
It is more than your big...

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The house did not look eerie in the moon light.
It was Halloween, but I did not feel one bit of fright.
We knocked on the door...

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The hair on my neck was standing up as if in a gale.
I thought I heard a whisper, and my blood turned red.
Was this Dracula?...

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Wee trick-or-treaters
scream at the sight of my face.
Should I wear a mask?


Not really sure "senryu" is the correct classification! Oh, well, . . . 

October...

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The merry ole witch was deep in her cups.
With her mice, her spiders, her cat and her pups.
They were all lazing around, not doing any...

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Do Not Fall Down



Falling down, simply terrific 
for the young!
For the elderly, no, as our springs have
indeed, been totally, sprung.

I took a big spill on...

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I wake up and stare at the clock; my heartbeat is ridiculous.
Am I having a heart attack or is there really someone here?
Noting the time,...

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