Halloween Pantoum Poems

Stores were decorated lavishly for Halloween
A precursor to the extravagant Christmas décor
Seems like Thanksgiving slips silently in between
Almost like it’s not a holiday anymore.

A precursor...

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It moves, a formless form in thickened mists
The chilling touch of ghouls, "Creepy" and foul
"Silhouettes" clinging as the "Dread" persists
"Halloween" summoned by "Descending" howls

The chilling...

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When the leaves start falling off all the trees,
When pumpkin-flavored everything is starting to be sold,
When the weather has dropped several degrees,
The stories of autumn...

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Do you enjoy this haunted ride with me?
I hope it’s nice and comfy on the hay.
So many spooky things there are to see.
It’s more fun...

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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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https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/31st_of_october_eve_1185223
Prizes

October is a pent up rage
A subtle breath and sharp exhale
He is a portent - of impending carnage
A forthcoming black storm's wail

A subtle breath and...

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Through spaces of orange and yellow leaves 
In day-time skylights of azure blue 
Through the blackened leaves at midnights hour 
A full-moon winks through empty...

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October's sheaves of leaves are here,
Breeze blowing mid trees dances down, 
Swirls and twirls of gold, auburn cheer,
Stark branch and bark stand out in brown,...

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A new ghost in this ethereal sleeve
Fresh from the new dug grave that reaked of death
By chance he morphed on this Halloween eve
It was not...

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Laughing children shuffle in the leaves
(they're dressed as ghosts and vampires).
Smiling people give out handfuls of candy;
young and old can  join in the fun.

They're dressed...

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October has come, where have you been?
It's time for both hello and goodbye.
Hot days end as we await Halloween.
We'll sing and dance in costumes, so...

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Hooray For October



Pumpkin patches, Halloween, 
Crunchy leaves of brown
Cool mornings, bond fires,
and the best haunted houses in town
Hooray for October
  

Fall festivals, cool nights,
pep...

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I was born the last day of October
with bright blue and noonday skies.
Among autumn sunbeams of amber 
my infantile yearnings seemed to rise.

With bright blue...

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October, tis so sweet to witness that time of the year,
When all the festive goodness truly marches near,
Tasting raindrops, dew and flakes from cloudlike dream,
Revelling...

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Observing October's tricks and treats,
candles lighten pumpkin faces.
They watch the children traipsing to and fro
mid skeletons, tombstones, spiders and webs.

Candles lighten pumpkin faces 
designed with...

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