Holiday Sedoka Poems

Hot coffee in hand 
looking out the cold window 
I see winter has arrived. 
A white snow blanket 
covers nature this winter 
all sleep until...

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This time of the year
when the cannas sadly droop,
Ma is saving kitchen scraps
from recent repasts
for a hearty winter soup,
and decorations go up.

Too early I think
with...

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A powerful mist
Where skulls have all the power
And skeletons are the primary
Reason for swift death
The undead sweeps up the night
Opens the evening with fear

Russell Sivey...

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In a tired full moon
A beautiful witch sits down
Petting a fiery black cat
That purrs near her legs
Next to a Jack-O-Lantern
All ready for Halloween

Russell Sivey...

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Halloween evening
When skeletons rise from dead
And bats move around the night
The witch’s hat creates
Rounds of complete fearful sights
Pumpkins come alive tonight

Russell Sivey...

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An interesting
Saying goes, “If the broom fits
Fly it” great wisdom pronounced
In words to the wise
Only one thing left to say…
“Fly away, friend, fly away”

Russell Sivey...

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An old tree at night
Casts interesting shadows
From the light of the full moon
The night holds darkness
Where tree holds the vampire bats
That feast on fearful people

Russell...

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Hanging by a string
Are white skeletons and ghosts
For a Halloween party
Twisting in the breeze
And really flying high
In the Autumn night event

Russell Sivey...

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Some lighted pumpkins
Sit outside an old coffin
That houses a decaying
Skeleton, rotten
Are the old bones from within
That pet the Jack-O-Lanterns

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Outside my door, bats
They fly all around my house
Scaring away anyone
That comes near my place
Implanting fear in people
The bats are surely a bane

Russell Sivey...

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