Halloween Poems that you can read for you enjoyment
Halloween
Halloween sits brooding in the far corner of October.
A crimson specter draped in fallen leaves,
smelling of withered earth and cider.
This hallowed eve flickers through carved smiles,
Calls forth sudden starts, and eerie harmonies
recorded through the short hairs of the nape.
Halloween a hole in darkness we pour childhood fears.
A storage receptacle of the bewitching memories of long dark hallways,
sulking forests and grandmas engulfing chiffarobe,
the veiled mirror a passageway to enchantment.
The shibboleth of Halloween arises quickly,
spooked from the back of the throat by a shriek.
Ah, Halloween, Halloween.
~Curt Collier~
ON HALLOWEEN
The witches fly
Across the sky,
The owls go, "Who? Who? Who?"
The black cats yowl
And green ghosts howl,
"Scary Halloween to you!"
~Nina Willis Walter~
HALLOWEEN MAGIC
A bald-headed ghost
Drank some witches' brew
And on top of his head
A strange thing grew.
It was pointed and tall
And black as a bat
With stringy long hair
Where his head was flat.
The sad little ghost
Didn't want any hair
Or a black pointed hat
So he said, "Witch beware!"
Then he chanted some words
With a spell-casting switch
And gave Halloween Night
A bald-headed witch!!
~Barbara M. Hales~
SHIVERS
Bushes quiver
where shadows lean,
and not a sliver
of moon is seen.
Near the river
some goblins (green)
with a witch in front
and a ghost in between
Make me sh..i..vvvver,
but I am keen
about the shivers
of Halloween.
~Aileen Fisher~
IT'S HALLOWEEN
It's Halloween! It's Halloween!
The moon is full and bright
And we shall see what can't be seen
On any other night.
Skeletons and ghosts and ghouls,
Grinning goblins fighting duels,
Werewolves rising from their tombs,
Witches on their magic brooms.
In masks and gowns
we haunt the street
And knock on doors
for trick or treat.
Tonight we are
the king and queen,
For oh tonight
it's Halloween!
~Jack Prelutsky~
