Here is a collection of Halloween poems that are new to my website for 2000. They are not found on my other Halloween pages. Enjoy! ;)
Witch, Witch
Witch witch, where do you fly?
Under the clouds and over the sky.
Witch, witch, what do you eat?
Little black apples from Hurricane Street.
Witch, witch, what do you drink?
Vinegar and good red ink.
Witch, witch, where do you sleep?
Up in the clouds where the pillows are cheap.
Halloween Warning
On Halloween evening, one night in the year,
When ancient graves open, all the ghosts then appear.
We flit through the shadows, we moan and we groan,
We pounce on the mortal, straying too far from home.
So humans be wary, stay safely within
Lest a Halloween ghost scares you out of your skin!
Pumpkin
We bought a fat orange pumpkin
The plumpest sort they sell.
We neatly scooped the inside out
And only left the shell.
We carved a funny funny-face
Of silly shape and size,
A pointy nose, a jagged mouth
And two enormous eyes.
We set it in a window
And we put a candle in,
Then lit it up for all to see
Our jack-o-lantern grin.
Ghosts
I think I'll wear a sheet,
A big, white, ghostly sheet;
And go about on Halloween
To scare the folks I meet.
I'll be entirely covered up -
All white from head to feet,
And I don't think they'll ever guess
That I'm inside that sheet.
HALLOWEEN
Charlene Ashborn
All Hallows Eve is almost here,
The spookiest night of the year.
You may see a ghost, witch or ghoul
For this is the time these beings rule
Front porch stoops are their favorite haunt,
Here they gather to giggle and taunt.
Ringing doorbells, shouting "Trick or Treat,"
Only to be appeased by something sweet.
Greedily they grab handfuls of candy,
Stuffing it in sacks they always keep handy.
The creatures then, vanish as quickly as they came,
To torment others with their silly game.
Midnight comes, the "witching hour,"
The sweets are sorted, ready to devour.
In a short time, the candy has vanished,
Into stomachs totally famished.
Soon the creatures begin to moan,
All that sugar making them groan.
Slowly they crawl into their beds,
Pulling the blankets over their heads.
Three Little Witches
One little, two little, three little witches,
Fly over haystacks, fly over ditches,
Slide down moonbeams without any hitches,
Hey ho Halloween's here!
Horned owl's hooting, it's time to go riding,
Deep in the shadows are black cats hiding,
With gay little goblins, sliding, gliding,
Hey ho Halloween's here!
Stand on your head with a lopsided wiggle,
Tickle your little black cats till they giggle,
Swish through clouds with a higgedy, piggle,
Hey ho Halloween's here!
On Halloween
Pumpkins on a fence post
With their eyes alight,
Bats and cats and hooty owls,
Witches all in flight,
Ghosts and goblins galloping
What a scary night!
A Pumpkin Seed
Alice Crowell Hoffman
A pumpkin seed's a little thing,
When it is planted in the spring.
But, oh, the fun that it can bring!
At Halloween it turns into
A pumpkin pie for me and you,
Or jack-o'-lantern that says "Boo!"
Jack –O-Lantern
The jack –o-lantern chuckled
Then winked his funny eye,
"I would rather be a pumpkin-face
Than be inside a pie!"
Jolly wolly pumpkin face
You're happy tell us why.
I'd rather be a pumpkin face
And not a pumpkin pie!
One day I found two pumpkin seeds.
I planted one and pulled the weeds.
It sprouted roots and a long green vine.
A pumpkin grew. I called it mine.
My pumpkin was quite round and fat.
I really am quite proud of that.
But there is something I’ll admit
That has me worried just a bit.
I ate the other seed, you see.
Now will it grow inside of me?
What Witches Do
The witches don their pointed hats,
The witches croak and croon,
The witches ride their broomsticks,
Away beyond the moon.
The witches don their flowing cloaks,
The witches stir their brew.
The witches chant their magic spells,
All the dark hours through.
The witches stroke their big black cats,
They comb their locks of gray,
Yet when the first faint daylight comes.
The witches hide away.
Look out where you go on Halloween night,
Some scary things will give you a fright!
There's ghosts and goblins here and there,
Scary things are everywhere!
There's witches flying all about,
Every goulish thing is out.
Black cat's hiss and raise their backs,
While ghosts pass by with quiet tracks.
Bat's flap their wings and let out a shriek,
This night is definitely not for the meek.
Then, from a distance, comes a sound,
Bones are rattling all around.
It's getting scarier all about,
You're starting to wish you'd never went out.
Panic now, what will you do?
Then something jumps right out at you.
BOO!
Monsters
There are monsters everywhere,
Monsters wandering in my hair,
Monsters on the corner stair,
Monsters in the rocking chair,
Monsters going up the wall,
Monsters that are very tall,
If I caught them in a bunch,
I'd have monster stew for lunch.
Who Am I?
A face so round
And eyes so bright,
A nose that glows
My, what a sight!
A fiery mouth
with a jolly grin,
No arms! No legs!
Just head to chin.
Halloween Creatures
Ghosts and goblins, wicked witches,
Running all around;
When I hear their shrieks and laughter,
I don't make a sound.
Ghosts and goblins, wicked witches,
All around the place;
Halloween's a spooky season.
I just hide my face.
Then I learn it's not really
What it seems at all.
All those creatures are just my friends,
Ones from down the hall.
Soon I join the spooky spirits.
With my brand-new mask,
Acting like a ghost or goblin
Is an easy task.
What a funny seed I found,
I wondered what would grow.
So I planted it in the ground,
And now I know!
Little leaves were first to sprout,
Growing in a line,
Then golden blossoms opened out
Along the vine.
And then something grew and grew and grew!
The biggest ever seen!
And now I have a pumpkin-
Just in time for HALLOWEEN!
A COLORFUL HALLOWEEN
Halloween is in the fall,
When summer colors fade.
But there are colors everywhere,
In the Halloween parade.
It’s fun to dress on Halloween,
In costumes bold and bright.
An old brown owl, a big black cat,
Or a little ghost in white.
Pumpkins are so fat and round..
A bright orange color, too.
Scoop them out and carve a face.
So they can grin at you.
So have a colorful Halloween
And make October bright.
With all the colors of Halloween:
Black, orange, brown and white.
A Goblin Lives in Our House
A goblin lives in our house, in our house, in our house.
A goblin lives in our house all the year round.
He bumps.
And he jumps
And he thumps.
And he stumps.
He knocks.
And he rocks.
And he rattles at the locks.
A goblin lives in our house, in our house, in our house.
A goblin lives in our house all the year round.
Out in the fields where the cornstalks lie,
Some pumpkins are sleeping, but by and by
We'll pick them and bring them one by one
Into the house for Halloween fun.
We'll scoop out the middle and cut a hat,
Make 2 eyes and a nose, what do you think of that?
Put in a candle to shine right through,
Now they're Jack-o-lanterns, BOO!
Pumpkin time ishere again,
Time to play trick-or-treat.
Pumpkin time is here again,
Our spooky friends we'll meet.
See the costumes we have on,
Monsters, ghosts, goblins, too.
See the costumes we have on,
Here us all shout "BOO!"
One jack o'lantern that I see
Is quietly staring right at me.
The witch rides by with her pet cat.
The jack o'lantern stares at that.
An owl is sitting on a limb.
The jack o'lantern stares at him.
A little bat has velvet fur
The jack o'lantern stares at her.
There comes ghost all dressed in white.
The jack o'lantern stares all night.
At night, the jack o'lantern stares.
It's Halloween and no one cares!