4th Halloween Poem Contest – 4th Group Of Submitted Poems

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skeleton dance – by Jasmin T.

the lights in the lab-come

on one two three

Mr. Skeleton shuffles-bows

elegantly-I

do not want tricks

nor treats, she says

Mr. Skeleton does not retreat

music starts-skips

stops and starts again

Mr. Skeleton

dips as moonlight dips

holds his arms like

window panes-framing

his partner as he

shuffles whirls

slow tornado circles

that song-in

her ear she-travels

slips off her shoes

curls her toes

puts her picture

in his frame-she

dances one two three

one two three-doesn’t

mind feeling lonely

as long as the dance

goes on

her eyes close-she

hears the clatter

opens-finds bones

silent again

again

Halloween Poem – by Bruce Louis Dodson

It’s strange about humans
At this time of year
It’s supposed to be scary
But I have no fear
The days of the month do not matter to me
But sometimes it’s strange
The odd things that I see.
Like this thing on the floor
And what’s on the TV
It’s orange and it’s huge
Almost bigger than me.

I don’t have a clue as to why is it here
The same things appear
At the same time each year
Whatever it’s good for is far beyond me
In a couple more months they will bring in a tree.

While Mama Slept – By Elizabeth Jacobson

Oh Halloween! Halloween!

When souls roam no longer unseen

The night of All Hallows Eve

See the dead we grieve

Come home come home

Spend a moment before you roam

Set at the table’s head

A moment we mingle with the dead

With lantern soul lights

Softly quell the fright

No need for vengeance

Just a moment of transience

Staring deeply at the flame

and start the divination game

Look away and back in the mirror

to catch a glimpse of the future

just a little clearer

Teach the children Allhallowtide

To pray for those for whom we’ve cried –those who’ve died

The night of Summer’s end

One last goodbye before they once again descend

Moon Delight – by Larry Sells

Full moon smiles at night
waiting for us to go to sleep
so, he can bare his fangs and
sink them into our necks for
a red liquid meal. We die
a dry fleshly shell. A shell
people cry over and place
into the ground. Their tears
water the plants, which grow.pas
Four faces of the moon attract
his victims. During harvest
season when the vampires, werewolves,
and humans hunt for meat and blood.
Moon gorges itself until it grows
into a huge full moon, which turns dark red.
Harvest Moon, blood moon comes around Halloween
when spirits and other monsters can gather blood
for the full moon, so it can get full
enough to reach Harvest Moon, when the moon becomes full
of blood from people who sleeping or past out fangs
enter the neck either way. The full moon feeds without noise.
The moon rests on the new moon
so, it can feed again on the full moon.