Halloween Tales
This is a poem and a challenge: Pick a stanza, write a Halloween poem based on that stanza
Gourd lanterns with candles
And big fat black cats
Ghosts and goblins
And witches with hats
Huge vampire bats
That take to the skies
Searching for victims
Through red glowing eyes
Werewolves are howling
From high in the hills
Acting quite madly
Giving everyone chills
Skeletons roaming
All through the streets
Tricking the children
And stealing their treats
Spells are all cast
With potions that boil
In cauldrons of black
Filled with gooey green oil
Five toes of newt
Ten hairs of cat
Eight scales of dragon
Six tails of rat
A frightful potion
And the spells that are cast
Call undead from hiding
With tales from the past
Ghouls bring their stories
With monster delight
Of previous hauntings
On Halloween night
So guard all your candies
Check under your bed
Make sure you're not hunted
By the souls of the dead
Sherry Gail Heim
October 11, 2021
Copyright © Sherry Gail Heim 2021
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"Six brain cells from Biden,
Some loose screws from Sanders
And a lobotomised Harris,
All afflicted with Glanders!"
Voila! Poetic justice! Thanks for presenting us with this ghoulish opportunity for politically incorrect poetry, Sherry, even if I am cheating a bit here!
Regis. 👻🎃🦇🍁😊