It’s not long now until Halloween, so I thought I would add a few poems on that subject. Some are spooky, some are funny and some are just Halloweeny.

HUBBLE BUBBLE WE’RE IN TROUBLE!

HUBBLE BUBBLE

We’re in trouble

Hear the zombies howl!

HUBBLE BUBBLE

We’re in trouble

Witch is on the prowl!

Looking for ingredients

To put inside a stew.

HUBBLE BUBBLE

Run and hide

It might be me or YOU!

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RAT-A-TAT-TAT

Spooks in the shadows

Dancing through the trees

Bats in the branches

Hanging where they please

Witches on a broomstick

Filling up the skies

Black cats in the shadows

With super-glittering eyes.

It’s Halloween

It’s Halloween

On the door we’ll beat:

Rat-a-tat-tat

Rat-a-tat-tat

It’s time for

TRICK OR TREAT!

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AFTER THE HALLOWEEN PARTY

There are spectral shapes on the landing

they move with an eerie light,

and something spills out of the cupboard

to fill all my fears tonight.

Shadows roll over the bedroom floor

I can see them in the gloom.

Vampires, ghosts and spiders,

are creeping around my room.

The face of a pumpkin lantern

is hovering in the air.

Things with wings are swooping

and something brushes my hair.

And what’s that coming up the stairs?

My eyes are wide with fright.

A hand curls around the bedroom door…

… it’s mum, come to say goodnight.

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MY COSTUME HAS BEEN BANNED

Halloween is on the way,

I’ve got my costume planned.

But then mum said ‘No way hose,

That costume will be banned.’

It isn’t very scary

It’s a funny kind of creature.

But mum insists there’s no way

I can go dressed as my teacher!,