Spooky Halloween Poems

Published: October 2020

Scary Halloween Poems

Halloween is a fun holiday, but it can also have elements of darkness. Some people enjoy the spookiness of it. They enjoy being frightened by paranormal activity, haunted houses, witches, death, spirits, and scary movies. These poems are for people who like the terrifying aspects of Halloween.

17 Scary Halloween Poems

  1. Night Of Fright

    • By Jasmine
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2011 with permission of the Author.

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    Monsters stalking through the night.
    Halloween is the Night of Fright.
    Fear is what this night brings,
    Along with many other things.

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  2. Black Trees, Ghosts, And Bumble Bees

    • By Coral Leffew
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2011 with permission of the Author.

    This is an original poem I wrote about Halloween, obviously.(:

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    Lying on your bed just like every other night,
    There is something that'd give grown men fright,
    There's a black figure stalking in the night,
    And it won't go away until dark turns to light,

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  4. Halloween Party

    • By Anne Pollock
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 12, 2022 with permission of the Author.

    This poem was inspired by all I have seen, heard, and imagined through the years on the subject of witches and Halloween.

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    Cold night on Craggy Height,
    The witches make ready their yearly flight.
    Old brooms rewoven, blackest cats chosen.
    When they fly tonight, there'll be no dozing.

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  5. Halloween Is Here

    • By John P. Read
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2019 with permission of the Author.

    I'm not afraid of ghosts and ghouls or things that go bump in the night. It's the living you should be afraid of, especially on Halloween night.

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    Dark and mysterious creepy night.
    Pumpkin masks shining bright.
    Scary monsters, witches' brew.
    Trick or treat, you have to choose.

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  7. One Good Scare

    This poem is about a spooky experience on Halloween

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    I saw a shadow passing by,
    Thinking it just a trick of the eye.
    I turned on the light, but no one was there,
    Though I noticed a fragrance, thick in the air.

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  8. Witches' Moon

    • By Rod I. Eaton
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    This was written as an introduction to a spooky streetcar ride through a dark woods.

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    On 'Tober nights ere Witches' Moon,
    spirits sway and creatures croon.
    As darkness falls and shadows grow,
    haints and haunters fain to show.

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  9. Anything Goes On All Hallows' Eve

    I wrote this about a Halloween night and how you can expect anything.

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    The sun set in the early eve.
    No light could pierce those mammoth trees.
    Dark and dense for miles wide,
    You could wander lost forever inside.

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  10. Black Hood

    • By Amy Pan
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2014 with permission of the Author.

    Poem about a person experiencing somebody following them, all until it leads up to a fateful Halloween day. This poem was inspired by the fact that Halloween is just around the corner, and by a TV show that I was watching on the subject of stalkers and the notion of 'having somebody watching your every move.' I originally wrote this for a school writing submission, but soon got the idea to submit to somewhere more public.

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    You know you've seen it around before
    Tailing your car to the grocery store.
    Just out of sight from where you stood
    That fleeting and unforgettable black hood.

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  11. Halloween Chills

    I have loved Halloween ever since I was a child. I love to write and paint all things Halloween.

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    On this night of spooks and gnomes
    Of swooning leaves and cringing crones
    Of legends told from ear to ear
    Of shrieking cats that grin and sneer

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  12. Halloween Night

    This poem is about the electricity of Halloween night.

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    When days grow short and nights get cold
    And autumn trees turn red and gold,
    Move, we may, through sun drenched days
    'Midst leaves and berries and bales of hay.

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  13. Halloween Night

    • By Michelle
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 2008 with permission of the Author.

    Out of all the poems I have written, this is my favorite one. I wrote this about Halloween because I adore Halloween.

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    The corpse that walks,
    its solemn line.
    The vampire stalks,
    finds blood to dine.

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  14. Fearful, Foggy Night

    This poem is for those of us who still love Halloween or All Hallows' Eve, as some people refer to it. I've always loved the fun of this harvest celebration. This time of year does have a special mysterious eeriness to it, especially at night. Spiders are spinning the most fantastic webs. Sometimes the moon glows yellow, full and bright. Other times there's a dull white glow with misty passing clouds and chilliness. It's a fantastic time of year to enjoy and sometimes allow our imaginations to have fun!

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    Damp darkness befalls as gray fog settles in.
    Frightening shadows lingering within.

    Footsteps echo through the black, eerie night

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  15. In Darkest Woods He Wandered

    • By Steve Mckee
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2011 with permission of the Author.

    A spooky poem about wandering through the woods on a stormy Halloween night, facing the fear and terror of the unknown in the haunted woods

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    In darkest woods he wandered,
    one moonless stormy night.
    The tree limbs made him shiver
    reaching out through lightning's light.

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  16. The Vampire's Kiss

    • By Jim Ellis
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2011 with permission of the Author.

    Thrilling scary Halloween poem about vampires running wild throughout the night preying on the blood of human victims.

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    Beware the kiss of the living dead.
    It will leave you wanting.
    Hunger delays once he's fed
    But soon restarts the hunting.

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  17. Halloween Night

    • By Charlotte Bancroft
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2016 with permission of the Author.

    The moon was such a sight on this eerie night.

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    Halloween night is not what it seems;
    Ghosts and ghouls haunting your dreams.

    I walk among the spooky, old shack.

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  18. Vampires

    • By Katilyn
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2012 with permission of the Author.

    I wrote this in October. And I thought why not write about vampires? Hope you like it.

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    What I'm about to tell you, you must keep it on the low.
    Vampires are dangerous, so don't tell them no.
    They're both beautiful and mysterious,
    Big fangs, dressed in black; blood is what they want.

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  19. A Halloween Poem For Children

    • By Kevin Greenwood
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2009 with permission of the Author.

    I am a retired production controller. I have a B.A. in European History earned long ago. I am reading again all the 18th-20th century literature again that I once read so distractedly. I was a photo-journalist when in the US Army and have written one verbose and unpublished novel as well as hundreds of poems.

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    No one heard the old Gal make a word
    A sound or noise any Christian ever heard
    As she walked through the village once every moon
    To buy some few vittles and leave none too soon.

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