Halloween Poems

Halloween Poems

Spooky Poems For Halloween

Halloween began as a holiday for individuals who practiced the occult. It has since turned into something completely different. Halloween is about the fun of dressing up and pretending to be someone else for a night. Trick-or-treating and children gorging themselves on way too much candy. Attending costume parties and the thrill of a good scare. Carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns and decorating homes. Halloween has become a celebration of Autumn. There may also be a sinister aspect to the holiday when children believing they are entitled to receive candy vandalize property.

41 Trick or Treat Poems

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  1. 1. Halloween Party

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

    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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  3. 2. Haunted House

    • By Sarah Ziman
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 6, 2022 with permission of the Author.

    Rattle-skattle skeletons
    clitter-clack each bone
    Shrieksome banshees circle
    and werewolves howl and moan.

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  5. 3. A Quick Chant For Keeping You Safe At Halloween

    • By Mary Green
    • Published by Family Friend Poems July 30, 2022 with permission of the Author.

    Hobgoblins and spellbinders,
    Angels in rags,
    Liar or truthteller,
    Lacewitch or hag.

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  6. 4. Haunted House Inventory

    Wooden door; wide and creaky.
    Sculking cat; snide and sneaky.
    Skeletons; cold and clanky.
    Madame Witch; old and cranky.

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  7. 5. Candy Andy

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    Hello, my name is Andy.
    I’m a fan of eating candy.
    It’s delicious and it’s dandy,
    and my favorite thing to eat.

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  8. 6. We Bought A Lot Of Candy Bars

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    We bought a lot of candy bars.
    We thought it would be neat
    to have a ton for all the kids
    who came to trick-or-treat.

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  9. 7. A Vampire Bit My Neck Last Night

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    A vampire bit my neck last night.
    And, though it sounds insane,
    some zombies chased me down the street
    and tried to eat my brain.

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  10. 8. Halloween Is Nearly Here

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    Halloween is nearly here.
    I’ve got my costume planned.
    It’s sure to be the most horrific
    outfit in the land.

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  11. 9. Anything Goes On All Hallows' Eve

    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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  12. 10. A Fairy Ball At Dragonfly Cove

    • By Patricia F. Schrader
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2021 with permission of the Author.

    In the fairy town of Dragonfly Cove, the air is filled with anticipation
    For tonight is the town's biggest event, its Halloween celebration

    The fairies are up with the first rays of the sun

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  13. 11. Halloween Is Coming

    • By Fiona Halliday
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2021 with permission of the Author.

    Creeping, crawling creatures scurry in the night,
    Rats and bats and spiders, nibble, out of sight,
    Don’t look too carefully,
    You’ll get a nasty fright!

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  14. 12. Witches' Moon

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

    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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  15. 13. Homecoming

    • By Anne Pollock
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2020 with permission of the Author.

    Shiver me timbers, rattle me bones,
    it's All Hallows' Eve, and I'm on me way home.
    Home to me wifey, me Katy, me best--
    been three hundred years since they laid us to rest.

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  16. 14. Halloween Is Here

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

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

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  17. 15. Halloween Chills

    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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  18. 16. Black Cats, Beware!

    • By Melissa A. Herod
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2019 with permission of the Author.

    To all black cats, please listen keen!
    Do fight the urge to see, be seen.
    Tonight, avoid all humans mean.
    My dears: Stay in on Halloween!

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  19. 17. Pumpkin, Oh Pumpkin

    • By Christopher R. Riddels
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2019 with permission of the Author.

    Pumpkin, oh Pumpkin,
    Your candle light's bright.
    Pumpkin, oh Pumpkin,
    You shine bright through the night.

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  20. 18. One Good Scare

    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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  21. 19. My Friend Jack

    • By Rick W. Cotton
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2018 with permission of the Author.

    Jack comes every year to visit me,
    And his grin just makes me smile.
    Nearly toothless, he doesn't care.
    He happily laughs all the while.

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  22. 20. I Wouldn't Live In A Haunted House

    • By Rick W. Cotton
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 2018 with permission of the Author.

    I wouldn't live in a haunted house;
    It's something I just wouldn't do.
    Not in creepy haunted house.
    Not with me or even with you.

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