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 Night

    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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    What a brilliant poem that perfectly captures Halloween Night.

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  3. 2. Black Trees, Ghosts, And Bumble Bees

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

    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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    Dear Coral,
    I am an adult woman that loves-so far-Halloween. I really enjoyed your poem. Please keep writing.

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  5. 3. My Next Door Neighbor Is A Witch


    • By Samiya Vallee
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2014 with permission of the Author.

    My next door neighbor is a witch,
    And she lives way down in a ditch.
    Her clothing is a little strange,
    Because she never wants to change.

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    I REALLY GOT SCARED OMG but YES this poem is really so so so funny.

  6. 4. 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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    Very well written! It's always nice reading poems of the holidays and traditions that are coming up in the near future. Thanks for sharing!

  7. 5. Spooky Halloween Night

    • By Jacey Vantimmeren
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2014 with permission of the Author.

    It's very spooky on Halloween night.
    The ghosts and goblins will give you a fright.

    Watch your back, do not be blind.

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    It's really great! I was looking for poems for my daughter and this is amazing! It's wonderful!

  8. 6. In Darkest Woods He Wandered

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

    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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    Great spooky writing! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays and I love to read Halloween/supernatural writing year round.

  9. 7. 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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  10. 8. Halloween Party

    • By Anne Pollock
    • Published by Family Friend Poems October 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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  11. 9. Halloween Is Nearly Here

    Famous Poem

    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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  12. 10. Mystic Magination Night!

    On one mystic, magic night,
    Jack O Lanterns glowing bright,
    kids with bags of candy sweet,
    roam door to door and street to street,

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  13. 11. 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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  14. 12. 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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  15. 13. Black Hood

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

    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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  16. 14. 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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  17. 15. 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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  18. 16. 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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  19. 17. 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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  20. 18. 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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  21. 19. 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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  22. 20. Night Of Fright

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

    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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