Halloween Free Verse Poems

“le livre bleu” 

Terabytes.
lonely poets, writers, 
musicians and artists play here,
they wear masks that cover
vermillion dripping smiles
over sharp little wolverine teeth,
they drown their sorrows in...

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I am the Voodoo Queen, draped in mystic skies,
Where moonlight whispers and shadows lie.
Beneath my veil, the arcane hums,
The pulse of the midnight, where the...

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Let's dance for the dead,
In beautiful nightmares, 
And together we create the most eccentric tragic story,
No one has foreseen,

Will you be my Vampire?
...

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Unsettling it was
came from where
I did not know,
the jagged claw upon 
my chamber floor

so near the cot
where I nightly lay,
have dreamed so snug
feeling quite secure,

sharpest...

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I just want to be loved,
I want to love someone.
I want to have that 1-in-a-million love.
To be loved unconditionally,
Two sided love.

I want to dance in...

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Born in the breath of woodsmoke and fire,
I learned early to love the art of falling.
Leaves tumble like poorly kept secrets,
trees strip down without shame...

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spring morning glory loudly shivers while in quiet vine

the army of pumpkins herald the winter to come

night creatures do not belong in the spring light

steals...

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I've shoved everything into the corners of my room,
And now there are little bits of everything that I can't seem to get rid of, scattered...

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A moon-lit day
End of Fall
The Sun an unseen presence
Far down south-west
Behind some silver cloud
Maples showering gold
On a lengthening walkway
Lovely as the Milky Way

A young couple...

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We paused for a snack 
And threw them all back 
Got in the car 
But didn't drive very far 
We stopped down the street 
At...

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Found myself doing my damndest to sleep through the day again.
Wake up, pull the wool over my eyes, block out the world, repeat.
Certainly not a...

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 Would you believe it if I say I'm not me anymore 
Would you believe it if i said I died once leaving my throne...

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She sat in the middle of a bunch of loudmouths
Drinking their various ales and wines,
They were dressed in some truly awful costumes
Most faces were made...

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The haunted train of Schwenksville

After dark every Halloween
since living social in Perkiomen Valley
for seven long years,
a shrill whistle train whistle
(often compared to the sound
of a...

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Halloween Confession

A Squirrel
Only Loves You
If You're
Nuts.

You 
Probably
Think I'm 
Kidding.

(I'm Not.)

-Gray Squirrel

10-31-2024
...

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