In some neighborhoods the Halloween decorating has gone over the top this year. Whether it’s enormous skeletons or blow up zombies, people have certainly gotten into the spirit, so to speak. On a recent walk in my daughter’s neighborhood in New Orleans, I ran into this guy. During the day, he was comical, but I imagine come the darkness of Halloween night, he may give some small child a fright.
Please join me in musing about Halloween decor and all that goes with it. Write a small poem in the comments and support other writers with encouragement.
Today, I chose the shadorma form. (3, 5, 3, 3, 7, 5)
Grim reapers
scour your neighborhood.
Are you scared?
Will you come
play with a puffed-up spider?
Halloween is here!
(Margaret Simon, draft)
Reflections on the Teche 
I love that the grim reaper is on your side. I also love writing to forms. Sometimes, that just makes it so much easier.
Halloween is such fun. Here’s my short poem.
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Beware all Hallow’s Eve, my friend!
With wolves that bite, and skeletons!
Beware the Frankenstein and run
from evil masks of death!
Good advice! Evil masks of death is a good description of this guy.
Your grim-reaper reminded me of a human-sized raven. That guy would scare me at night!
Raven croaks.
Raven caws.
Raven steals
with black-hooked claws.
Guard your candy.
Shield your treats.
Raven roams
the moon-lit streets!
I can see a raven, too. Love the rhymes. Thanks for writing!
Hi Margaret. Happy Halloween. I know you’ll have fun with costumed grandkids! Appreciations for your lively decoration report as it’s the same here – so much, so big the displays, so expensive! My hubby priced one giant, roof-height skeleton at $400 online – where do these people get this money for a once-a-year lawn partee?
You’ve shared yet another new-to-me-form name with Shardorma poems- TY for adding the # count.
To join your poetry party, I blurted this d r a f t, so taken am I by the beakbirdface:
Which bird this is I do wonder
As it haunts this village, yonder.
I ponder if if the owner is near
to see how BirdCreature instills fear.
I can’t stay and gawk like a hawk
There are other paths to walk
And candy to devour before I squawk.
And candy that sours as I squawk.
jga/draft 0.31.25 This photo wants to be a poem for M.S.
What a fun rhyming poem! I love “candy to devour before I squawk. “ Happy Halloween. I’m actually attending the Louisiana Book Festival so I hope my girls send me lots of photos. Thanks for writing.
nothing better at a Halloween Holiday weekend than to be among creative writers & illustrators & readers – I’m feeling your fest will be filled with festive [even,character] costumes! & lotsa lotsa fun wished to you.