TRICK-OR-TREAT

I'm going trick-or-treating
with this BIG candy sack.
I'll have to start out early.
It'll be a while before I'm back.

I'm going to fill it full
with every kind of candy
and then I'll share with you.
This Halloween is dandy.

I haven't bought any Halloween candy yet?  What is your favorite kind of treat?  What do you like to get? Can you try writing a poem about trick-or-treating or Halloween candy?  Have fun writing.

MY JACK-O-LANTERN

I picked my pumpkin.
It's big.
It's round.
I'll make it
a jack-o-lantern
as soon as I
can lift it
up from
the ground.

Oh, my.  I can't believe Halloween is only a couple of days away.  I've been so busy with other things I have done nothing to get ready. 
What are you doing to get ready for Halloween?  Have you carved a pumpkin?  Do you have a costume?  Can you try writing your own Halloween poem?  Have fun.

haiku Halloween

Oh sweet Halloween
in white, orange and yellow--
eating corn candy.


     This poem is a haiku written in the 5-7-5 syllable format.  For you poem today, can you take one of your Halloween words and write your own haiku?  Have fun writing.

Spooky Party

 

copyright 2014, Joy Acey

1, 2, 3, 4
spooky ghosts
float through the door.
5, 6, 7, 8
they're rushing in
can't be late.
9,10, then 10 again.
They're laughing
loud and hardy
20 ghosts
having a
Halloween party.

    Here is your challenge for today-- make a list of all the Halloween related words you can think of.  My list had 22 words.  Now I'm going to try to write poems using those words.  Have fun making your list.  Can you write a list poem using your words?  Happy writing.

THE CLOCK

TICK-TOCK, TICK-TOCK.
at my door
I hear a knock.
It's a grandfather clock.

He has a bag.
He wants to be fed.

Tick-or-treat,
the clock said

Happy Halloween

     So, only two more Halloween poems to go.  Yahoo.  I mentioned yesterday playing with other words to rhyme with "trick," and I thought "tick" would work nicely.  This poem also works as a reverso.  Try reading it from the bottom up and see what you think?  Can you find the onomatopoeia in this poem?  If you were to perform this poem with your class using multiple voices, how would you break the parts up?  Can you write a Halloween poem today, too?  Have fun.
    What do you think of my grandfather clock? I had a lot of fun sketching that clock costume before I colored it.  I hope you have a fun day too. Happy writing.

MY BEST FRIEND JOHN

Knocking at my door

was Monster John

face all white,

waxy and wan.

I was scared.

My cheeks turned red.

Trick-or-treat

was what

Monster John said.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

     See, I'm still playing with this silly rhyme.  This time I've taken the name of my friend and plugged it into the poem.  Do you have a friend who is going trick-or-treating for Halloween?  What costume will he wear?  Can you write your own poem about your friend?

Knocking at my door

was Princess Joy.

She carried a wand,

a children's toy.

I laughed so hard,

my cheeks turned red.

Trick-or-treat,

was what the Princess said.

Happy Halloween.

     All right!  Enough.  But, wouldn't you like to try writing your own Halloween poem and put your name in the poem.  I hope you have a happy Sunday writing poetry.

LONG TAILED BUSH LIZARD

A long tailed bush lizard
is resting in the sun.
He's waiting for Halloween,
knows it is fun.

Running in and out 
of your jack-o-lantern.
You might call him
a little rapscallion.

Eating flies and gnats
and pumpkin too.
He wishes a Happy Halloween
to me and you.

    What does your dog or cat think about Halloween?  Will your pet wear a costume?  If you had a pet animal how would you dress her for Halloween?  Can you write a poem about that?

Elizabeth, an elephant
wants to dance
for Halloween.
She needs
the biggest tutu
I've ever seen.

When she trick-or-treats
she carries a big sack.
And if you don't feed her
she'll never come back. 

Halloween Haiku

October's full moon

scarey Halloween shadows 

shake on pumpkin vines

     Can you try writing your own haiku today?  Have fun.

Boo!

Look carefully at this poem and see if you can figure out the form. 

If you go out on Halloween night

be prepared for a scary fright

if the moon is shining bright

and bats fly out of sight

beware of ghouls

who hold you tight

and witches

who shout

BOO!

     Did you figure it out?  Here is a hint--count lines, count syllables.

This is a nonce form based on the number 9.  There are 9 lines in this poem and nine syllables in the first line and one less syllable in each consecutive line, ending with a one syllable line.  Would you like to try writing a poem in this form?  Have fun.

HALLOWEEN COSTUME

"Come," said Mother

"Give me a hand.

A costume for Halloween,

we've got to plan."

Tell me what 

you'd like to be

we'll make the costume,

just wait and see.

A ballerina, a monster,

a cowboy, a bum,

a princess, a scientist

a teacher, a nun.

A nurse or a doctor

a lawyer, or farmer.

a rockstar, a model

a plumber, or drummer.

There are so many things 

to be for Halloween,

but now is the time

to start to scheme.

     Have you thought about what you'd like to be for this Halloween?  Your challenge for today is to write a poem about what you want to be this Halloween.  Oh what fun this one should be.