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Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Searching... Subject: HALLOWEEN Matches Found: 122 UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` A HALLOWEEN MEMORY, by CHRISTOPHER DARLINGTON MORLEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Do you remember, heart's desire Last Line: His hearthfire smoke against the sky. Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway Subject(s): Halloween ADVICE ON VAMPIRES, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: If some person you admire Last Line: Never stick your neck out for him Subject(s): Halloween ALL HALLOW EVE, by CAROLYN WELLS Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: You wouldn't believe Subject(s): Halloween AN ECLOGUE, by ROBERT FERGUSSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Twas e'ening whan the spreckled gowdspink sang Last Line: And take your supper kail or sowens wi me. Alternate Author Name(s): Ferguson, Robert Subject(s): Conversation; Halloween; Marriage; Weddings; Husbands; Wives AND WHO DO YOU BELONG TO, by DEBRA MARQUART Poem Source First Line: Even in my ghost costume I'm recongnizable Last Line: And I end up winning %the whole goddamn jar Subject(s): Children; Halloween; Practical Jokes BARLEY BOYS, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: The barley boys live over the tracks Last Line: Are only five and six years old Subject(s): Halloween BLACK AND GOLD, by NANCY BYRD TURNER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Everything is black and gold Last Line: When the world turns black and gold, %then it's hallowe'en! Subject(s): Halloween BONES, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM Poem Source First Line: Tickle his funny bone Last Line: Skeleton jim Subject(s): Halloween BUGGED, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: A drive in the moonlight's a tonic Last Line: From things that go splat in the night Subject(s): Halloween CRISS CROSS APPLE SAUCE, by THOMAS LUX Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography Last Line: As we drive from her mother's house to mine Subject(s): Daughters; Divorce; Halloween DON'T WORRY, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Don't worry if you catch a cold Last Line: Of dusting out the brain Subject(s): Halloween END OF TOMMY, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Tommy chased the squirrels around Last Line: And bought a tommy gun Subject(s): Halloween ERL-KING, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Who spurs on the road when day is done Last Line: There in his arm the boy lay dead Subject(s): Death - Children; Fairies; Halloween; Superstition ERL-KING, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Who rideth so late through the night-wind Subject(s): Death - Children; Fairies; Halloween; Supernatural ERL-KING, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Who rides so late through the night-wind wild Subject(s): Death - Children; Fairies; Halloween; Supernatural EXAMINATION, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Open your mouth, said the doctor Last Line: And choked the poor doctor to death Subject(s): Halloween FRED, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Fred said that bolts of lightning Last Line: And now our fred glows in the dark Subject(s): Halloween GHOST'S CONFESSION, by CHARLES LUTWIDGE DODGSON Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Oh, when I was a little ghost Alternate Author Name(s): Carroll, Lewis Subject(s): Halloween GHOUL, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: The ghoul's a walking book of knowledge Last Line: No! By picking people's brains Subject(s): Halloween GRANDMA, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Grandma took her false teeth out Last Line: And said, 'well, I declare.' Subject(s): Halloween HALLOW EVEN, by CARRIE WARD LYON Poem Source First Line: The autumn wind awakes and calls aloud Subject(s): Halloween HALLOW-FAIR, by ROBERT FERGUSSON Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At hallowmas, whan nights grow lang Last Line: Wi shame that day. Alternate Author Name(s): Ferguson, Robert Subject(s): Festivals; Halloween; Fairs; Pageants HALLOWE'EN, by HAZEL VAWN Poem Text First Line: Upon that night when witch and sprite Last Line: Or watch the witch fires burn. Subject(s): Halloween HALLOWE'EN, by ANNETTE WYNNE Poem Text First Line: The time when bats fly through the / rooms Last Line: That's when wishes all come true. Subject(s): Ghosts; Halloween; October; Pumpkins; Supernatural HALLOWE'EN IS HERE, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER Poem Text First Line: Ghosts and spooks are floating round Last Line: Hallowe'en is here. Subject(s): Fear; Halloween; Holidays HALLOWEEN, by JOEL BENTON Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Pixie, kohold, elf, and sprite Subject(s): Halloween HALLOWEEN, by ROBERT BURNS Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Upon that night, when fairies light Last Line: Fu' blythe that night. Subject(s): Halloween HALLOWEEN, by MOLLY CAPES Poem Source First Line: Bolt and bar the front door Subject(s): Halloween HALLOWEEN, by JAMES CHRISTIAN LINDBERG Poem Text First Line: In the west the moon hangs low Last Line: In the west the moon hangs low. Subject(s): Halloween; Pumpkins; Witchcraft & Witches HALLOWEEN, by CARRIE WARD LYON Poem Source First Line: Walk into the dark room Subject(s): Halloween HALLOWEEN, by JOHN MAYNE Poem Text Poem Explanation First Line: Of a' the festivals we hear Last Line: Jockie mein. Subject(s): Halloween HALLOWEEN, by ARTHUR PETERSON Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Out I went into the meadow Last Line: Who come forth on halloween. Subject(s): Halloween HALLOWEEN, by JUANITA BROWN TOBIN Poem Source First Line: The eerie evening went on through Last Line: Let me be the first to congratulate you Subject(s): Halloween HALLOWEEN 1996, by C. T. LAWRENCE Poem Source First Line: In the afternoon there is the surprise of driving by fire Last Line: Light and dark. Everything has a seam in it; if it splits, %we get to see the fire inside Subject(s): Fire; Halloween; Pumpkins HALLOWEEN CARNIVAL, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM Poem Source First Line: I left my wig at the penny toss Last Line: I'm me at the halloween carnival! Subject(s): Halloween HALLOWEEN CHARM, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Fern seed, hemp seed, water of the well Last Line: Take my secret thought to him and call him home again! Subject(s): Halloween; Life; New York City - Dutch Period; Peace HALLOWEEN ON HENNEPIN, by BARTON SUTTER Poem Source First Line: It's halloween going on midnight. Boo Last Line: Hey. Happy halloween.' Subject(s): Halloween; Religion; Streets HALLOWS' E'EN, by WINIFRED MARY LETTS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: The girls are laughing with the boys, and gaming by the fire Subject(s): Halloween HAUNTED HOUSE, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM Poem Source First Line: The haunted house %ooo-ooo Last Line: Scared together! Subject(s): Halloween HAZEL DORN, by BERNARD SLEIGH Poem Source First Line: They stole her from the well beside the wood Subject(s): Halloween HENRY'S NELSON COAT, by MARJORIE KOWALSKI COLE Poem Source First Line: This tiny blue biography of a diminutive, one-armed, one-eyed Last Line: The wars of fifth grade, I am pulled out of everything I know Subject(s): Children; Halloween; Schools HOW MANY WITCHES?, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM Poem Source First Line: How many witches on a broomstick? Last Line: Open up the door! Subject(s): Halloween I ONCE HAD A GENIE, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: I once had a genie trapped in a bottle Last Line: For drowning that genie while washing the dishes Subject(s): Halloween I SAW A GHOST, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: I saw a ghost last saturday night Last Line: That ghost was alone Subject(s): Halloween I'M A MONSTER!, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM Poem Source First Line: I'm a monster %be careful Last Line: But please %let me carry my mask! Subject(s): Halloween IF YOU EVER, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: If you ever stuffed cement Last Line: For you would have a hardvark Subject(s): Halloween IF YOU'RE STROLLING IN A SEWER, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source Last Line: I'd turn around and scat Subject(s): Halloween IT'S HALLOWEEN, by JACK PRELUTSKY Poem Full Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: It's halloween! It's halloween! Last Line: It's halloween Subject(s): Halloween JACK-O'-LANTERNS, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM Poem Source First Line: Get the pumpkins Last Line: Trick or treat! %good night! Subject(s): Halloween JUDY, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Judy has such lovely feet Last Line: They reach halfway across the street Subject(s): Halloween LAUGHING HYENA, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: The laughing hyena tripped over his feet Last Line: What he said through his smile I wouldn't repeat Subject(s): Halloween LAZIEST BOYS, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Who are the laziest boys in the world? Last Line: While the other grunts and sweats Subject(s): Halloween LAZY WITCH, by MYRA COHN LIVINGSTON Poem Source First Line: Lazy witch, %what's wrong with you Last Line: What's wrong with you Subject(s): Halloween LISTEN UP, RATS!, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: When murphy struts through the sewers Last Line: You won't remember your name Subject(s): Halloween LITANY FOR HALLOWEEN, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "from ghoulies and ghosties, / long-leggety beasties" Last Line: Good lord deliver us Variant Title(s): Allhallow's Eve And Halloween;a Cornish Litany;bogles;things That Go Bump In The Night Subject(s): Halloween LITANY FOR HALLOWEEN, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: From ghoulies and ghosties Last Line: That go bump in the night, %good lord, deliver us! Subject(s): Halloween LITTLE FOLK, by CARRIE WARD LYON Poem Source First Line: Under our hedge there is a pleasant nook Subject(s): Halloween LITTLE MEN, by ROBERT BURTON Poem Source First Line: Terrestrial devils are those lares, genii, fauns, satyrs Subject(s): Halloween LITTLE ORPHANT ANNIE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Little orphant annie's come to our house to stay Last Line: Out! Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Variant Title(s): The Elf Child Subject(s): Children; Fairies; Halloween; Hope; Nostalgia; Childhood; Elves; Optimism LIVELY TRICK, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Phil played a lively trick on pop Last Line: And dropped them in the tub Subject(s): Halloween MIRROR, by ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Milk, in god's name,' the gypsy pled Subject(s): Halloween MIXED-UP MASQUERADE, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM Poem Source First Line: Rabbit's nose %wiggle wiggle Last Line: In a mixed-up masquerade Subject(s): Halloween MORRIS FLEET, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: I knew a fellow named morris flett Last Line: He jumped to the moon and he never returned Subject(s): Halloween MORRIS THE FIREMAN, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Morris may be a fireman Last Line: Morris takes marshmallows Subject(s): Halloween MR. ONE LEG, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Sal met a man with only one leg Last Line: There was only one leg standing there Subject(s): Halloween MUMMY WALKING IN THE CRYPT, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source Last Line: If it hadn't been dead Subject(s): Halloween MURPHY IN DISGUISE, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Who's that jingling christmas bells? Last Line: Why it's rudolph the red-nosed rat! Subject(s): Halloween MURPHY THE RAT, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Murphy in a scrap is vicious and mean Last Line: And goes looking for fights calling, 'here kitty, kitty!' Subject(s): Halloween MURPHY'S FAVORITE SAYINGS, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Murphy has a few sayings he loves to use Last Line: There's more than one way to skin a cat.' Subject(s): Halloween MYSTIC NIGHT, by GRACE ROWE Poem Source First Line: This is the night when the black cats prowl Subject(s): Halloween NEAR HALLOWEEN, by MARIANNE BORUCH Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: Like a bad thought, someone else's Last Line: Not that anything's eternal %or exactly like any other thing Subject(s): Halloween NONSENSE RIMES FOR THE MAIDS, by UNKNOWN Poem Source First Line: You vow you have no 'parlor tricks' Subject(s): Halloween NORMAN'S BEARD, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Norman has a thick red beard Last Line: For norman's only four Subject(s): Halloween OH, HOW STRANGE, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Oh, how strange is my uncle ned! Last Line: He says that he sneezes when wearing a pig Subject(s): Halloween ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM Poem Source First Line: This is the way the cat walks Last Line: Rip rap %scritch scratch %boo! Subject(s): Halloween ONE FLAT VAMPIRE, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Once there was a vampire Last Line: Who backed right up and flattened that sucker Subject(s): Halloween ONE PORK AND BEAN, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: There sits my brother so serene Last Line: Turns into a blast-o-matic Subject(s): Halloween POETICAL ABSTRACTS: 2. METAPHYSICAL, by HAYDEN CARRUTH Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Fascination / o' jack-o'-lanterns Subject(s): Halloween; Pumpkins POOR MR. MEARS, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source Last Line: And even the hiccups of houseflies %he hears Subject(s): Halloween PREPARATION FOR ALL HALLOWS, by SARAH COTTERILL Poem Source First Line: Because you shudder for my bad memory Last Line: Under the blind layers %ribs show, when you reach Subject(s): Halloween RAT CATCHER, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: The rat catcher who tried Last Line: For his pants are chewed through %at the rump Subject(s): Halloween REASON SKELETONS DON'T WEAR CLOTHES, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source Last Line: Skeletons walk 'round in the buff Subject(s): Halloween REFLECTIONS, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: If you stand before a mirror Last Line: That means a vampire's there Subject(s): Halloween SAL HEARS A DRUMMING, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Sal hears a drumming on her head Last Line: Whenever she uses her brains Subject(s): Halloween SALLY, GO AND BRUSH YOUR TEETH, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source Last Line: The compost in the yard Subject(s): Halloween SAMHAIN, by ANNIE FINCH Poem Full Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: In the season leaves should love, Subject(s): Halloween SKELETON SID GOES BOWLING, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Sid forgot his bowling ball Last Line: Sid's good at using his head Subject(s): Halloween SKELETONS IN RESTAURANTS, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source Last Line: That don't stick to their ribs Subject(s): Halloween SOMEBODY'S TAPPING AT MY WINDOW, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM Poem Source Last Line: Somebody's brother snores! Subject(s): Halloween SOUL DAY, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: "soul day, soul day, saul" Last Line: Give us an answer - and let us be gone Subject(s): Halloween;soul SPELL, by JOHN GAY Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: At even o'hallowmas no sleep I saught Subject(s): Halloween SWEET WALTER, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: I wouldn't say walter was really a brat Last Line: Or he'd fatten my eye and stomp on my toes Subject(s): Halloween SWEET WALTER IS EVER SO HELPFUL, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Why is it when walter smacks a mosquito Last Line: Doesn't land on the tip of your nose Subject(s): Halloween TAMLANE, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: O I forbid you maidens all Last Line: Ere you'd been won away Subject(s): Fairies;halloween;supernatural; Elves THE ERL-KING, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O! Who rides by night through the woodland so wild Last Line: But, clasped to his bosom, the infant was dead! Subject(s): Death - Children; Fairies; Halloween; Supernatural; Death - Babies; Elves THE ERL-KING, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who rides there so late through the night dark and drear? Last Line: The child in his arms finds he motionless, dead. Subject(s): Death - Children; Fairies; Halloween; Supernatural; Death - Babies; Elves THE ERL-KING, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Who rides so late through the midnight blast? Last Line: But alack! In his arms the child lay dead! Subject(s): Death - Children; Fairies; Halloween; Supernatural; Death - Babies; Elves THE ERL-KING, by JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: O! Who rides by night through the woodland so wild Last Line: But, clasped to his bosom, the infant was dead! Subject(s): Death - Children; Fairies; Halloween; Supernatural; Death - Babies; Elves THE FAIRIES, by ROSE FYLEMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: There are fairies at the bottom of our garden! Last Line: Well - it's me! Subject(s): Fairies; Halloween; Elves THE HAG, by ROBERT HERRICK Poem Text Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The hag is astride / this night for to ride Last Line: Cal'd out by the clap of the thunder. Subject(s): Halloween; Supernatural; Witchcraft & Witches THE HALL OF FAME, by ARTHUR GUITERMAN Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: A noble fane of marble wall and moonlit ... Last Line: Entered new names on the roll of fame. Subject(s): Death; Fame; Halloween; Harlem River, New York; New York City; Dead, The; Reputation; Manhattan; New York, New York; The Big Apple THE NINE LITTLE GOBLINS, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poem Text Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: They all climbed up on a high board-fence Last Line: "and you shan't wake up till you're clean plum dead!" Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F. Subject(s): Fantasy; Halloween THE PALACE, by HUMBERT WOLFE Poem Text Poet's Biography First Line: Wilt thou? Let us make a dream Last Line: But you will open the door. Subject(s): Dreams; Halloween; Nightmares THE WITCHES, by ANONYMOUS Poem Text First Line: Heyhow for hallow e'en Last Line: Heyhow for hallow e'en Subject(s): Halloween THERE'S A THING, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: There's a thing that's waiting outside my door Last Line: But it won't go away - I think it wants me Subject(s): Halloween THIS IS HALLOWEEN, by DOROTHY BROWN THOMPSON Poem Source First Line: Goblins on the doorstep Last Line: Shrieks and starts and laughter - %this is halloween! Subject(s): Halloween TOE-PLUCKER, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: If you look down at your toes and you're missing two rows Last Line: He uses a toe truck to haul them away Subject(s): Halloween TOMMY, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Tommy tossed his two white mice Last Line: Why to make them squeaky clean Subject(s): Halloween TOUGH CAT'S ON THE PROWL, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: Tough cat's on the prowl for murphy Last Line: I'll be serving up plenty of knuckles.' Subject(s): Halloween TOUGH CITY WINTER, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: The wind snapped at murphy and murphy went b-r-r-r Last Line: Though I've heard that its owner used to say p-r-r-r Subject(s): Halloween TRICK OR TREK, by OGDEN NASH Poem Source Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: If my face is white as a newmade sail Last Line: You may duck for apples - I'll duck for the woods Subject(s): Halloween TWO SKELETONS ON THE TELEPHONE, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source Last Line: With nothing much to say Subject(s): Halloween ULALUME, by EDGAR ALLAN POE Poem Text Poet Analysis Recitation Poet's Biography First Line: The skies they were ashen and sober Last Line: This ghoul-haunted woodland of weir Variant Title(s): Ulalume - A Ballad;ulalume - A Ballad (2) Subject(s): Auber, Daniel Francois (1782-1871); Death; Halloween; Landscape; Love - Loss Of; Mysticism; October; Soul; Supernatural; Weir, Robert Walter (1803-1889); Dead, The UNCLE NED, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: They played a trick on uncle ned Last Line: Then poked him with a pin Subject(s): Halloween VAMPIRE BIT A GHOSTLY NECK, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source Last Line: Just sucking on thin air Subject(s): Halloween WEREWOLVES, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source First Line: If there are no such things as werewolves Last Line: Then how come he has claws? Subject(s): Halloween WHAT AM I? (RIDDLE), by DOROTHY ALDIS Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: They chose me from my brothers Last Line: But when they lit the candle, then I %smiled! Subject(s): Halloween WHAT DOES MURPHY DO FOR HIS DINNER?, by PAUL DUGGAN Poem Source Last Line: Those yellow teeth go %snap! Snap! Snap! Subject(s): Halloween WHO SAID BOO?, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM Poem Source First Line: Did mama say boo? Last Line: Granny %said %boo! Subject(s): Halloween WHO'S AFRAID OF THE BIG BAD SHADOW?, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM Poem Source Last Line: Daddy's fixing the furnace %on halloween night Subject(s): Halloween WHO-O-O ARE YOU?, by NANCY WHITE CARLSTROM Poem Source First Line: Click! Clack! Last Line: It's the boo-o-o-o %bunny! Subject(s): Halloween WITH PETER PAN, by ROBERT HAVEN SCHAUFFLER Poem Source Poet's Biography First Line: When my nana lets me run Subject(s): Halloween |
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