Happy Halloween!
October 28, 2011
How did it get to be Halloween already? We don’t have our front-yard cemetery up yet—no bony hands reaching out to those who come along the walkway. No skulls resting in peace next to headstones. The candy has been selected (and taste-tested), and there are a couple of small pumpkins out on the front porch, plus a door decoration. But we traditionally step it up a bit more.
R and L are planning their annual carving of the big pumpkins this weekend. They deliberately hold off on that til right before the big day. Not sure what designs they have planned this year, but they always do a spectacularly spooky job.
And besides dipping into the candy, I had a little Halloween-inspired fun this week—playing around with a poem. It’s dedicated to pumpkins everywhere. Little do they know what’s in store for them when they’re plunked in the wagon and loaded up for home.
Tricked me with your patchy promises,
“This is the one I’m pie-eyed for!”
Me, a country bumpkin,
Putting my full weight into the show.
Never sensed your seedy intentions.
Now faced with the devil,
Gutted,
Forced to wear a mask, not of my making.
Still, I’m no hollow shell, Jack,
Oh, to think that, you’d be roundly mistaken.
I am lit from within.
Happy Halloween, everyone! This week’s Poetry Friday roundup is over at Random Noodling, where you’ll find lots of good treats!
October 28, 2011 at 2:01 pm
“seedy intentions”–I love it!
October 28, 2011 at 2:49 pm
“Forced to wear a mask, not of my making”. I never thought of that before, and it kind of creeps me out. Poor punky!
J
October 28, 2011 at 3:41 pm
Love all the apt allusions–’patchy promises’ & ‘seedy intentions’. Clever first pumpkin account!
October 28, 2011 at 5:37 pm
Such a fun poem — very clever ending. Like his spunk!
October 28, 2011 at 6:01 pm
A delightful pumpkin persona poem, Martha. Very clever and full of wonderful images. I love ”pie-eyed”.
October 28, 2011 at 9:11 pm
Thanks, everyone, for your comments. It was a fun writing exercise this week. Can’t wait to roast those seeds this weekend!
October 29, 2011 at 1:47 pm
(“Poor punky” is right!)
October 28, 2011 at 11:27 pm
What fun! Perfect for Monday….
October 29, 2011 at 6:58 am
Yay! More Halloween-inspired original poems. Cheers to being lit from within.
October 29, 2011 at 12:16 pm
Thanks for giving the pumpkins a voice!
October 29, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Power to the pumpkins!
Thanks, all, for stopping in! I’ve been out of the Poetry Friday loop for a while, and it sure is nice to rejoin the conversation!
November 2, 2011 at 10:22 pm
Martha– when I think of pumpkin carving, i always think of that line from It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown–”You didn’t tell me you were gonna KILL IT!”
Love your wordy twists!
Thanks for not being the pervert on my phone. Ah, the stuff I get myself into.