Haunted House

Published by Family Friend Poems October 2022 with permission of the Author.

Rattle-skattle skeletons
clitter-clack each bone
Shrieksome banshees circle
and werewolves howl and moan.
Sh-sh-shake and shiver spectres
weeshly whisk along the halls
while plumptious orange pumpkins
throw their shadows on the walls.
Double-trouble witchy twins
are cooking up commotion
with rosy poison apples
bib-bobbing in their potion.
Black cats hide in shadows
with topaz eyes ashine
whilst Mummies gently moulder
in the cellar with the wine.
SCRITCH SCRITCH SCRATCH! and RAT-A-TAT!
Zoiks! Zombies — in the street!
Halloweenies here to party —
and cackling:
TRICK OR TREAT!

ABOUT THE POET:

Sarah Ziman is a poet from the South Wales valleys who now lives in Hertfordshire with her husband, two sons and daft cat. She is best known for her poems for children and is widely published in print magazines, online journals and anthologies. She won the YorkMix Poems for Children Competition in 2021 and has been highly-commended three times...

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