Happy Halloween!

How are your Halloween preparations coming along? Are you wearing a costume, have it picked out or is it made and ready? Necessary make-up at hand? Wigs? Treat Bag or Plastic Pumpkin? False Vampire Teeth brushed and flossed for the big night?

Are you having or going to a Halloween party or get-together this year? Does anyone ever bob for apples anymore? That was messy fun back in the day!

What sort of treats will you be handing out to the little trick-or-treaters at your door? Does anyone make Popcorn Balls these days? I always seemed to get two or three of those in my bag years ago.  If you would like to read about other Halloween memories, check out “A Nostalgic Look Back at Halloween Trick or Treating in Days of Yore”

Offering a little poem for Halloween today, unabashedly inspired by Edgar Allan Poe’s classic poem — “The Raven.”

With a tip of the cap and nod to the master then . . . . .

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“NEVERMORE”

We never know what lies in store,

When ghastly, ghostly spirits roar.

Witches soaring across the sky and moon

Causing knees to buckle before we swoon.

We’re never really sure, for certain,

What’s lurking unseen behind the curtain.

Or who may be on the ceiling knocking,

All the while our courage and bravery mocking.

Or who (or what!) it is that’s tapping,

At first so softly, gently  tapping,

But then so forcefully rapping on the outer door.

Heartbeats rising, chest walls pounding evermore.

Tapping, clapping, slapping, rapping!

With each thump, my will it’s sapping.

Oh so menacingly now rapping on our door,

Bearing fearsome, frightful tricks of yore.

Are we brave with steadfast courage?

Or, should our fearless pluck discourage?

And perhaps, in prudence, open the disquieting door  . . . . . . .

Nevermore?!?

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Thanks always for visiting and having a bit of Halloween poetry fun with us today!

I hope you enjoyed this little piece and your time with us, and will return often as new features and posts are added during the upcoming Holiday Season. Register Today to be notified of every new post and feature and never miss out! Because that would be truly scary!

If you would like to check out Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven, the poem that inspired my little offering, just tap here for – “A Halloween Special — “The Raven” Poem by Edgar Allan Poe (And ‘The Simpsons, Too!’)”

Wishing everyone a Fun, Safe, Healthy, and Happy Halloween this year!

Aye, may there be overflowin’ treats and goody bags for all, mateys! And might your restful slumber be deep, with dreams of candy and pumpkin booty.

Happy Halloween! Rest well, me lads and lasses!  Arrrgghhh!!

When ghosts and ghouls roam and prowl, and porchstep pumpkins beckon and gleam, may luck be yours on Halloween!

Until next time — Best Wishes & Blessings! — Jim  (and Red!) 🤠 🐻 🍂 🧡 🍎 🎃 🍁

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        “There is a child in every one of us who is still a trick-or-treater looking for a brightly-lit front porch.” – Robert Brault 

“Shadows of a thousand years rise again unseen. Voices whisper in the trees, ‘Tonight is Halloween!'” – Dexter Kozen

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“During the day, I don’t believe in ghosts. At night, I’m a little more open-minded.” – Unknown

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