A Date on Halloween

 

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A Date on Halloween

 A walk in the woods

my date insists

to a dilapidated home

why not roam.

 Once inside,

the temperature changes

a cold spot

to warn of the dangers

 Upstairs a silvery-white apparition

with no definition

my date laughs

and I join in.

 A door slams

I jump in shock

then a chair rocks

and I grab his hand.

 Ice dances

up my spine

but his

touch gives me hope.

Can they hurt us?

No, we'll be fine, he blurts.

Then a blood-curdling scream

roots me to the scene.

 Too scared to move

what does it mean?

I ask my date.

but he's nowhere in sight.

 I shiver in sheer fright

too scared to turn

beyond frightened to learn

who it is

that's holding my hand

this Halloween fright.

 Yolanda Renée  (C) 2021

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Dancing Bones the Devil's Delight

 

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Dancing Bones

See that beautiful girl

at one time,

she was all mine

but I held on too tight

we got in a fight

now my bones

are all that's left of me

while my girl sings,

and dances, she laughs

and buys pretty things

for my bones hang 

high from a tree

I meant to kill her

and bury her deep

but she made a deal with the devil

and now I'm the one to dance and weep

she got a new life

and a new love

and each October

when the clock tolls midnight

I dance to her laughter

and the devils

sheer delight

for with the murderer

turned victim

the beast now has

two new souls

added to his account

this Halloween night.

 Yolanda Renée  (C) 2021

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Do I even have to say it?

The Scream for Halloween!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

What'd You Decide?

 

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Will you Scream for Halloween?

Ghouls and goblins

ghosts and haunted inns,

vampires and werewolves,

Frankenstein or Clementine

take your pick

it's trick or treats time

a chance to pretend

to dress up

a chance to come out

and be who you really are

eat candy or Candy

your choice

your predilection

in October,

we're all on a mission

so, enjoy your haunt

masquerade party

or kill

Octobers the month

for many a thrill.

 Yolanda Renée  (C) 2021

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The time has arrived

Is your post ready?

The WEP's October Challenge 

is HERE!

ARE YOU READY?

for a

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

It's Time to Decide!

 

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What do you do? 

RUN OR HIDE?

Screams heard on Halloween

an expression

spontaneous

insidious

ridiculous

immediate fear

do you take quick action

ignore the warning

just close your ears

or go to the aid

maybe sit, too afraid

that danger will take you

as its toll, if you

answer the call

or ignore it all

act at your own risk

it's Halloween

and that's the twist!

 Yolanda Renée  (C) 2021

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Don't forget...

The Scream

A Zombie Dance

 

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Zombie Dance

The dead walk the Earth

Halloween night

ghouls and zombies,

all corpses,

invited to delight

for nothing frightens

more than a

dead dance party

dangling skin

open wounds,

empty eye sockets,

blood and gore

come on

must we say more

dance, they all do

but only after

making a meal of you!

Yolanda Renée  (C) 2021

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Are you ready for WEP's

October

Challenge Flash?

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

The Dead Will Walk on Halloween!

 

Ghouls

There's plenty of ghouls

on land and sea

some drowned

others just tried to flee

from a life

long and hard

or a crime they didn't foresee

watery deaths

or bones

those murderers

buried deep

terra Earth

will always be discreet

but on Halloween

those spirits will arise

to remind the living

that evil thrives

and is always close by.

   Yolanda Renée  (C) 2021

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It's almost time for the "WEP"

OCTOBER CHALLENGE

The Woods on Halloween

 

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The Woods

The woods are dark

but the moon is high

come and visit

when the moon is nigh

 

we won't bite

or frighten you away

we want your company

at least for the night

 

we're here to please you

eat and be merry

dance with delight

our haunting will end

at the stroke of midnight. 

   Yolanda Renée  (C) 2021

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Just because it's almost Halloween,

A Challenge based on The Scream!

Join the WEP and give us your

best SCREAM!