Poetry Friday-After Party!

Poetry Friday is here today!  Welcome!  It's an interesting time to be hosting, the day after Halloween, the beginning of November, a month filled with gratitude, nearly ending with Thanksgiving, family literacy month, NaNoWriMo.  Yes, it is filled!  Leave your link at the end of the post and leave a comment if you want to share the special things about your post, or about November.  Have one more handful of candy corn, read, look, and enjoy!

      I need to apologize for giving the incorrect origin last week for Mortimer's Minute.  Thanks to Janet Wong's wonderful idea, many of us have had a great time hopping around!  Thanks Janet!

               Here's a poem of contemplation for what is past.  Now you have the chance to take all the next year to choose a new costume, and to decide just what kind of pumpkin will be best for making the next fabulous jack o'lantern.

Leftovers

The bubble gum is over-chewed;

the candle’s lost its wick.

My tummy’s under the weather

but I’m really never sick

from eating too much candy

although Mom has froze the rest.

She’s stripped off all the webs

and cleaned up all the mess.

The jack o’ lantern’s living now

in the backyard compost bed.

It’s gonna grin a little longer

while little animals are fed.

I dropped my costume in the corner

and a smile is peeking out

reminding me that tricks ‘n treats

are what Halloween's all about

Now witches, goblins, and ghosts are stored

until the year comes round again,

with scary poems and ghastly tales

for Halloween, October’s end.

Linda Baie ©All Rights Reserved

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