Trick or Treat:
101 Haunting Halloween Rhymes
By Rusty Fischer, author of Upon Halloween
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Trick or Treat
Rusty Fischer
Copyright 2014 by Rusty Fischer
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This is a work of fiction. All of the names, characters, places and events portrayed in this novel are either products of the author’s imagination or, if real, are used fictitiously.
Cover credit: © MamabaB – Fotolia.com
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Introduction
All September and October long, I’ve been writing short, sweet, occasionally funny, sometimes creepy Halloween poems. Turns out, the ones I enjoy the most are all about costumes, candy, plastic pumpkins, tricks and treats! So I decided –why not write an entire volume of family friendly poetry all about… trick or treating?
So… here it is! Trick or Treat contains 101 festive holiday poems all about my favorite time of year… October and the thrills of trick or treating. And, well, I just can’t help myself, so here’s an extra one to send you off:
From costumes to candy and
Everything in between,
Enjoy them all…
This Halloween!
Happy Holidays,
Rusty Fischer
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Trick or Treat:
101 Haunting Halloween Rhymes
Sleepy head…
Wear my costume
Into bed,
Use my cape for
A blanket instead…
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Ode to a plastic pumpkin…
Oh, plastic pumpkin,
In my hand,
The way you swing
Is just plain grand!
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Last call…
There is nothing
I find sweeter,
Than the night’s last
Trick or treater!
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The night’s haul…
Costume hanging
From the door,
Treat bag spilled out
On the floor.
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Costumes dance…
Costumes dance
In every aisle,
Hang on, Mom
This could take awhile!
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Shadows stretch…
Shadows stretch
Across the street,
Monsters lurch
To trick or treat!
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Tired trick or treaters…
Costumes torn
In a dozen places,
Makeup smeared
On smiling faces.
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Vampire curfew…
Bat wings flutter
Across the moon,
Remind little vampires
To come home soon!
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Halloween’s end…
Candy bowls empty,
Porches bare,
End of Halloween
In the air.
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No more plastic pumpkins…
Candy lying
In the street,
Broken strap
At my feet.
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Running late…
Bare tree scratches
At the gate,
Last trick or treater
Running late.
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Flutter…
Owls that hoot and
Bats that flutter,
Make a trick
Or treater stutter!
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More…
Trick or treat bag
On my floor,
SO much candy…
(But I want more!)
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Last chance for candy…
One last house left
One more shot,
To turn a little
Into a LOT!
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Lots of loot…
My new costume
Is a hoot,
Sure to bring in
Lots of loot!
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Trick or treat…
Running here,
Running there,
“Trick or treat!”
Fills the air.
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Haunted house…
Haunted house,
Built to scare,
Trick or treat
If you dare!
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Lather, rinse, repeat…
Knock on door,
Get a treat,
Lather, rinse…
Now repeat!
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No November…
Halloween
Has come and gone,
November sure
Seems really long!
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The best kind of costume…
My new costume
Gets a passing grade.
Best of all?
It’s all homemade!
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One house more…
Feet so tired,
Arm so sore,
Can’t go home yet
One house more!
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Persistence pays off…
I’m back knocking
On your door,
Come on, Mister
Give some more!
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Danger zone…
Stay away
From Old Man Horn,
He hands out…
Candy corn!
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Music to my ears…
Treat sack dragging
On the ground,
Is there any
Better sound?
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Trick or treat spoils…
Ghost sheet crumpled
By my bed,
Sugar rush spinning
Through my head!
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Double the fun…
I bought a costume
Made for two,
That way Daddy
Can trick or treat, too!
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Bad timing…
Skin of green
And tongue of blue,
Not my costume,
Just the flu!
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Hang your fangs…
Hang your fangs up
For the night,
I’d say you did
Halloween right!
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Trick or treat street…
Witch on high
Black cat down low,
Glad there’s only
One house to go!
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Halloween do over…
Take your time, October,
And if you’d care to stay,
I sure would like a re-run
Of Halloween, okay?
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Costume compromise…
How can I make
An entrance grand,
If I have to
Hold your hand?
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Trick or treat…
Children squealing
Left and right,
The street’s alive
For just one night!
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Little Feet…
When porches fill,
With little feet,
It’s time to call out,
“Trick or treat!”
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Finger on the bell�
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Footsteps in the driveway,
Finger on the bell,
Pillowcases open,
“Trick or treat!” they yell.
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Finally…
Sunset on,
Our little street,
Finally time
To trick or treat!
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Trick or treat bag…
It will not wrinkle,
Tear or snag,
Behold, the perfect
Trick or treat bag!
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Little monsters…
The owl says, “Hoo!”
The bird says, “Tweet!”
And little monsters,
Say, “Trick or Treat!”
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Cape escape…
Fall leaf clinging
To my cape,
That sucker’s strong –
I can’t escape!
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Knock-knock…
So many doors,
On every street,
So many ways
To trick or treat!
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Are you new here?!?
Candy free?
You get to dress up?
Tell me, please,
Where can I sign up?!?
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Calendar treats…
Valentine and
Easter sweets,
Can’t compete with
Trick or treats!
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Halloween rules…
First rule
Of Halloween,
Toss out raisins
Sight unseen!
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Trick or treating…
Grab a flashlight,
And your sack,
Hang the cape
Upon your back.
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Mask task…
Couldn’t see a
Single sight,
Mask is on
Way too tight!
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Cape escape…
Rubber mask and
Plastic cape,
For one night
We all escape!
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Creepy curfew…
Missed my curfew,
Mother Dear,
Please don’t ground me
Till next year!
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Ring every doorbell…
Ring every doorbell
Knock on each door,
The fun is in waiting
To see what’s in store!
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Trick or treat…
Knock on every
Door you see,
To get a piece
Of candy free!
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Smell my feet…
Take the steps,
Two at a time,
Ring the bell and
Sing your rhyme!
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Halloween hustle…
Moonlight shine and
Fall leaves rustle,
As the trick or
Treaters hustle!
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Branches scrape…
Wind will howl and
Branches scrape,
Tearing at my
Brand new cape!
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Four eyes…
Always such a
Gruesome task,
Fit my glasses
Beneath my mask!
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Comfy costume…
Wore my costume
All September,
May just wear it
Till December!
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Scary streaker…
Trick or treating’s
Not so cute,
When brother wears
His birthday suit!!!
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Little monsters…
Plastic fangs and
Fluttering sheets,
Little monsters
In the streets!
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No more candy…
No candy left
Inside my sack,
As I groan
Upon my back!
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Halloween hangover…
Back is sore and
Feet are tired,
All that candy
Has me wired!
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Pumpkins aglow…
Full moon above,
Full streets below,
Porches that welcome
With pumpkins aglow…
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Counting candy…
We stand vigil,
My bro and I,
Watch our candy
With a careful eye!
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Sweet tooth…
Mommy rifles
Through my sack,
When her sweet
Tooth does attack!
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Fleet feet…
Candy sweet and
Candy sour,
Nearly a pound
In just one hour!
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Trick or sleet…
Trick or Treat
Is not so neat,
With fresh sleet
Upon your street!
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Monsters welcome…
Rubber masks and
Flickering torch,
Monsters welcome
On our porch!
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Costumes welcome…
Come and join
The rest of us,
Costumes welcome
On the bus!
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Trick or treat…
Skeletons thin and
Goblins fat,
Standing on our
Welcome mat!
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Doorbell clangs…
Plastic cape and
Rubber fangs,
Quiver as the
Doorbell clangs…
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Sharing is caring…
Stack it up and
Then compare,
Best of friends
Will always share!
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Masks…
Masks to hide
Each child’s face,
Candy fuels
Their hectic pace…
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Monsters knocking…