A selection of very scary Halloween poems for older kids. These poems by Paul lead us into a dangerous world called the past, where everyone really believed in witches and witchcraft. The result was a sinister, scary existence, particularly around the time of Halloween.
Wicca is a pagan religion, which means its adherents believe(d) in a variety of gods tied to natural phenomenom, not our single unifying God.
Rhyming Poetry
10-14
8 lines
It is All Hallows Eve
The night of all souls
Samhain Day
When the wiccans wail
At the witching hour
When the Demons walk
Souls will be taken
In the black of night
Copyright © Paul Curtis
Vampires aren't specifically a Halloween phenomenon, but their blood sucking antics make them a perfect fit for this scary poetry section.
Rhyming Poetry
10-14
20 lines
When the sun has long set
At dead of night
I rise from my bed
And go out for a bite
Soon I am flying
On my vampire quest
Its fresh young necks
That I like the best
Though I am in no way
A connoisseur
And I would not turn down
Something more mature
Soon I find a subject
Ripe for the picking
And when I’ve supped
My lips I’m licking
Then I return fulfilled
To my dark domain
And sleep the clock around
Until I can sup again
Copyright © Paul Curtis
A wonderfully evocative poem about all the scary and gruesome ingredients that make Halloween the bitter-sweet confection it is.
Rhyming Poetry
10-14
8 lines
When the werewolf’s howl
And vampires take to the wing
When the witches start to brew
And you hear the banshees sing
When the ghouls are on the move
And the ghosts can all be seen
Then that’s the time you know
That it’s the night of Halloween
Copyright © Paul Curtis
A short sinister poem about the place where the world of the living and the (under)world of the dead meet. It's at this point that ghosts and ghouls can cross over to our world at Halloween.
Short Rhyming Poem
10-14
4 lines
Tis on the night of Halloween
When ghosts and ghouls and things obscene
Arrive when our worlds come together unseen
And the souls and demons can pass between.
Copyright © Paul Curtis
A poem populated by all sorts of weird and wonderful creatures that come to life at the witching hour.
Rhyming Poetry
10-14
8 lines
At the Witching hour
The Zombies walk
The Banshees scream
And the Ravens squawk
The Witches’ fly
The familiar’s talk
The Vampires bite
And the Demons stalk
Copyright © Paul Curtis
Discover the true significance of the traditional pumpkin lanterns that people place in the windows of their houses at Halloween.
Rhyming Poetry
10-14
10 lines
Jack O’Lantern’s light
Gazing out into the night
In the window there
Staring out a scary stare
With your unsympathetic grin
And glowing orange skin
Are you there to keep the spirits out?
With your jagged leering mouth
Or is your gnarled and toothless grin
There to invite the evil in?
Copyright © Paul Curtis
A warning to ordinary folk to take extra care at the time of Halloween, or more specifically at the witching hour, when witches and ghosts are at their most powerful.
Short Rhyming Poem
10-14
4 lines
On All Hallows Eve take special care
You may not see them but they are there
And as they mix up their witches brew
They’ll have their witchy eyes on you
Copyright © Paul Curtis
A short snappy poem for Halloween which has a rather sinsiter central message: watch how you go or the demons will get you.
Short Rhyming Poem
10-14
4 lines
Demons walk the earth
On All Hallows Eve
And will snatch away
Your soul at their ease
Copyright © Paul Curtis
A poem about fratricide, flatulence and a ghostly presence which comes back to haunt the surviving brothers in a most unpleasant manner. Clothes pegs at the ready!
Rude Rhyming Poem
14+
16 lines
This is the story of Casper Levenes,
A boy quite addicted to Heinz Spicy Beanz,
They boiled in his gut, fermented in his tum,
Then as a foul vapour they exited his bum.
His brothers said, Casper, that stench is quite vile,
Then they clubbed him with chair legs and said with great bile,
You're the smelliest human who's walked on this earth,
And really you should have been put down at birth.
As he fell to the ground he let out his last fart,
I'll never forget, in my death, your great part,
And when the church clock strikes midnight each night,
The brothers do quiver and shiver with fright.
For a stench that's quite eerie and reeks of the pit,
Pervades all their bedrooms and lounges and sh!t,
And they say to each other, that stink is the most,
It's our dead brother Casper, the flatulent ghost.
Copyright © Max Scratchmann
A short scary Halloween poem for older children. It's chilling in its simplicity and only 15 words long.
Short Rhyming Poem
14+
4 lines
Halloween horrors
Cross the thin veil
You must escape them
You’ll die if you fail
Copyright © Paul Curtis
We've saved the darkeest and scariest Halloween poem till last. In this evocation of Halloween, ghosts and ghouls appear to be quite playfully spooky, but you definitely want to avoid an encouter with witch.
Rhyming Poetry
10-14
16 lines
It happens on the night
Of Halloween
When the spirits of creatures
Can pass between
And some spooky spooks
Might well be seen.
Some ghouls are good
And others are mean
Some ghosts have substance
And visibly preen
While others glow
Luminescently green
But watch out for witches
That arrive on the scene
For in the blink of an eye
They’ll whip out your spleen
Copyright © Paul Curtis
