Pumpkin Dead

halloween write for Sean's Lewis Carroll Contest

On a dark halloween night#
there came rolling down the street
a squishy-wishy pumpkin head
it was an ugly -wuggly sight
not pretty or sweet
it's real name was punky-funky dead
 
It had a cracked-wacky skull
and a rotted-knoted nose
and one crazy eye buggin' out
in the other oogly-googaly worms crawled
and his bloody-bony teeth all crooked in a row
I dare say, a horrid pumpkin head no doubt
 
The trick and treaters stepped aside
'pon seeing such a scary-wary sight
'twas the dumpiest- pumpkin head they've e're seen
 one lil' wobbly-gobblin girl cried
a boy skeleton died of fright
oh, yeah, punky-funky caused a gory scene
 
It started to thunder and down came the rain
the pumpkin headed for the old boneyard down the road
and all the children went running their own ways
Punky-funky died and went insane
when the oogly-googaly worms turned into titter-tat-toads
 deep, deep,down in the muddy-fuddy ground he now lays
 
 
 

Author's Note

I am wishing kids of all ages a Happy Haunting Halloween!! BOO!

Reviews

[Sean M. Addams]

a very cool creepy piece... something you could easily tell around a campfire with a flash light and in a spooky voice... liked this alot... fav lines...It started to thunder and down came the rain
the pumpkin headed for the old boneyard down the road
and all the children went running their own ways
Punky-funky died and went insane
when the oogly-googaly worms turned into titter-tat-toads... very nice!!!
deep, deep,down in the muddy-fuddy ground he now lays

[barleygirl]

Thanks for a fun Halloween scene with the BEST wordplay for this seasons' macabre contributions to the Cafe! *smile* I love all the double-words (hyphenated) with rhyming or just fun sounding twists. We all know how YUKKY a rotting pumpkin can be, so I was feeling this as you described yours. Perfect balance between YUKKY & lighthearted (((HUGS))) Fondly, Margie

[Fran Marie]

Thanks Margie for reading..glad you enjoyed my double talk..funky-punky. poem..it was fun to write

[Wicahpi]

LoL Creepy imagine and a delightfully creepy write to go along with it! Well Done. Congratulations on winning a prize at the Bump In the Night contest!

[Aly Jones]

I like how it rhymes. It seems like a poem you'd read to a child on Halloween.

[Marie Harrison]

Cool poem. I loved it! Outstanding job. The pic is great too.

[there is no more from m..]

this was a grate poem
it was very creepy
and amazing
here in Australia we don't celebrate Halloween although i wish we did
this Halloween i will be in California so i can got trick or treating so existed
any way grate poem

[Rick Puetter]

Dear Fran,

A very fun and cute piece, much in keeping with the spirit of the season. Another nice one. Greatly enjoyed.

Best regards,

Rick

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

All though a bit different for some reason Halloween 3 comes to mind... anyways this was really funny and most certainly a great diddy for all ages... I think kids should be reciting this as they walk down the streets collecting candy.

[Magdelena]

Wow great piece here fran! Loved the oohhh creepy feeling. okay where's the marshy's??? Need a stick too!!! LOL This owuld be so cool told in front of a old cottage in the woods and with the darkness and moon overhead, the ... Oh my, now I am getting scared!!! In other words. Flippen fantastic my dear!!! You are a genuis!

Mag xx

[Eric Cox]

Great poem. Dark and cute. A great Halloween write!