Halloween is Here
An eerie Halloween night27 total reviews
Comment from davisr (Rhonda)
Ahhh, Kahlani, what an amazing poem!! I love the way you built excitement from the beginning to the ultimate end. You whipped us into a Halloween frenzy with your image packed poem.
Thanks for heralding in the season with your images and words.
Hugs,
Rhonda
reply by the author on 12-Oct-2024
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Ahhh, Kahlani, what an amazing poem!! I love the way you built excitement from the beginning to the ultimate end. You whipped us into a Halloween frenzy with your image packed poem.
Thanks for heralding in the season with your images and words.
Hugs,
Rhonda
Comment Written 12-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 12-Oct-2024
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Thank you so much for your lovely feedback, Rhonda.
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It was such a fun and exciting post!!
Comment from bob cullen
Your poem describes exactly how I feel after a bad hangover. Fortunately, I have now discovered the cure. I keep drinking. This is quite true, in fact I'm boring I very rarely drink at all these days. I now have another bad habit, I try to write poetry. It's far cheaper, though bad reviews hurt almost as much as a hangover.
reply by the author on 12-Oct-2024
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Your poem describes exactly how I feel after a bad hangover. Fortunately, I have now discovered the cure. I keep drinking. This is quite true, in fact I'm boring I very rarely drink at all these days. I now have another bad habit, I try to write poetry. It's far cheaper, though bad reviews hurt almost as much as a hangover.
Comment Written 12-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 12-Oct-2024
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What are you talking about? My twenty an my five was great. I'm keeping my eyes out for future posts.
Comment from Marilyn Hamilton
An excellent entry for the Halloween Poetry contest. Beautiful descriptions that place realistic imagery in the readers mind. My favorite lines:
A murder of crows rattle and caw,
wee creatures scuttle for cover.
Good luck in the contest.
reply by the author on 11-Oct-2024
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An excellent entry for the Halloween Poetry contest. Beautiful descriptions that place realistic imagery in the readers mind. My favorite lines:
A murder of crows rattle and caw,
wee creatures scuttle for cover.
Good luck in the contest.
Comment Written 11-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 11-Oct-2024
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Thank you so much for your review, Marilyn. Have a wonderful day.
Comment from Cindy Decker 3
Kahlani,
You've painted the perfect ambiance for a Halloween poem.
I like the images of the 'sun being swallowed up,' and 'brambles bracing against the wind.'
Great Halloween poem.
Best wishes,
Cindy
Great photo of the majestic wolf!
reply by the author on 11-Oct-2024
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Kahlani,
You've painted the perfect ambiance for a Halloween poem.
I like the images of the 'sun being swallowed up,' and 'brambles bracing against the wind.'
Great Halloween poem.
Best wishes,
Cindy
Great photo of the majestic wolf!
Comment Written 11-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 11-Oct-2024
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Thank you for your lovely feedback, Cindy.
Comment from Dolly'sPoems
This is a haunting and scary poem and you included all the unsettling things about Halloween here, good luck with the contest, keep your doors locked! A fun poses. Love Dolly x x x
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2024
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This is a haunting and scary poem and you included all the unsettling things about Halloween here, good luck with the contest, keep your doors locked! A fun poses. Love Dolly x x x
Comment Written 10-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2024
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Thank you, Dolly. For some reason I have been unable to read your posts.
Comment from jake cosmos aller
great Halloween poem. I like the howling wolf image. can I use that for some of my own poems? I like images and the story line in this excellent halloween poem
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2024
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great Halloween poem. I like the howling wolf image. can I use that for some of my own poems? I like images and the story line in this excellent halloween poem
Comment Written 10-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2024
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Thank you, Jake. Yes, of course you can.
Comment from royowen
We've never really celebrated Halloween in Australis, although there was a bit of a rush a short while ago, but I can remember being in New York when my elder child was living there with her hubby and kids at that particular time, and lots of kids knocked at the apartment door, beautifully written my friend, blessings Roy
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2024
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We've never really celebrated Halloween in Australis, although there was a bit of a rush a short while ago, but I can remember being in New York when my elder child was living there with her hubby and kids at that particular time, and lots of kids knocked at the apartment door, beautifully written my friend, blessings Roy
Comment Written 10-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2024
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Thank you, Roy. I'm Australian and I don't celebrate Halloween, either.
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Of course,
Comment from Patrick Bernardy
Hello Kahlani!
I love the approach you took with this poem. It stand beautifully on its rhythm and formatting. The lack of rhyme, to me, is its strength. It keeps it original, rather than formulaic.
---In the very middle of the poem, your rhythm does an amazing job of projecting the "dark, gray clouds." It's hard to explain, but those two middle stanzas make me read them faster. This is a sign of their onomatopoetic quality. They FEEL windy and atmospheric: the "branches" and "brambles" swaying in the gusts.
---"The horizon swallows up the sun/and blankets the earth in darkness." --This is beautiful, such a perfect sentence with precise imagery.
I think you created a truly original work here. I hope you do well in the contest! I am looking at your port and only see three works! I hope you post more soon so I can visit again!
Patrick
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2024
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Hello Kahlani!
I love the approach you took with this poem. It stand beautifully on its rhythm and formatting. The lack of rhyme, to me, is its strength. It keeps it original, rather than formulaic.
---In the very middle of the poem, your rhythm does an amazing job of projecting the "dark, gray clouds." It's hard to explain, but those two middle stanzas make me read them faster. This is a sign of their onomatopoetic quality. They FEEL windy and atmospheric: the "branches" and "brambles" swaying in the gusts.
---"The horizon swallows up the sun/and blankets the earth in darkness." --This is beautiful, such a perfect sentence with precise imagery.
I think you created a truly original work here. I hope you do well in the contest! I am looking at your port and only see three works! I hope you post more soon so I can visit again!
Patrick
Comment Written 10-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 10-Oct-2024
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Hi Patrick,
Thank you so much for your feedback. I appreciate anything that can help me improve my writing. I've written nine poems, but only three are showing now. I'm back at work and can only do my posts over the weekend. I plan to post another this weekend. I'll look out for your posts, too.
Comment from Begin Again
Now there's a haunting Halloween poem that I could feel the chills and twists and turns with each stanza until the bewitching hour arrived. Well done! i enjoyed your efforts tremendously.
Smiles, Carol
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2024
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Now there's a haunting Halloween poem that I could feel the chills and twists and turns with each stanza until the bewitching hour arrived. Well done! i enjoyed your efforts tremendously.
Smiles, Carol
Comment Written 09-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2024
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Thank you, Carol.
Comment from zanya
The spooky atmosphere associated with Halloween is well portrayed here and the tension builds with sight and sound rising to a 'frenzied roar' and a great pic to illustrate.
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2024
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The spooky atmosphere associated with Halloween is well portrayed here and the tension builds with sight and sound rising to a 'frenzied roar' and a great pic to illustrate.
Comment Written 09-Oct-2024
reply by the author on 09-Oct-2024
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Thank you for your thoughtful feedback, Zanya.