Happy October First!
Mornings are dark, wet and gloomy.
The time has come to fear the Worst!!
The veil separating us from the grave
Is thinning and opening windows and doors.
Before the thirty-first, decide who you will save!
Children will turn into Monsters, Heros, Bats,
Witches, Pumpkins and Spirits from Beyond!
Get your orange on and watch out for black cats…
Halloween is coming!
Copyright 2014 Brenda Davis Harsham
Note: This was inspired by Autumn, the changing leaves and the Spooky Writing Contest. Enter if you dare! If you want to see my contribution from last year, it was Halloween Scene Haiku. Other themed writing: Spellbook Haibun and Crankypot Halloween.
37 thoughts on “Get Your Orange On”
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Hey girl I shared it on my blog, for the challenge.
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Yeah, I love it!! I’ll try to come up with some more spookiness. LOL
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I also created a badge for the challenge if you want it on your blog. lol
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Oh, a badge! I’ll come take a peek. 🙂
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Love that title!
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LOL Thanks!
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Fun poem, Brenda 🙂 My daughter was born just before Halloween, so it is a big birthday bash for us too.
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My oldest was born about a week before Halloween, and we have such fun. 🙂
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what a happy poem and i ‘m so excited )
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Thanks and me, too!
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The month of marathon sewing. My old Singer is cringing!
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Woo-hoo! Duct tape! 🙂
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Mixed feelings about Autumn ! xxx
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Yes, I can relate. But I LOVE Halloween. Always have. Mu-ah-ha-ha!! 🙂
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🙂
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It is indeed. I miss summer already.
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Hmm, there’s always Palm Springs, the eternal summer. 🙂
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Oh, I love it! So in the Spirit! It feels like October in Arizona, yea!!!!
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It really is wet, gloomy and papered with sodden leaves today. 🙂 LOL
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Halloween!!! 🙂 I celebrated that in Ireland once, but there it is called Samhain I think. It was lots and lots of fun! 🙂 We dont celebrate Halloween in norway, only all-saints day. But we have a harvest festival. This year I will be in singapore for halloween!! 🙂 I hope it is celebrated there! 🙂 I love celebrating things! 🙂
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Practically everyday is something to celebrate, but few times do we claim the streets at night. Halloween is special, a pushing back of the veil, a claiming of the darker side of life, a defiant thumbing the nose at sadness. And candy. Candy and lots of it!! LOL
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Well, the two times I have celebrated Halloween I have dressed up as an angel and butterfly maiden, so I dont know how dark that is! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Hihihihi! 🙂 But I do like the candy!! 🙂 🙂
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Those are the perfect costumes for you! 🙂 I can picture them. 🙂
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🙂 🙂 🙂
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I don’t fear orange. ..🍁
I fear whiiiiite! Ahhh! ❄
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LOL Hilarious! Where did you find that orange emoticon? I want!
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All those cutie emoticons are part of my phone’s keyboard. There are many that can be added. 🍁🍂🍃🌾
There are many I have no clue what they are! 🐲🍙💩
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Cool. They are so tiny, I can’t tell what they are either. How cool.
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Girl orange is my other favorite color and I love love love Autumn! What are you guys going to be for Halloween? I’m just on for a few fast seconds. I’m swamped but had to PINK! I needed inspiration! This pretty much did it for me! I’m full of gas and sass now! 😀
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LOL My kids change their minds every five seconds, so the big reveal won’t happen for weeks. I have my witch’s hat and cape, and I’m ready to go. Although some years I’m the moon and stars, so you never know. I change my mind, too. LOL
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That’s right! You can be whatever you want to and change at the last minute because you are super MOM! 😀 LOL ❤ love you sweet Brenda
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Aw, I love you, too, girl. I can whip together a costume from my bin of fabric scraps, a needle and thread and duct tape. If nothing better has been found. 🙂 I always get the kids lots of dress up stuff. I believe in the power of imagination.
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Me too!! I love this time of year! Imagination gone wild! That’s a good thing! 😄😄
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It’s such fun every year! 🙂
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How’s this – I’ve spent the whole day not knowing we’ve moved in to October!
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LOL I feel like it’s emblazoned on the air — orange leaves falling, rain and gloom, room parent jobs stacking up. Deep sigh!
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