Category Archives: Halloween

Oct31

Inktober ’25 (award) & 13 Days of Samhain (the wild hunt)

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Inktober ’25 & 13 Days of Samhain (the wild hunt)

 

For # 31 and final one I used blue, red, and green ink pens on a blue ribbon with a flower & star and a trophy cup with handles on a stand.

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For Sammi’s challenge = 12 Days of Samhain

13 Days of Samhain (volume vi) – A Horror / Halloween Writing Prompt Challenge

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For # 12 – the wild hunt I’ve shown my brown werewolf looking mean on a yellow painted rock, with a couple of stickers in the background and the word WEREWOLF in red.

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“Fangs”

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Sharp the fangs

And red eyes pierce

My wicked visage

Is most fierce

Look not upon my face of fear

Lest you feel me rip and tear

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Thanks for visiting! Peace

© 2025 BS

Oct30

A Ballad For Jack

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A Ballad For Jack

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Black background, pumpkin sticker, painted jack-o-lantern rocks

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Happy Halloween – A Ballad for Jack

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A Halloween Poem I wrote in 2015

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A BALLAD FOR JACK

Out in the garden, way in the back,

A tangle of vines did grow.

There was a secret, hidden away,

For only me to know.

I watered and tended this special vine,

And, day by day it grew.

Soon, it revealed an orange orb…

I was the only one who knew.

I was so happy, I talked to it…

In fact, I named him Jack.

He grew up big and strong, that gourd…

I think he liked me back.

Then as the days grew cooler yet,

And, the sun was feeling dim,

I wanted Jack to stay with me,

But, it was time to part from him.

And, so it came, that sad, sad day…

Jack said it would be fine…

I took my knife and severed him…

I cut him from the vine.

I cried a river, but through my tears,

Jack looked at me and smiled…

He said to carve a great big grin,

For every little child.

And, so I did, I carved a face

For Jack’s big orange head.

Now, every Halloween night that comes,

Jack’s eyes shine bright, instead.

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A carved jack-o-lantern wearing a pirate hat

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images = my painted pumpkin rocks & my carved pirate jack-o-lantern

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

©2015 & 2025 BS

Oct30

Inktober ’25 ( vacant) & 13 Days of Samhain (Bewitched)

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Inktober ’25 ( vacant) & 13 Days of Samhain (Bewitched)

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Inktober (vacant) I used black ink pen to draw a face with vacant eyes, and an old vacant looking house

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For Sammi’s challenge = 12 Days of Samhain = Bewitched

13 Days of Samhain (volume vi) – A Horror / Halloween Writing Prompt Challenge

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Witchy Fun

Witch, Witchcraft, Broomstick, Broom

cute witch and black cat flying on broom with yellow moon behind them

Pixabay image

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Witchy Fun

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This is a poem I wrote for October Poetry Writing Month, way back in 2014.

There are a lot of TV and movie witches that have brought us fun entertainment over the years.

Being it’s Halloween again, I thought I’d re-post it. Enjoy! 🙂

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WITCHY FUN

From Oz to Salem, to suburban mayhem,

The witches entertained us all.

The witch of the west, was creepy at best,

And Glinda was belle of the ball.

Samantha twitched her nose,

Whenever she chose, and

Sabrina’s cat talks to her, it is true.

Elphaba was wicked,

Endora was vivid…

They all were an interesting crew.

Lily was beautiful and knew what to do

When Herman and Grandpa cooked up a brew.

The Sanderson sisters were funny and camp,

The witches of Eastwick were duped…

They all used their craft, and a bit of their vamp,

But Morticia’s my all favorite champ.

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Shows referenced = Bewitched, The Wizard of Oz, The Addams Family, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, Hocus Pocus, The Witches of Eastwick, and Wicked (broadway play), and The Munsters

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

© 2014, 2019, 2023 & 2025 BS

 

Oct28

Inktober ’25 (skeletal) & 13 Days of Samhain (Dead Right or Dead Wrong))

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Inktober ’25 (skeletal) & 13 Days of Samhain (Dead Right or Dead Wrong)

 

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# 28 = Skeletal

For this one I just drew a skeleton using my  black ink pen

 

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For Sammi’s challenge:

13 Days of Samhain (volume vi) – A Horror / Halloween Writing Prompt Challenge

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13 Days of Samhain = Dead Right or Dead Wrong

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Dead right or dead wrong

Skewered  on the Devil’s prong

Fall for tricks

Flame-fire licks

Crossing over River Styx

But living right

You’ll see the light

Being brave you must behave

When Judgement comes the Lord will Save

Choose your fate, mark the date

Dead right or dead wrong

The End Of Days won’t be long

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

© 2025 BS

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Oct17

Flashback Friday – Odd Poem October

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Flashback Friday – Odd Poem October

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This one was from Oct. 17, 2024, and for a Halloween challenge – Mask was the prompt word.

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This is me many years ago in my home made paper bag mask and dress

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LOOK INSIDE

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Take a look,

Take a look,

Take a look inside…

Take a look inside yourself,

What have you got to hide?

What do you see,

What do you see,

What do you see, I ask?

What do you see yourself to be…

What’s hiding behind that mask?

Reveal yourself,

Reveal yourself,

Reveal yourself to me…

Reveal yourself…I want your truth…

Be who you were meant to be.

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

© 2018 & 2021 & 2024 BS

Oct10

Odd Poem October – Mental Flashback

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Odd Poem October – Mental Flashback

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Written for awareness of World Mental Health Day  https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-mental-health-day

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I wrote this poem on October 10, 2014

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POEM # 10

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MENTAL

Maybe you’d call me mental –

And, maybe you’d be right…

But, if I had my way – it’d be Halloween every night.

Maybe you’d call me mental –

Because I love the night…

My favorite time of evening, is when the bats take flight.

Maybe you’d call me mental –

But, I’m really not uptight…

It bothers me not you call me mental –

Though you know that it’s not right.

Maybe you’d call me mental –

But, I’ll gaze at the moon tonight…

And pray forgiveness for you…

For your hurtful words of slight.

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For Fandango’s Flashback Friday:

Fandango’s Flashback Friday — October 10th

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

© 2025 BS

Oct31

Happy Halloween Variety Post

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Happy Halloween Variety Post

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Here’s a selection of my posts for Halloween over the past few years.

  • small cartoon of black cat & orange pumpkin, and a bat with a hat
  • haunted house with ghosts that move
  • two ceramic ghosts and an orange pumpkin

Black Cat Behind Jack-O-Lantern Halloween Bat and Full Moon Click to View Full Clipart Image Free photos of Halloween

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Here’s me in costumes when I was a kid. One I was a gypsy lady (with my sister), and one in a paper bag costume.

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Our family had quite a few Halloween Costume parties over the years. We’d all dress up, have games, snacks, a homemade haunted house in the cellar, and I’d read an original spooky story of mine, complete with props, like peeled grapes for eyeballs, and spaghetti noodle innards.  Sometimes, we’d even have a ‘white elephant’ gift exchange game, with oddball gifts to snatch and trade. We had lots of fun! 🙂

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Weird looking Betty Boop?

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Witch, Ghost, & Ghoul

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Black background, pumpkin sticker, painted jack-o-lantern rocks

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Happy Halloween – A Ballad for Jack

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A Halloween Poem I wrote in 2015

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A BALLAD FOR JACK

Out in the garden, way in the back,

A tangle of vines did grow.

There was a secret, hidden away,

For only me to know.

I watered and tended this special vine,

And, day by day it grew.

Soon, it revealed an orange orb…

I was the only one who knew.

I was so happy, I talked to it…

In fact, I named him Jack.

He grew up big and strong, that gourd…

I think he liked me back.

Then as the days grew cooler yet,

And, the sun was feeling dim,

I wanted Jack to stay with me,

But, it was time to part from him.

And, so it came, that sad, sad day…

Jack said it would be fine…

I took my knife and severed him…

I cut him from the vine.

I cried a river, but through my tears,

Jack looked at me and smiled…

He said to carve a great big grin,

For every little child.

And, so I did, I carved a face

For Jack’s big orange head.

Now, every Halloween night that comes,

Jack’s eyes shine bright, instead.

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Here are some of my grand-kid’s carved pumpkin jack-o-lanterns from one year

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Thanks for visiting! Peace ☮️

© 2024 BS

 

Oct25

Flashback Friday – Corny

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Flashback Friday – Corny

Fandango’s Flashback Friday — October 25th

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For Flashback Friday I have this one, written for a poetry challenge, on October 25, 2014.

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OctPoWriMo…October Poetry Writing Month

POEM # 25

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2 painted rocks to look like corn on the cob, and a real corn on the cob

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LOST IN A CORN MAZE

Corn husks rustle, left and right…

Forsaken on this cold, dark night…

Alone…

All alone…

I realize they hypnotize…

Throwing magic into my eyes…

Alone…

All alone…

Is synchronicity a possibility?

Is this accidental, or just incidental?

Alone…

All alone…

I must take action, cause a distraction;

I need interaction; I feel I’m in traction…

Alone…

All alone…

I must use my senses, to break down defenses,

and break free from this agony…

Alone…

All alone…

This test will only make me stronger,

And from this mess, I’ll be lost here no longer…

Alone…

All alone…

Oh, I’m just a scarecrow, who’s biding my time…

Trying to find reason, out of the rhyme…

Alone…

All alone…

So lost in a corn maze,

So lost in my mind…

So lost in a corn maze,

So lost to my kind…

Alone…

All alone…

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Thanks for stopping by! 🙂

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© 2024 BS