For this year's Halloweensie contest, Susanna Leonard Hill's mandatory words were glow-in-the-dark, goosebumps, and goodies. So I kept going with the alliteration and came up with a little something. Enjoy!

 It’s Halloween (WC 95)

As autumn arrives

Apparitions aren’t afraid

Of the afterlife anymore.

Aha!

It’s Halloween.

Cadavers cackle

and corpses creep

From cemetery crypts.

Keep calm!

It’s Halloween.

Demons in the darkness

And devils in disguise 

Dredge up dreadful deeds.

Don’t despair!

It’s Halloween.

Glow-in-the-dark goblins

And ghosts in gowns

Give goosebumps, not goodies.

Goodness gracious!

It’s Halloween.

Mummies masquerade

In the mysterious moonlight

Among a mausoleum.

Oh my!

It’s Halloween.

Scary skulls 

And spine-chilling specters

Startle superstitious spirits.

So spooky!

It’s Halloween.

Terrible tricks

And terrific treats 

Thrilling times on the thirty-first.

That’s a wrap!

It’s Halloween.