It was on a farm, on a far away hill.
Where the farmer milked his cows, as they stood very still.
It was the fall, late in October on crisp clear night.
This is how the story, one strange event to hear.
The farmer headed for the house, as the animals collected.
They whispered what would happen tonight.
The wife collected sheets and pillowcases ready to go.
Shirts, blouses, coats, hats, ribbons and so on.
They looked like movers in a heavy packed truck.
The wagon was hooked up, they were ready to go.
Cows and the goats, and the rest ready to for a stroll.
The farmer climbed to his seat, with his wife beside him.
Into town is where they were all head.
As the pulled into town , there was a line awaiting.
For fun and merriment the animals dressed for all to see.
The horses had on hats and shoes, a dancing in the street.
The cows had on sheets with Zebra stripes.
The sheep, pigs, and goats had on blouses and shirts.
They all were the life of the parade it seemed.
Fancied up with ribbons, giving out their cry.
Now the families in town,gave cheers and shouts.
As they learned what " Trick-n-treat" is about.
Later the families boarded up the wagons,a for hayride.
While others petted the animals for fun,
This went on till about mid- night.
Now don't you think this would be fun.
This was a new idea for a fun Halloween.
Have you ever seen a Halloween parade,
With horses, chickens, pigs, goats, and cows.
This would be neat to share every year.
A contest entry
- 2008 Allpoetry Halloween Bash by Little Eagle.
12350 points, ended November 21, 2008, 61 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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Thank you for your entry
Definitely sounds like a fun idea. A little editing would be good for this poem, a lot of little writing mechanics errors in here. Such as 'a for' needs to be 'for a' and 'to' should be 'too', 'on crisp cool' should be 'on a crisp cool'. So as you can see just a bunch of minor fixes and this poem would really shine.
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Happy Halloween and God Bless
Tammy
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I've seen Halloween parades, but never quite like this one. Would make for an interesting evening to watch all the animals dressed up cute rather than us. Nice story, definitely one for the kids.
Good luck in the contest.
Storm
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I've never seen a Halloween parade. It should be quite different. Good luck in the contest. Katie
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