The Puzzling Pumpkin
by Roberta Symmes
This is the way the pumpkin looked,
Jolly fellow,- round and yellow!
This is the way the pumpkin looked
Out in the garden green.
This is the way the pumpkin looked,
Spooky,- very, big and scary,
This is the way the pumpkin looked
At jolly Hallowe'en.
When Thanksgiving Comes
by T. C. O'Donnell
I never used to could remember when
Thanksgiving came. I asked my Mamma every day
If when it came it was November then,
Or Thursday, March or May.
But now I know when every single dish
Is heaped with turkey, sauce and punkin pie each year:
Why, Thanksgiving comes when I begin to wish
That Santa Claus was here.
Halloween Cats
Black cats, of season
Halloween,
You are the queerest I
have seen.
In pose, you're somewhat
like a curtain,
But that you're casts, I'm
still quite certain.
Your figures, rather
Oriental,
Would stamp you purely
ornamental.
No rat or bird such cats
would shun,
From you no smallest mouse would run.
For this, I love you, gentle
creatures,
And much admire your pleasant features.