Comment from fionageorge

Excellent

Oh for that spirit. I hope it never gets to Australia (although I did see some Halloween things for sale, and heard some teenagers talking about a Halloween party! Scary!
This is a terrific rondeau poem. It meets the rondeau criteria, is fun (well sort of) to read, and has a free flowing rhythm.
Warmest Regards
Marijke

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2009

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2009

Hitcher just took his girls trick or treating for the first time in New Zealand - I think it is working its way to your part of the world! Thanks, Marijke :-) Brooke

Comment from Queenise

Excellent

Brooke you are too good at this. Do you have any books with your poems published yet? I just love your work. Good imagery and flow and the picture is awesome as is this spooky poem. Blessings. Queenise

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2009

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2009

Thanks so much, Queenise, nope, not yet for the book, but it's my project for 2010 :-) Brooke

reply by Queenise on 01-Nov-2009

You're welcome Brooke. Good luck with that project. Queenise

Comment from Kingsland

Excellent

this is a well written verse that has the spirit of this current season. I liked the ebb and flow to the thoughts in this poem. This was just a delight to have read and written a review for... John

 Comment Written 31-Oct-2009

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2009

Thank you, John, for your kind comments :-) Brooke
Happy Halloween!

Comment from nancyjam

Excellent

Definitely puts one in the Halloween mood.
So creepy, spooky, eerie- sends shivers up
the spine. Loved it though. You chose the
perfect art work - an ominous scene.
Nice work.

 Comment Written 30-Oct-2009

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2009

thank you, Nancy, and happy Halloween - so glad the mood of this poem came through :-) Brooke

Comment from barbara.wilkey

Excellent

I would say you can be in your Halloween mood at least for another day or so since Halloween isn't officially until tomorrow. Another good job. The artwork was perfect.

 Comment Written 30-Oct-2009

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2009

Thank you, Barbara, and happy Halloween :-) Yep, today is the last day and I just posted my final holiday poem. Now it's time to go back to being nice. LOL Brooke

Comment from mstad55

Excellent

I thought Rondeau was the girl featured in a Beach Boys song. You gotta help me Rondeau, hhelp help me Rondeau, get her out of my heart. Or something like that. So what are you waiting for? I didn't get the poem. mstad55

 Comment Written 30-Oct-2009

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reply by the author on 30-Oct-2009

You didn't get the story? The basic premise is that someone hears his/her death foretold and freaks out, imagining her own death, funeral, rotting corpse :-) Happy stuff! LOL
And yes, Help me Rondeau used to be one of my favorite songs to sing along to while in my car :-) I had a Buick Skylark back then :-) What did you drive as a teen? Brooke :-)

reply by mstad55 on 30-Oct-2009

A yellow 1962 Ford Fairlane. It was originally green and was repainted. The interior was still green so it didn't match. I got it as a hand-me-down from my sister. I was wide enough to squeeze four people across the front seat. Oh, the memories, that car could tell. I still have a Beach Boys cassette. I'll have to get a CD one day, cause my car doesn't have a cassette player in it, and I don't have one for the house either. Have a good night, I have to work in the morning, so it's lights out for me. Mike

Comment from venusanblue

Excellent

Ah, but a perfesct Halloween poem it is too. I enjoyed. To look at a corpse, thine own. Should we listen to the seers. Nice, V,xx

 Comment Written 30-Oct-2009

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2009

Thank you, V. Glad you could visualize the scary stuff! Brooke :-) Happy Halloween.

Comment from rhymelord

Excellent

There you go again! The sooner Halloween is over the sooner I'll sleep at nights. If you were not such a bloody good poet, it might not be so bad, but the pictures you conjure up....AAAHHH!
Regards
Reg

 Comment Written 30-Oct-2009

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reply by the author on 30-Oct-2009

Reg, tomorrow is the big day and then I promise to be a good girl :-) Thanks, my wonderful friend :-) Brooke

Comment from Patricia Crandall

Excellent

Excellent Halloween poem. It provided this reader with rhyme, chills and things that go bump in the night. It brought about all kinds of dreaded images which I look for this time of year. Well done and the artwork was perfect. Pat Crandall

 Comment Written 30-Oct-2009

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reply by the author on 31-Oct-2009

Thank you, Patricia - so glad you enjoyed - Happy Halloween! Brooke :-)

Comment from Begin Again

Excellent

Brooke

I fear that after tomorrow you will go into terrible withdrawal symptoms...You have been enjoying the season so much with all your wonderful poems. This is another one that sends chills through my body. Very well written and enjoyable. CArol

 Comment Written 30-Oct-2009

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reply by the author on 30-Oct-2009

Thanks, Carol - I know, but all good things come to an end, even my trip to the dark side! LOL My daughter will yell at me otherwise :-) Brooke