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Children's Poetry

Halloweensie Contest 2020

10/27/2020

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​ROSE'S SURPRISE
(100 words)
 
Among the graveyard vaults young Rose Bone creeps
(Her skeleton family’s still fast asleep.)
Rose searches for colored props bright as the sun
She wants her Halloween costume to stun!
 
Feathers and flowers and fabric and paint
(If Mama woke up she would probably faint!)
Rose crafts a mask with a smile, wide and red.
Who said, “Dressing up isn’t fun when you’re dead”?
 
She covers her bones in a suit, rainbow bright
Juggling in white gloves she’ll be quite a sight!
The finishing touch is a big scarlet nose...
Now it’s off to the circus for gorgeous Clown Rose!

© Shanah Salter, 2020

For more contest details and to see other entries click here.
8 Comments
Chel Owens link
11/1/2020 07:00:50 pm

Cute! Why can't a skeleton be a clown, huh? :)

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Shanah Salter
11/2/2020 06:28:56 pm

Exactly! The grass is always greener ;)

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Nancy D Riley
11/2/2020 05:22:46 am

Very cute! Love that she dresses as a clown. Good luck!

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Shanah Salter
11/2/2020 06:29:24 pm

Thank you!

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K Fischer link
11/2/2020 09:23:04 am

That's so neat how she doesn't just want to be herself for Halloween and makes herself a costume!

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Shanah Salter
11/2/2020 06:30:02 pm

Any excuse to dress up!

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Jill Lambert
11/2/2020 01:18:38 pm

I love your MC and her creativity, Shanah! The second stanza is especially visual. Well done! Best of luck in the contest!

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Shanah Salter
11/2/2020 06:30:30 pm

Thanks, Jill!

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