Thursday, November 4, 2010

Ghostly Guests




A gaggle of giggling ghosts gathered gaily

to groan in the graveyard one night.

They glided so gracefully, Griggsby the groundskeeper

grinned at the glorious sight.

He gaped as the glimmering, glistening glow

grew legs and goose-stepped through the grasslands below.

Then, just at the gate of my grandma and gramps,

the ghoulish gang sneezed and blew out like gas lamps.

This "G" post was a farewell nod to Halloween...and Dots candy.
(Our leftover Dots vanished like so many multi-colored ghosts.)

For more G stuff, please visit Jenny Matlock's Alphabe-Thursday by clicking below:

41 comments:

Anonymous said...

Great, Ghoulish post here! Well done! Love it!

People Who Know Me Would Say: said...

It's Grrrrrrrrreaaaaaaaaaaaat!! Oops, there I go channeling Tony the Tiger again.

Loved the images you paired with it too.

Unknown said...

Great gangs of ghosts gallivanting around made a great post.

paige said...

I LOVE ghosts! They're just so...cute. :)

Unknown said...

ghost....scary!!!

Sue McPeak said...

Great Ghoul photos and nod to the end of Halloween...Ahha...the next letter is H...you could have doubled up!

RedTedArt said...

Very Good G post. Positively Ghoulish!

Maggy

Donna said...

You are soooo FUN!!!!

BECKY said...

Ha! That was really cute! You DO have the MUSE!! :)

Unknown said...

I love ghosts and gas lamps!
Farewell Halloween...see you next year!!

Lisalulu said...

HA, nice... although not as scary as yesterdays political post&comments!

Katie Blacker said...

great imagery in your writing. i am sad Halloween is over!

Unknown said...

And a grand farewell it was! Loved it!

Along These Lines ... said...

Someone's dictionary is stuck on G. Pretty cool.

Fiauna said...

Once again, you have put a smile on my face!

Rocky Mountain Woman said...

How cute!

I just love the photo of the old house, it reminds me of my grandmother's place...

Tracy said...

Ghoulish but great , glad you shared and gratitude for popping by

Lola said...

Love this post of gallivanting ghosts at this time of year! So apt!

XOXO LOLA:)

Amy said...

Squeal!!! I love it! What a wonderful poem. And boy oh boy did you get the G post down!

Cheryl D. said...

Loved your ghosts!

Jackie said...

Great one! For being tired of Halloween you did a great job of closing it . Love the picture illustrations

Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti said...

This was so cute, Sue! I love all the images you found and the music was so much fun!

I sent all my leftover Halloween candy to work with my husband. Too tempting!

yaya said...

A Halloween lover like me! Great post and very clever! Dots are also a big fav of mine BTW..just sayin'

Gattina said...

Love these little ghosts ! This year I didn't see anything of Halloween because I was in Egypt, and there nobody celebrated not even the tourists.

Judie said...

Sue,you are incredibly clever! Great poem and pix!!

Jess said...

That was some amazing alliterism, and a magnificent use of the letter G, a lot.

Mary said...

Great Ghostly Post :-)

Terra said...

What a groovy ghoulish post! Totally loved the music too!

lissa said...

all I seem to imagine is casper, the friendly ghost

nice G alphabe-thursday post & thanks for your visit

Darlene said...

Love your alliteration. It really made for a perfect "G" post. I think it would be hard to top this but I'm going over to take a look.

fredamans said...

Groovy!

Grandma Honey said...

I feel like I just want to jump right into that grandma and grandpa's house!

alpinekleins said...

So cute! Truly a winner, captures that oh so fun feeling of Halloween :)

Kristin

Caroline said...

Well done! I like the music to accompany this too. Oh, and I am a bad mommy who bribed my girls into giving me their leftover Dots candy! I love that stuff!

~✽Mumsy✽~ said...

Oh wow..what a great G poem, with fabulous photos!

Cheryl said...

Giggling gleefully.

Jo said...

loved you poem ... and those dots sure have a habit of vanishing ... as do the rest of the the halloween treats .... that must be the "trick" part!

Su-sieee! Mac said...

I like the image of all them ghoulish ghosts sneezing. Ah-chooo!

Pondside said...

I'm glad that I wasn't the only one who wasn't ready to ditch Hallowe'en right away!

Jenny said...

A great and ghoulish goodbye to ghastly Halloween!

Sue, thanks for an amazing stop on Alphabe-Thursday's gourney through G.

This was fabulous.

And I want to live in that house. It is really charming.

A++++++++++++++++

Tina said...

that grinning guy with the bulging eyeballs freaked me out!