Many thanks to Susanna Leonard Hill for hosting this creative contest and to all the fabulous prize donators!
To learn more about it click here: https://susannahill.com/2019/10/10/boo-announcing-the-9th-annual-halloweensie-writing-contest/
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I WON HONORABLE MENTION FOR MULTIPLE ENTRIES:
MUST USE THE FOLLOWING WORDS (or a variation of each): Potion, Cobweb, Trick
Here are my entries:
A SPIDER'S COBWEB TALE (WC- 98)
By Michelle S. Kennedy
In a dank and dusty corner
a little cobweb barely seen,
was crying so profusely
he was heard by Witch Maxine.
She looked around and found him-
a tired spider on his net.
Clearly old, he looked like mold
all dripping in his sweat!
“You poor thing! Witch Maxine said.
“I’ll make a weaving potion
so you can build much faster, dear
instead of in slow-motion!”
She mixed a small concoction.
“Now, this should do the trick!”
With that, he started spinning fast.
His web grew large and thick.
“Happy Halloween!” she trilled.
Then vanished on her stick.
THE LITTLE COBWEB WITH BIG DREAMS (WC- 88)
By Michelle S. Kennedy
I am a little cobweb,
so small I can’t be seen.
I have a dream- for Halloween,
but fate must intervene!
I need a special potion
or a fancy magic trick!
Then I can grow like rising dough
and be Great Witch’s pick!
On Halloween she takes
the biggest cobweb she can find,
then uses it to decorate
and scare the humankind!
For now, I’m small and least of all,
but maybe dreams come true.
I hope, I pray, that on that day
I’ll get to frighten YOU!
A POTION GONE WRONG! (WC- 87)
By Michelle S. Kennedy
The persnickety old witch patiently waited
for her magic trick-potion to work
On Halloween night, she howled in delight
as her smugness gave way to a smirk.
She tried not to coo when she sipped on her brew
and patted her cat, Arafat.
Quickly she fainted. Her stew had been tainted
by cobwebs mixed into her vat!
When she awoke, it was sadly no joke-
Her nose was inside of her cheek!
But lucky for her, her eyes were a blur
so she couldn’t critique her physique!
