The sun hangs joyfully in the sky,
Clouds stay concealed alertly on stand-by.
Watch your step through the never-ending maze…
Your safety may just be a delusional phase.
A dizzying task, to the left, to the right,
All you can ponder is fight or flight!
Moans around each turn trouble your heart.
Screams in the void cause a kickstart.
Beware of rustling as the wind grows harsher.
Something lurks in the stalks as you move farther.
Deeper and deeper you sink into ugly dread,
Fearing you’ll stumble upon unsightly bloodshed.
Your world has transformed into endless corn!
You have failed and fallen, feeling forlorn.
But lo and behold, a ladybug on a leaf
Bringing to your heart a flood of relief.
Her essence portrays hope that was buried.
Fright has dissolved, you no longer feel harried.
Those unsettling sounds don’t cause any chills
Compelling you to hightail it for the hills!
Should you muster up courage to return next year,
To this spooky season that brings about ghouls?
Or should you leave the shivers and fear
For the thrill-seekers and the reckless fools?
BOO!!!!! 👻🎃👻
P.S. Look closely at that second image above..do you see something lurking?
And if you’re so inclined, you can listen to me recite this fun poem below:
Last weekend we went to this fun corn maze, and then walked
around the pumpkin patch, picking up some pumpkins, and
admiring the beautiful horses, an adorable heifer,
cute little goats, and a friendly donkey.
Lots of fun things to do for the little ones, too.
Happy early Halloween and be safe out there…
you just never know what skulks around the bend.
😳👹👿
© Lauren Scott, baydreamerwrites.com – All rights reserved.
Baydreamer ~ Lauren Scott 
Beautiful to read and the pictures👍🏻
Thanks, Athira! I’m glad you enjoyed this post. 💞
I really enjoyed the way it all was related.
The best part is it can be experienced as read through in some sense.
Thanks so much! I appreciate your comment.
Looks like a lot of fun, Lauren. Yes, I see you lurking.
It was a fun thing to do in this lovely season. I love autumn as long as we don’t have fires. I was lurking in one of the photos, but you may see someone else in the top second photo, too. 🙂 Thanks, John! 🎃
all I saw was a shadow.
There’s actually a pair of standing blue jeans. 🙂
Well timed. Harvest and Halloween. I would be worried about meeting a bear in the cornfields around here.
Thanks for stopping by and chiming in, Anneli! Yeah, meeting up with a bear isn’t something I’d want either. I worry about those on the trail. 🙂 🎃🧡
They do hang out in the cornfields this time of year. Be careful. Enjoyed the poem!
I will and thanks again! 🙂
Sounds like a fun day!
It was a lot of fun, Darlene. Thanks for stopping by!
Corn mazes are staples in spooky movies, Lauren. I’m glad yours was playful and fun in the end. Great photos of a day at the farm. It’s a great time of year. And it was so fun to listen to your beautiful voice!
They sure are, aren’t they, Diana? But I don’t do super scary. I just do fun scary if that’s even a thing. 😀 I’m glad you enjoyed this poem and the photos, and thanks for what you wrote about my voice. I’m not really crazy about how I sound. But it’s something fun and different to add to a post. So why not? Thanks again, Diana! ❤️🎃
Your recording was great. I haven’t done many at all, but it’s not really hard. Just fun scary. 😀
Yep, fun scary. 🙂 Have a good night! 🧡
Grew up on a farm so that picture bought back many memories. Thanks for the interesting blogs you put up on the net.
I’m happy to evoke good memories, Ian. I’m sure it was hard work, but I’d love to try farm life if only for a short time. And thank you for your wonderful words. I’m grateful that after all these years, you still find my posts interesting. 🙂
The only way to make a living out of farming in today’s world is to do it as a large scale industry. Small farms are a financial risk unless you just want to have a hobby farm for recreation. My dad almost went bust on the first farm as we were city folk. But he began to trade farms by cropping, fencing stocking then selling and got himself out of financial woes that way restoring his fortune.
I’m glad things worked out in the end, Ian…thanks for sharing.
Delightful! I love corn maze season. Beautiful poem, Lauren.
Thanks so much, Jeff, for your kind words. I’m glad you enjoyed this corn maze, too. I love this season in all its colors and aromas. 🍁🍂
What a great Halloween walk, Lauren! Love the poem and recitation and the happy couple posing in front of those pumpkins! 🤗😘🍁🎃🤗😘
Aww, thanks for your wonderful words, Marina. It was a great day and fun to write this silly poem. Reciting it was something different out of my comfort zone. 🙂 Happy almost Friday, dear friend! 🎃🧡🍁🍂👻🌽
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Hi Lauren, this is a great Halloween poem. It made me think of Children of the Corn by Stephen King. That was a scary book. Is that a person standing in the corn. It looks like a blue leg and a hand higher up.
Thanks so much, Robbie! Ironically, I thought of that movie and book when we were walking through the maze. But I never saw it or read the book. I’ve become a big chicken, even though Stephen King is brilliant. The only book of his that I’ve read is The Dead Zone which is a sci-fi thriller but really good. And yes, that is my husband standing in the midst of the stalks, his leg in blue jeans and you can even see his sun hat if you look closely. 🙂 It was a fun poem to write after our day in the maze.
I have read Dead Zone. In retrospect, I always think King somehow predicted Donald Trump when he wrote that book. It is not my favourite but it is one I think about a lot. I didn’t spot the hat, I’ll have to look again.
FUUUUN with good puns and some scary “stalking” going on there. Love your poem and the maze. Which town is it in – I assume in Marin? And good for you, reciting it and sharing that. I wonder if I’ll be brave enough to do that someday. FIVE CHEERS!!!
Thanks for your kind words, Pam! It was the Petaluma pumpkin patch, our annual tradition. We also go to the Nicasio patch but it’s smaller without a maze. And reciting a poem is something I’ve only done a few times, but I’d like to do more often. I’m sure you will someday, too! Thanks again! 🎃🥰👻
Happy Halloween! What a wonderful post. Love the poem and all the photos.
Happy Halloween, Bridgette! I’m glad you enjoyed this post and thanks for your kind words about the poem and photos. Have a good weekend! 🎃🧡
These are moments that make fall weather so much fun! It’s clear you put time into this and I can appreciate passionate people. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you, Adrian, for your wonderful words. I appreciate your visit, too!
Some of those mazes can be quite integrate. Glad you made it back to civilization before the goblins got you.
It took about 40 minutes but we found our way, a frightening trek to say the least. 👻😀
Happy Halloween Lauren and what a spooky poem. Lovely pictures and you and your husband are looking so nice. Thanks a lot.
Happy Halloween, Kamal, and I’m glad you liked this spooky and fun post. I don’t do too scary, so fun scary was plausible. 🙂 And thank you about the pic of my hubby and me. Wishing you a happy weekend! 🧡🎃🍁
You are always welcome dear Lauren. Wishing you too a happy weekend. Lots of love and hugs ❤️🤗❤️🤗🤗
Thank you so much for this fun read! 🙂
I’m so glad you enjoyed! :Thank you! 🙂
Beautiful picture🖼️
Thanks very much!
I really enjoyed your poem, Lauren, and it looks like you had a fun day!
Thanks so much, Mark! I’m glad you liked the poem, something fun to write. And it was a great day and one of our favorite pumpkin patches to visit during this spooky season. 🎃
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Delightful read! It looks like such a fun day.
It was a great day. Thanks so much!
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So pretty to see the fall season!!
Thank you so much, Maria!
What a fun trip that was. Thanks for sharing the lovely photos. My husband once told me a story about him getting lost in a cornfield when he was a young boy (he grew up on a farm). The clever little boy decided after quite some time to stop running every which way, pick a direction and keep walking straight and he’d end up out of it somewhere. 🙂 xx
Gotta love the Halloween holiday 🎃👻
Always lots of fun! 😀🎃