October pumpkins

OCTOBER PUMPKINS
By ANDREW WOOD
6th grade
Carly Riley
Kilgore Middle School

OCTOBER comes and starts the test
as pumpkins head to the patch to rest

From pumpkin seeds, they grow and grow
until the farmer says it’s time to go

With a snip and a cut from the big long vine
 with each one hoping someone will soon call them mine

Some travel so far and some stay near
 with hopes that children they’ll soon hear

Some they’ll call small
and some they’ll call fat
 some they’ll call gourds
But don’t ask me about that

Some will be smooth
Some will be bumpy
Some will have warts
And some will be lumpy

Little ones are perfect for kids and games
Medium ones for carving and bring some
 much fame
Large ones are full of slimy guts and seeds, oh my
But give them to mom and she makes a killer pie

When fall is over
The pumpkins will die
But fret or worry
Come next OCTOBER they’ll soon be
alive.