About the Poem

The poem recounts an encounter with two haggard old women. Are they just simple country folk, or something more sinister?

Category

Funny Halloween Poems

Style

Rhyming poem

Length

8 lines

Key Stage

KS1, KS2, KS3

Author

Patrick Winstanley

Which?

Two old women
In long black cloaks
With pointy hats
And two black cats

'We're Imelda
And Griselda'
Said one. But which
Should I call witch?

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