Dracupuss and Frankenmouse: a cat Halloween poem about a cat and mouse

Dracupuss and Frankenmouse

All year, she is Miss Fluffykins -

a cat about the house

a year, he is their Munchkin Nose -

a timid, squeaking mouse

But once a year on Halloween

as lightning strikes and storms

Miss Fluffykins and Munchkin Nose

beneath the moon, transform

For one night she is Dracupuss

and he is Frankenmouse

On tip-toe, razor claws they creep

and sneak beyond the house

The fangs of Dracupuss, like scythes

shine sharp beneath the stars

The face and fur of Frankenmouse

all cut and slashed with scars

As zombie boys and ghoulish girls

with armless, harmless gore

demand their cookies, candies, sweets

at each and open door …

Unseen, the duo scurry in

between the children’s feet

for cat and mouse must slink inside

so they can Trick or Treat

They Trick or Treat the guinea pigs

The hamsters, budgies, dogs

They Trick or Treat the fish in bowls

The geckos, snakes and frogs

The pets afraid, they always Treat

Give everything they’ve got

And Dracupuss and Frankenmouse

They bag the blooming lot

November first, as dawn yawns wide

and nightmares all subside

Miss Fluffykins and Munchkin Nose

awake, confused, red-eyed

They wonder why surrounding them

are crickets, piles of seeds

two mini-castle ruins and

three diamante leads …

a swinging perch with bells attached

a giant bone, half-gnawed

a hamster wheel ‘round Fluffy’s neck

dried worms on every claw

“Oh dear, my dear friend Munchkin Nose,

How’d this all end up here?”

“I just don’t know Miss Fluffykins

It happens every year!"

Mark Bird

💡 KS1 & KS2 Poetry Lessons for Teachers and Students:

This delightfully spooky cat Halloween poem, Dracupuss and Frankenmouse, is a fantastic springboard for engaging poetry and creative writing lessons in Key Stage 2 and early Key Stage 3. Teachers can begin by exploring rhyme, rhythm, and narrative voice, encouraging pupils to identify the poem’s structure and the use of transformation as a poetic device. Pupils might create their own pet-inspired Halloween characters, developing alliterative names and eerie backstories. The poem also lends itself to performance – children can practise expressive reading and even act out the nocturnal adventures of Miss Fluffykins and Munchkin Nose. Extend learning with a writing prompt: “What happens the next Halloween?” or “What do the other pets do with their stolen treats?” This humorous yet chilling poem offers a rich blend of imagination, vocabulary, and poetic techniques, ideal for seasonal literacy work.

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