Trick or Treat: Halloween Candy and Poetry Pairings

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Candy and Poetry – Name a better duo!

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A sweet treat paired with a beautiful poem is the best way to celebrate Halloween!

Halloween always brings back memories of walking around the neighborhood at night. Every house was lit up with decorations, and every sidewalk was full of kids and parents taking advantage of the sweet treats. As a kid, it almost felt magical and rebellious to be out after dark; as an adult, it’s a nostalgic feeling that is hard to recreate. This year, capture a bit of that magic by adding a bit of poetry to your Halloween celebrations.

To celebrate Halloween, we’ve paired some of our favorite trick-or-treating sweets with poems perfect for the season. Did you prefer the colorful sweetness of Skittles back in the day, or did you fight over the last of the Kit-Kats? Maybe you preferred the acquired taste of Hershey’s dark chocolate? We have some seasonal poems to complement your favorite Halloween treats. From fun and clever poems for Sour Patch Kids to classic poetry to bring back memories of the assorted candy mix left over when the good stuff was gone, let the magic of poetry help you recreate the spirit of Halloween.

So, grab your stash of treats and discover the perfect Halloween candy and poetry pairings.

Skittles – colorful, sugary, sweet, and  rainbow

Theme in Yellow – Carl Sandburg

Colors Passing Through Us – Marge Piercy

Goblin Market – Christina Rossetti

 

Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups – rich, velvety, indulgent

All Hallows’ Eve – Dorothea Tanning

The Warning – Adelaide Crapsey

All Hallows – Louise Glück

 

Hershey’s Special Dark – bittersweet, strong, acquired taste 

November 2: Dia de los muertos – Alberto Rios

Superstition – Ashley August

Japanese Maple – Clive James

 

Sour Patch Kidssour, sweet, and reminiscent

Not Merely Because of the Unknown That Was Stalking Toward Them [But the rocking chair] – Jenny Boully

Halloween Party – Kenn Nesbitt

All Souls – Michael Collier

 

Candy cornautumnal, spooky, and Halloween-core

Dusk in Autumn – Sara Teasdale

Samhain – Anne Finch

Chansons Innocentes II – E. E. Commings

 

Kit Kat– snappy, familiar, and smooth

Hallowe’en – Joel Benton

Fall, leaves, fall – Emily Bronte

Mr. Macklin’s  Jack O’Lantern – David McCord

 

Assorted Candy Mix – classic, nostalgic, and seasonal

Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I [Round about the cauldron go] – William Shakespeare

The Raven – Edgar Allen Poe

Nothing Gold Can Stay – Robert Frost

 


Didn’t get your sweet tooth craving fulfilled with the candy and poetry pairing? More poetry pairings but with tea this time right here! Which tea is your favorite and see if it matches your poetry go-tos.

 

 

Writer, editor, and proud nerd. Co-host of Wit Beyond Measure, a Jane Austen podcast. A reader of books, binger of Netflix, and knitter of scarves. Her cat is probably yelling at her right now.

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