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 Kids – sour, 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 corn – autumnal, 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.