Poem-a-Day - Poems for Halloween, & More

October 2022

Poems for Halloween

October 31 is Halloween. Celebrate with the following poems and browse more Halloween poems for kids:

“The Haunted Oak” by Paul Laurence Dunbar
“In the Still, Star-Lit Night” by Elizabeth Drew Stoddard
“The Witch-Bride” by William Allingham
“Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti
“Black Cat” by Rainer Maria Rilke
“Ghosts and Fashion” by Elaine Equi
“The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe
“To Live in the Zombie Apocalypse” by Burlee Vang

Easy poet costume ideas

Lesson plans for Halloween

Celebrate autumn and bring poems about change, nature, and contemplation into your classroom with the following lesson plans:

“Blackberry Eating” by Galway Kinnell
“Equinox” by Elizabeth Alexander
“Fall Leaves Fall” by Emily Brontë
“Willow Poem” by William Carlos Williams
“November 2: Día De Los Muertos” by Alberto Ríos
“Between Autumn Equinox and Winter Solstice, Today” by Emily Jungmin Yoon

“For centuries, American arts and humanities have been a beacon of light and understanding, recording our history and advancing new ways of thinking.”

President Joe Biden has declared October National Arts & Humanities Month, a time to honor, celebrate, and uplift artists, writers, and scholars, whose voices and work inspire our nation.

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“One Girl” By Sappho, Translated by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
“Sea Of The Poem (An Annex So We May Dream Backwards)” by Raquel Salas Rivera
“Arbolé, Arbolé . . .” by Federico García Lorca
“Per aspera ad astra” by Huascar Medina

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November is Native American Heritage Month. Plan ahead with lesson plans featuring poems by Indigenous poets, including Joy Harjo, Heid E. Erdrich, Layli Long Soldier, and more.

2022 Featured Fall Books List for Young Readers

This fall, we encourage you to check out these poetry titles from our sponsors and advertisers for children, YA novels in verse, and books by poets for young readers to help bring more poetry into the classroom or home. Poems can spark a lifelong love of reading, and buying poetry books is one of the best ways to directly support poets and poetry.

October 2022 marks the hundredth anniversary of the publication of T. S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land.” “If it initially seemed a response to the late Great War, in its centennial year its themes of drought and drabness sound immediate and foreboding to a generation facing climate disaster and the moral bankruptcy of the political class. The poem, straddling past and future, applies pressure on the present.” Read more about the cultural impact of “The Waste Land” and find more poems, resources, and essays by and about Eliot.

Our friends at 826 National have recently revamped 826 Digital, a free online platform for educators, to better support the needs of writing educators near and far. 826 Digital features writing resources that have been designed and field-tested by staff and students across the 826 Network. Check out new features that make it easy to get inspired, find writing resources you need, and connect with teachers.

Teachers, thank you for your work bringing poetry into the classroom year-round. We’re happy to be able to offer hundreds of free lesson plans, essays, and other resources, and we wish you and your students health and safety.

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2022 Featured Fall Books List

"The Art of Shooting in the Dark" by Denice Frohman

"Wonder Wheel" by Wo Chan

"Bring back the murmur of the doves that made / Their little nests so neighborly to mine"

"'Stop. Go put your shoes back on. They’ll know we Okies,' a Lost Image Reclamation" by Anthony Cody

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