About the Poem
Halloween lanterns made from pumpkins are increasingly common in England and are almost universal in America where pumpkin is considered a great delicacy, but do pumpkin lanterns have a sinister significance?
Category
Style
Rhyming poem
Length
10 lines
Key Stage
KS2, KS3
Author
Paul Curtis
Jack O’Lantern
Jack O’Lantern’s light
Gazing out into the night
In the window there
Staring out a scary stare
With your unsympathetic grin
And glowing orange skin
Are you there to keep the spirits out?
With your jagged leering mouth
Or is your gnarled and toothless grin
There to invite the evil in?
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