Halloween Poems

Five Little Pumpkins
Five little pumpkins, sitting on a gate, (Hold up fingers for pumpkins)
The first one said ‘Oh my! It’s getting late!’
The second one said ‘There are witches in the air!’
The third one said ‘But we don’t care!’
The fourth one said ‘Let’s run and run and run!’
The fifth one said ‘It’s Halloween fun!’
Oooooooo went the wind,
And out went the lights. (Clap hands on the word ‘out’)
And the five little pumpkins rolled out of sight. (Roll hands)

The Witches’ Spell
Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.
Fillet of a fenny snake
In the cauldron boil and bake;
Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
Wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
Adder’s fork, and blind-worm’s sting,
Lizard’s leg and owlet’s wing,
For a charm of powerful trouble,
Like a hell-broth, boil and bubble.
Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn, and cauldron bubble.

by William Shakespeare

Halloween Pumpkin
A pumpkin is orange
A pumpkin is round
A pumpkin grows big
On a vine on the ground.

But a Halloween pumpkin
With a smile and a light
Is a glad Jack-O-Lantern
On Halloween night.

V Gouled

Ready for Halloween
Pumpkins and all
big ones and small,
apples and pumpkins
and cornstalks in fall…

Corn standing tall,
apples and all,
pumpkins to gather
and set on the wall…

Cornstalks to lean,
yellow and green,
bright orange pumpkins
with apples between…

Apples between,
shined to a sheen
everything’s ready
to greet Halloween.

Author unknown to me

It’s Halloween

While jack-o-lanterns grin and glow,
Black cats prowl and bats fly low,
And witches call from their broomstick flight
It’s Halloween tonight, tonight!

While jack-o-lanterns show their faces
Ghosts are gathered in darksome places
And goblins chant – though they can’t be seen
It’s Halloween! It’s Halloween!

by L. Jacobs