Halloween Themed Haiku Poetry Topic Ideas

Halloween is my favorite holiday. I adore the playful spookiness, the carving of pumpkins and wearing of fun, colorful costumes. Trick-or-treating was so fun as a kid, and now it’s fun again in a whole new way now that I have children. In fact, my first poetry book was about Halloween.

I’ve put together this page as a resource to help anyone wishing to write a haiku or poem about Halloween. It contains ideas and imagery which I hope will inspire you.

Halloween Activities And THemes:

• Carving a pumpkin

• Wearing a Halloween costume

• Passing out candy to trick-or-treaters

• Going trick or treating

• Eating candy

• Attending a fall festival

• Adding a candle to a jack-o-lantern

• Make a scarecrow

• Visiting a pumpkin patch

• Getting lost in a corn maze

• Bobbing for apples

• Testing your limits in a haunted house

• Visiting a cemetery

• Getting spooked on a ghost tour

• Throwing a Halloween party

• Going on a hayride

• Eating a candy apple

• Making slime

• Playing Halloween games

• Making Halloween themed treats

Halloween Creatures (Natural and Supernatural) Haiku Topics

• Witches

• Wizards

• Vampires

• Skeletons

• Demons

• Ghosts

• Jack-o-lanterns

• Bats

• Zombies

• Werewolves

• Spiders

• Gargoyles

• Goblins

Feelings and Atmosphere to Consider:

• A cool breeze on a chilly Autumn night

• Orange, yellow, and red leaves crunching beneath little feet

• Walking along sidewalks with family, looking for welcoming porch lights

• Approaching doorways to houses unknown while parents wait several steps behind

• The moon looming above, watching over the scene