Halloween Poem

Halloween Poem

Little Orphant Annie

This poem is by James Whitcomb Riley. I first heard this poem when I was a child in fourth grade. It was close to Halloween and the teacher was reading season appropriate materials. I absolutely loved it, but my teacher was just reading without telling us the names of the poems or their authors. All I could remember was Little Orphan Annie (notice I didn't quite have it right).

I kept that piece in my mind and I searched. It took me over twenty years to find it. I found it on the internet while looking for Halloween poems. I only knew that it was read to me at the Halloween season, so I searched for Halloween poems. After searching through lots of sites, I found one that said Halloween Decorations and a Poem. I didn't think it would be it, but was delighted that it was. That site has long since disappeared, but I'm happy to have found this poem.

To see a marvelous and somewhat creepy video of Riley reciting the poem and explaining some of the colloquial terms click here.