Glowing jack-o-lanterns line a porch staircase as a trick-or-treater carries a candy pail
Art by Robb Mommaerts

Jack-o’-Lanterns

By Robin Sobel Larin
From the October/November 2026 Issue

Learning Objective: Students will analyze a poem by exploring its structure, language, and meaning.

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Jack-o’-Lanterns

We grin to greet

excited feet.

We wink to show

our inner glow.

We guard the way

this darkling day

and light the streets

for tricks and treats.

“Jack-O’-Lanterns” copyright © 2026 by Robin Sobel Larin. Used by permission.

This story was originally published in the October/November 2026 issue.

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