Theme In Yellow

I spot the

With yellow balls in autumn.

I light the prairie

Orange and tawny gold

And I am called pumpkins.

On the last of

When dusk is

Children join

And circle round

Singing ghost songs And love to the harvest moon;

I am a

With terrible

And the children knowI am fooling.

Composition date is unknown - the above date represents the first publication date.

The lyrical form of this poem is -o'-lantern: pumpkin carved into a face with slits for eyes,
nose and mouth and lighted from within for Halloween.