Top 10 Ways Kids Today Can Use Poetry: Halloween Edition

1. Historical vampires, like Dracula, were lit snobs.
2. Elton John’s lyricist Bernie Taupin started out as a poet. If you play your cards right you could become Lady Gaga’s next Bernie Taupin.
3. Poems are perfectly crafted to be read:
   - on public transportation where interruptions occur  every seven to ten minutes
   - as lullabies right before you go to sleep
   - or to step-up the quality of your bathroom reading
4. If the pen is mightier than the sword, you could launch sarcastic limericks at bullies.
5. Imagine a poetry reading with an audience full of teletubbies, MC’d by Barney.
6. Haiku make great smartphone texts.
7. Spells, charms, enchantments, curses, jinxes and incantations in Harry Potter are practically poems. Ask Hermione.
8. Pedro will be writing political poems in college.
9. This environmentally-friendly top ten list would probably be endorsed by Carrotmob if Carrotmob endorsed such things as lists.
10. Poetry is good zombie food.