2018 Horror Halloween Haiku Contest!
Welcome to our 2018 Horror Halloween Haiku Contest! I love writing contests, big and small, so we are doing a couple more. You guys are killing it on the other posts right now. We have 3 other major contests running right now, so this one isn’t going to be a monetary or promotional prize. It’s just for fun and bragging rights.
Haikus can be creepy, can’t they? So we all know you need 5,7,5 over a 3 line poem to have the structure of a Haiku, but they do not have to follow the traditional conventions (like image in line 2 and all that). Anyway, you will post your Haiku in the comments. Here are the rules.
- Poem must be 5,7,5
- Poem must be something scary, ghosts or zombies or something.
- Haiku must be great.
- Enter as many times as possible.
- Deadline is Oct 28.
- Put the Haiku in the comments below.
Make sure you at least include an email where we can get in touch with you.
I love zombie Haikus by the way. I mean is there anything better than a zombie Haiku? It’s like a zombie, eating a brain, in 3 lines….anyway leave us horror haikus, scary scary.
We will announce the winner on Halloween in a video movie chat. Details about the movie are to be announced. Gook luck, I hope you win, I really want to read a zombie haiku…but it you don’t right one it’s ok, I love horror haiku.
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Alright you asked for it….
Bitten, I can’t run
life escapes. I lie and die
But, waken … hungry
suck the narrow clean
brains of human mind mess
new taste sensation
We all took a vote,
and at the end of the night
Trump was president.
At night the moon glows
zombies, ghost prowl through the street
be on the lookout
Horrific Discovery
Blood curdling loud screams
Slicing the evening’s silence
Only parts were found
Dull, dead eyes with rotting skin
Craving living flesh
The undead have rose
I ate his brain, slurp
still waiting for any knowledge
he lied, there was none
the skeleton gave
me a hand, literally,
disappearing fast
after giving birth
heading for an exit ramp
a mutant zombie
Horripilation:
After the virus leeches–
Tell your loved ones bye.
– – – – – – – – –
“I’m not infected.”
Crimson floods her fogged iris.
My sister lied. Why?
– – – – – – – – –
Grab me the fresh brains,
Descend the concrete stairway,
Don’t touch anything!
A gnarled, red-leafed oak,
Skeletal branches reaching-
A man hangs and bleeds.
The little goblin
inspects his plunder -Stickers!
Time to play a Trick!
between the pages
I locate the crushed beetle
the death haiku book
Ocher orbs observe
An Autumn Ave. animate
With witches watching.
Squishy, bouncy ball
I see no more, sockets bare
A spurt in my mouth, EYES, YUM!
Alien blood moon
Space invaders, body snatchers
Zombie delicacy
Zombies trick or treat
On humanoid flesh with the
Flavor of children
Phantoms and goblins
And a witches’s brew conjured
To cast magic spells
Zombies march slowly
No need to run or to hide
‘Cause Zombies are slow
A skeleton key
Twists into who knows or what
Unlock mystery
The wet-beaked raven
Hammer-dug a socket deep
-To gooey weeping
darkness covers the broken bones
overfilled graves with no people at home.
blood is dripping off headstones.
rain is falling endlessly outside
zombies eating my neighbor’s eyes
blood from faucets not surprised
It’s not Halloween,
yet some frightful things I’ve seen.
Tell me what they mean!
Ghost Hunter…believer
I watch you closely tonight.
Come… closer… BIG BITE!
Michael Meyers night
Butcher knife… fright…fight… flight
Run fast sweet angel
Find our the winners of our contest on Halloween night, October 31, 2018…9pm…..
https://www.everywritersresource.com/halloween-movie-night-2018/
he wasn’t nimble
enough to catch them alive
so he ate cold brains
she double dipped flies
in a ramekin of blood
treats she didn’t share
I’m gonna kill you,
Yes, I really really am.
I’m gonna get you.
tiptoe round the bush,
I’ve got a really sharp knife,
And you have a heart.
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We draw straws to see
Who eats whom in the contest–
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
A Grim Time
Do not close your eyes
Death will come for everyone
Dont believe? Just wait.
She’s going to kill
If she isn’t stopped soon
Please help me. I’m next.
He is so scary
he killed my best friend, I know
He’ll strike again
She’s going to kill
If she Isn’t stopped soon.
Please help me. I’m next.
Bloodthirsty, brain starved,
Mindless zombies lurk about.
Knock-knock: trick or treat?
HA… ha… hungry me
I feed but one night alone.
KUmquat? Pumpkin? Brain!
(HA-I-KU Halloween) 🙂
Close the lid, close it
tight. Ignore her if she screams
and fights. Going down…..
A plop, then slither.
The dark around my bed moves.
The next falls on me.
Hello, I am taking a short break from EWR until 11/11/18 (traveling). The winners of all contests were posted on our Twitter, in the movie chat, and sent through our newsletter! Please follow us on Twitter and sign up for the newsletter. The Christmas rush will kick off this weekend. More information is coming.