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.
Richard Edwards has a BFA in Creative Writing and Journalism from Bowling Green State University and an M.S. in Education from the University of Akron. Managing editor of Drunk Duck, poetry editor for Prairie Margins, reporter for Miscellany, Akron Journal, Lorain Journal…check our About Us page for more. Also here is info on our On Classic Articles
Every Writer says
November 8, 2018 at 7:38 amHello, 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.
Nancy Hubble says
October 27, 2018 at 2:47 amA plop, then slither.
The dark around my bed moves.
The next falls on me.
Regina MacIntyre says
October 24, 2018 at 6:00 amClose the lid, close it
tight. Ignore her if she screams
and fights. Going down…..
Patricia Furstenberg says
October 24, 2018 at 2:39 amHA… ha… hungry me
I feed but one night alone.
KUmquat? Pumpkin? Brain!
(HA-I-KU Halloween) 🙂
Patricia Furstenberg says
October 24, 2018 at 12:24 amBloodthirsty, brain starved,
Mindless zombies lurk about.
Knock-knock: trick or treat?
The Mask says
October 23, 2018 at 2:25 pmShe’s going to kill
If she Isn’t stopped soon.
Please help me. I’m next.
Angel R Meyer says
October 23, 2018 at 7:35 amHe is so scary
he killed my best friend, I know
He’ll strike again
The Mask says
October 22, 2018 at 3:47 pmShe’s going to kill
If she isn’t stopped soon
Please help me. I’m next.
Franklyhonest, Fluff, Anti says
October 22, 2018 at 2:17 pmA Grim Time
Do not close your eyes
Death will come for everyone
Dont believe? Just wait.
Abigail Rathbone says
October 22, 2018 at 4:51 amWe draw straws to see
Who eats whom in the contest–
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Every Writer says
October 19, 2018 at 7:50 amAlso, it helps us a great deal if you sign up for our newsletter. We generally send less than 1 email per month, but every so often more. It’s not often though. Please join if you want to know about our upcoming contests, about winners of the contest, and other happenings on our site. https://www.everywritersresource.com/newsletter/
Mac Campbell says
October 16, 2018 at 7:37 pmtiptoe round the bush,
I’ve got a really sharp knife,
And you have a heart.
Mac Campbell says
October 16, 2018 at 7:35 pmI’m gonna kill you,
Yes, I really really am.
I’m gonna get you.
Wylde Abandyn says
October 16, 2018 at 6:39 amshe double dipped flies
in a ramekin of blood
treats she didn’t share
Wylde Abandyn says
October 16, 2018 at 6:22 amhe wasn’t nimble
enough to catch them alive
so he ate cold brains
Every Writer says
October 13, 2018 at 10:28 pmFind our the winners of our contest on Halloween night, October 31, 2018…9pm…..
https://www.everywritersresource.com/halloween-movie-night-2018/
Gwen says
October 12, 2018 at 8:57 pmMichael Meyers night
Butcher knife… fright…fight… flight
Run fast sweet angel
Gwen says
October 12, 2018 at 8:49 pmGhost Hunter…believer
I watch you closely tonight.
Come… closer… BIG BITE!
Wayne L Adams says
October 10, 2018 at 12:33 pmIt’s not Halloween,
yet some frightful things I’ve seen.
Tell me what they mean!
SHARONDA J. BRIGGS says
October 9, 2018 at 9:34 pmrain is falling endlessly outside
zombies eating my neighbor’s eyes
blood from faucets not surprised
SHARONDA J. BRIGGS says
October 9, 2018 at 9:30 pmdarkness covers the broken bones
overfilled graves with no people at home.
blood is dripping off headstones.
Nicoli Carr says
October 9, 2018 at 9:11 amThe wet-beaked raven
Hammer-dug a socket deep
-To gooey weeping
Ben Miles says
October 8, 2018 at 10:30 amA skeleton key
Twists into who knows or what
Unlock mystery
Ben says
October 8, 2018 at 10:22 amZombies march slowly
No need to run or to hide
‘Cause Zombies are slow
Marjorie says
October 8, 2018 at 8:10 amPhantoms and goblins
And a witches’s brew conjured
To cast magic spells
Lillian Nader says
October 7, 2018 at 6:12 pmZombies trick or treat
On humanoid flesh with the
Flavor of children
Gwen says
October 6, 2018 at 9:11 pmAlien blood moon
Space invaders, body snatchers
Zombie delicacy
Gwen says
October 6, 2018 at 8:49 pmSquishy, bouncy ball
I see no more, sockets bare
A spurt in my mouth, EYES, YUM!
Nicoli Carr says
October 5, 2018 at 6:36 amOcher orbs observe
An Autumn Ave. animate
With witches watching.
Mel Goldberg says
October 3, 2018 at 3:45 pmbetween the pages
I locate the crushed beetle
the death haiku book
Nicoli Carr says
October 3, 2018 at 5:52 amThe little goblin
inspects his plunder -Stickers!
Time to play a Trick!
Nicoli Carr says
October 2, 2018 at 6:54 pmA gnarled, red-leafed oak,
Skeletal branches reaching-
A man hangs and bleeds.
KayCie Danniel says
September 30, 2018 at 6:05 pmHorripilation:
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!
Ernesto P. Santiago says
September 26, 2018 at 3:41 pmafter giving birth
heading for an exit ramp
a mutant zombie
Susan O'Reilly says
September 26, 2018 at 5:18 amthe skeleton gave
me a hand, literally,
disappearing fast
Susan O'Reilly says
September 26, 2018 at 5:17 amI ate his brain, slurp
still waiting for any knowledge
he lied, there was none
Paige Dunley says
September 12, 2018 at 8:05 amDull, dead eyes with rotting skin
Craving living flesh
The undead have rose
wendy lee klenetsky says
September 7, 2018 at 1:28 pmHorrific Discovery
Blood curdling loud screams
Slicing the evening’s silence
Only parts were found
Brody says
September 4, 2018 at 1:17 pmAt night the moon glows
zombies, ghost prowl through the street
be on the lookout
David Weber says
August 29, 2018 at 7:23 pmWe all took a vote,
and at the end of the night
Trump was president.
Allen Alright says
August 29, 2018 at 12:07 pmsuck the narrow clean
brains of human mind mess
new taste sensation
Nicoli Carr says
August 24, 2018 at 6:27 pmAlright you asked for it….
Bitten, I can’t run
life escapes. I lie and die
But, waken … hungry