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2018 Horror Halloween Haiku Contest!

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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  1. Every Writer says

    November 8, 2018 at 7:38 am

    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.

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  2. Nancy Hubble says

    October 27, 2018 at 2:47 am

    A plop, then slither.
    The dark around my bed moves.
    The next falls on me.

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  3. Regina MacIntyre says

    October 24, 2018 at 6:00 am

    Close the lid, close it

    tight. Ignore her if she screams

    and fights. Going down…..

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  4. Patricia Furstenberg says

    October 24, 2018 at 2:39 am

    HA… ha… hungry me
    I feed but one night alone.
    KUmquat? Pumpkin? Brain!

    (HA-I-KU Halloween) 🙂

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  5. Patricia Furstenberg says

    October 24, 2018 at 12:24 am

    Bloodthirsty, brain starved,
    Mindless zombies lurk about.
    Knock-knock: trick or treat?

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  6. The Mask says

    October 23, 2018 at 2:25 pm

    She’s going to kill
    If she Isn’t stopped soon.
    Please help me. I’m next.

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  7. Angel R Meyer says

    October 23, 2018 at 7:35 am

    He is so scary
    he killed my best friend, I know
    He’ll strike again

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  8. The Mask says

    October 22, 2018 at 3:47 pm

    She’s going to kill
    If she isn’t stopped soon
    Please help me. I’m next.

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  9. Franklyhonest, Fluff, Anti says

    October 22, 2018 at 2:17 pm

    A Grim Time

    Do not close your eyes
    Death will come for everyone
    Dont believe? Just wait.

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  10. Abigail Rathbone says

    October 22, 2018 at 4:51 am

    We draw straws to see
    Who eats whom in the contest–
    HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

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  11. Every Writer says

    October 19, 2018 at 7:50 am

    Also, 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/

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  12. Mac Campbell says

    October 16, 2018 at 7:37 pm

    tiptoe round the bush,
    I’ve got a really sharp knife,
    And you have a heart.

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  13. Mac Campbell says

    October 16, 2018 at 7:35 pm

    I’m gonna kill you,
    Yes, I really really am.
    I’m gonna get you.

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  14. Wylde Abandyn says

    October 16, 2018 at 6:39 am

    she double dipped flies
    in a ramekin of blood
    treats she didn’t share

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  15. Wylde Abandyn says

    October 16, 2018 at 6:22 am

    he wasn’t nimble
    enough to catch them alive
    so he ate cold brains

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  16. Every Writer says

    October 13, 2018 at 10:28 pm

    Find our the winners of our contest on Halloween night, October 31, 2018…9pm…..

    https://www.everywritersresource.com/halloween-movie-night-2018/

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  17. Gwen says

    October 12, 2018 at 8:57 pm

    Michael Meyers night
    Butcher knife… fright…fight… flight
    Run fast sweet angel

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  18. Gwen says

    October 12, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    Ghost Hunter…believer
    I watch you closely tonight.
    Come… closer… BIG BITE!

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  19. Wayne L Adams says

    October 10, 2018 at 12:33 pm

    It’s not Halloween,
    yet some frightful things I’ve seen.
    Tell me what they mean!

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  20. SHARONDA J. BRIGGS says

    October 9, 2018 at 9:34 pm

    rain is falling endlessly outside
    zombies eating my neighbor’s eyes
    blood from faucets not surprised

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  21. SHARONDA J. BRIGGS says

    October 9, 2018 at 9:30 pm

    darkness covers the broken bones
    overfilled graves with no people at home.
    blood is dripping off headstones.

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  22. Nicoli Carr says

    October 9, 2018 at 9:11 am

    The wet-beaked raven
    Hammer-dug a socket deep
    -To gooey weeping

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  23. Ben Miles says

    October 8, 2018 at 10:30 am

    A skeleton key
    Twists into who knows or what
    Unlock mystery

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  24. Ben says

    October 8, 2018 at 10:22 am

    Zombies march slowly
    No need to run or to hide
    ‘Cause Zombies are slow

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  25. Marjorie says

    October 8, 2018 at 8:10 am

    Phantoms and goblins
    And a witches’s brew conjured
    To cast magic spells

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  26. Lillian Nader says

    October 7, 2018 at 6:12 pm

    Zombies trick or treat
    On humanoid flesh with the
    Flavor of children

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  27. Gwen says

    October 6, 2018 at 9:11 pm

    Alien blood moon
    Space invaders, body snatchers
    Zombie delicacy

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  28. Gwen says

    October 6, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    Squishy, bouncy ball
    I see no more, sockets bare
    A spurt in my mouth, EYES, YUM!

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  29. Nicoli Carr says

    October 5, 2018 at 6:36 am

    Ocher orbs observe
    An Autumn Ave. animate
    With witches watching.

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  30. Mel Goldberg says

    October 3, 2018 at 3:45 pm

    between the pages
    I locate the crushed beetle
    the death haiku book

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  31. Nicoli Carr says

    October 3, 2018 at 5:52 am

    The little goblin
    inspects his plunder -Stickers!
    Time to play a Trick!

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  32. Nicoli Carr says

    October 2, 2018 at 6:54 pm

    A gnarled, red-leafed oak,
    Skeletal branches reaching-
    A man hangs and bleeds.

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  33. KayCie Danniel says

    September 30, 2018 at 6:05 pm

    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!

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  34. Ernesto P. Santiago says

    September 26, 2018 at 3:41 pm

    after giving birth
    heading for an exit ramp
    a mutant zombie

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  35. Susan O'Reilly says

    September 26, 2018 at 5:18 am

    the skeleton gave
    me a hand, literally,
    disappearing fast

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  36. Susan O'Reilly says

    September 26, 2018 at 5:17 am

    I ate his brain, slurp
    still waiting for any knowledge
    he lied, there was none

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  37. Paige Dunley says

    September 12, 2018 at 8:05 am

    Dull, dead eyes with rotting skin
    Craving living flesh
    The undead have rose

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  38. wendy lee klenetsky says

    September 7, 2018 at 1:28 pm

    Horrific Discovery
    Blood curdling loud screams
    Slicing the evening’s silence
    Only parts were found

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  39. Brody says

    September 4, 2018 at 1:17 pm

    At night the moon glows
    zombies, ghost prowl through the street
    be on the lookout

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  40. David Weber says

    August 29, 2018 at 7:23 pm

    We all took a vote,
    and at the end of the night
    Trump was president.

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  41. Allen Alright says

    August 29, 2018 at 12:07 pm

    suck the narrow clean
    brains of human mind mess
    new taste sensation

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  42. Nicoli Carr says

    August 24, 2018 at 6:27 pm

    Alright you asked for it….

    Bitten, I can’t run
    life escapes. I lie and die
    But, waken … hungry

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