Welcome to our 2022 Horror Haiku for the Promo Contest! I love writing contests, big and small, so we are doing a couple more. These are always so fun to read, and we do read every single entry!
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 May 1st 2022.
-Put the Haiku in the comments below.
-Include a title!
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 in May. Good luck, I hope you win, I really want to read a zombie haiku…but it you don’t write one it’s ok, I love horror haiku.
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hungry risen dead
looking for empty eyes
living human flesh
lonely ghost girl
lives in an empty house
waiting for a friend
the circus has arrived
killer clowns laughing
waiting for visitors
unfortunately
your syllable count is wrong
a ghastly error
Teeth
Engulfed by teeth and pain, the
Animal clamps down
Blood splatters and bones snap
Warm Food
seeking for hot red
into the steamy place
vamps love saunas
blood is everywhere
people sacrafice own meat
for feeding zombies
Bump,Bump, was the sound
the undead makes a debut
Fear grabs a hold .
The zombies are here
The zombies are here
The zombies are everywhere
Zombies eating me
The animals revolt
When Gaia woke up
The animals all revolted
Killing all humans
The shrimp eat Sam
When Sam started dinner
The shrimp stood up attacked him
Eating Sam alive
The shark attack
The sharks looked at me
Hatred in their bloody eyes
The sharks attack me
Robots take over
Robots take over
Turning us into slaves
Apocalypse now
feeding time
It hurts oh so bad
being eaten alive
soon I too will feed
breathing slows down
my family gathers around
death calls my name
Hell
Screams in the distance
stagnant air surrounding me
flesh is ripped away
Hell
Screams in the distance
stagnant air surrounding me
flesh is ripped away
the end
the sirens sound off
I see the mushroom cloud
wind is picking up
an immortal nightmare
awake. safe in bed
a vast rictus haunts my dreams
then i feel damp breath
Pretty ones so soft.
Prettier on the inside.
Soft insides turned out.
Mourners view the corpse,
each afraid to say he saw
its glossed lips murmur.
Ancient witch, that tree.
Her vines ensnare, her stick carves
initials in you.
Insects. Relentless.
Biting. Burrowing. I’m safe
encased in cement.
Consider me officially hooked on this blog. This kind of interactive contest is right up my alley, and I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with. Keep the horror (and zombie haikus!) coming!