Drowning In Responses!
The votes are counted
So many creepy haikus
How to choose just one?
I challenged you to send in your creepiest haiku. I left a hint in one of the captions — in addition to 17 syllables, the winning creepy haiku should also contain 13 words.
You responded! Oh did you respond — twenty-seven submissions! 27!! I think we may have just touched a raw nerve; we dug just far enough for the hole to fill with inky dread.
Your strange and exotic brew of creepy poetry contained haunted horsemen, plenty of mist and fog, arachnoids, killer clowns, un-Presidential clowns, killer dolls, rapey judges, ghosts, demons, celluloid horror, and the undead in a variety of forms, including a few vampires.
Fortunately, The Count was there to save the day. A handful of responses stuck to the rules of 5–7–5 while doing so in precisely 13 words. These responses were powerful, hair-raising, and dreadful in all the best ways. I challenged you, but you responded with an even tougher challenge for me— how to pick a winner?
The creepiest haiku of the season is….
I loved the imagery, the contrast between the cold lips and the fire in the blood, and you sealed the deal by including links to Leonna Lewis’ song — swoon! PM me your address to receive your prize. There’s nothing to be afraid of…
Here were the runners-up:
