Haiku This! “Cre-e-e-e-e-piness” :-O
Haiku Hub Poetry Prompt
Happy October! In classic haiku form — 3 lines, 17 moras — take your best shot at creeping us out (No hockey masks please!)
Cackling witches, chain saws and machetes, ethereal corpses, evil clowns, haunted houses, petrified mummies…What is it about being scared that gets so many people excited? Why do we run to, instead of away?! Tell us in three lines (or sets of three lines, each in classic haiku form) your vision of “creepy” and what it conjures up for you. But wait, there are demonic twists:
- It must reference a famous movie or song (they needn’t be creepy for you to add a creepy angle), and
- If possible, add a related audio or video link.
Just make sure you submit before midnight on October 31st, or who knows what you’ll turn into! And as always, please follow our submission guidelines.
Here’s a sample haiku from Gwen Saoirse (and the pale white ghost baby!) to haunt and inspire you — pay special attention to her word count clue:
If you’re not yet a contributing writer at Haiku Hub we’d love to have you! Please read the submission guidelines, follow the Hub and request to be added by responding here or emailing us at haikutography@gmail.com with your medium profile link. We’ll be glad to add you.
Tagging just a few of our recent writers…apologies if I’ve missed you, and let me know if you want to be tagged going forward!
Slk.🎈, Tracy Aston, Gosia Rokicka, China Cancio, Indira Reddy, Zev, Tasneem Kagalwalla, Elizabeth Helmich, E. Scott Alighieri, anna breslin, alto, JusTee, Wild Flower, Sally O’Dowd, Willow T. Lovelace, Tien Skye, DHBogucki, Colette, Nicole Willson, Efe Nakpodia, Richard Childs, Harper Thorpe, Kerry Kuhn, Aura Wilming, marika bianca, Daan Spijer, Patsy Starke, Kittie Phoenix, Ashwini Dodani, pamela star, Ashwini, Daniel Roxas, Paul S Markle, Rahul Misra, Owen Banner, Bruce Brachna, Fierce Force 💃🏼, Ambarish Chaudhari, Kathy Jacobs, Evelyn Roe, Steve Frank, Quintin van Heerden, Tanu Vohra, Annie Littlewolf, J M Jackson, Rhonda Marrone, Moses in the Wild, Shadi Mirza, johnronand, Esther Spurrill-Jones, kurt gasbarra, Crooked Little Flower, Jackie Ann, Parijat Bhattacharjee, Heath ዟ, Mela Blust, Randy Shingler, Mateen Manek, Tre L. Loadholt, Anna Rozwadowska, Debbie Aruta, Prateek Joshi, Kim Andersen, Ré Harris, Michael Ramsburg, Jesse Wilson, Ikenna Anyabuike, Ali Wyles, Natalie Frank, Ph.D. (Clinical Psychology), Aaska Aejaz, Dennett, Anne Sipos, Mitul Bhat, Susan Brearley, A.I. Root, Dianne Eleonora Monnier, Samantha Wallen, Lance Baker, ak_finch, Vaishali Paliwal, Javier Gómez, Carver Bain, Jac Harmony, H.A Wadi, Mathushah S, Kyle Nielson, Bonnie Flach, Antoo Varghese, Elavarasi Manogaran, Leslie Chehade, Eric Griggs, Gwen Saoirse, Martie Sirois, Tapan Avasthi, Joey L., Trip Kimball, August Alondra, Martine Weber
