Standing in my room
Shape of a ghostly figure
Dressed in ancient clothes
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Tag: Halloween
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Haiku – October 31st
On Halloween night
Kids running around in masks
Hoping for candy
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Thanks Haiku Horizons for the prompt: Mask
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Haiku – 10/31/2015
Pumpkins on the porch
Crisp fall air and autumn leaves
Happy Halloween
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Haiku – Mask
Screaming in silence
Killer stalks some teenagers
No place you can hide
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Watched the original “Halloween” last night and this morning I am watching “Friday the 13th: Part VI: Jason Lives” in order to get psyched up for Halloween. So, I thought I would write a Haiku to go along with the movies and the holiday (my favorite one). Always loved this Alice Cooper song that is in Jason Lives. Thought it might get you in the Halloween mood.
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Haiku – Scary and Dense
White fog hanging low
Tendrils of ectoplasm
Draped over the land
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In keeping with the spirit of Halloween. I thought I would post a song I always make sure to give at least one spin to in October. Enjoy.
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Haiku – The “Too Hot” Run
Warm October Day
Crunching on the late fall leaves
Halloween is close
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I was listening to music while I ran today, and King Diamond kept coming on. I thought I would post a song from them to set the Halloween mood. Listen, and enjoy – with the lights on of course.
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Haiku – Disembodied
In an empty house
Booming dark voice calls to me
An echoing sound
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My 2-year-old son inspired this one. For some reason echos shake him up. He will come out of a room and say something like “echo hear,” and of course the writer in me sparks up. How can I turn this into something scary? This Haiku came to mind. Happy early Halloween!
One of my favorite scary movies! I thought I would post another scene from “The Changeling.”
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Self plug: If you are into reading some creepy stuff for the Halloween season. You can check out my Amazon page where you will find a lot of stories that will keep you up at night. “3 Short Stories of Terror” is running free tomorrow (10/24/2014) through Tuesday. If you like killer treadmills, scary dreams, and ghosts then this might just be the collection for you – http://www.amazon.com/Anthony-Renfro
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Halloween Haiku
I don’t know where some of these Haiku got off to. I had them posted on this site, but for some reason they are not here anymore. So, I thought I would re-post them for my new audience. I hope you enjoy these scary Haiku based on some of my favorite horror movies.
http://www.horrorphilia.com A Nightmare on Elm Street
Dying in your dreams
Freddy Krueger kills at ease
Do not fall asleep
The Evil Dead
Necronomicon
Book of the dead, bound in flesh
Demon in the woods
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Haiku – Free Spirit
A creepy seance
Releasing the energy
Hidden ghosts revealed
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A scene from one of my favorite scary movies – “The Changeling.”
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I want your Halloween Haiku!
Haiku: Spooky
2 ghosts traveling
Time to find a place to haunt
October is here
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I wrote this Haiku last year around this time, and I thought I would share it with my new audience this year.
I would now like to open up this blog to you. Write a Haiku that screams Halloween, and drop the link into the box below.
As a sidebar note: This is my first attempt at doing this, so please let me know if you have any issues.
A special thanks to haikuhorizons.wordpress.com for inspiring me to try this.
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Haiku – 68 Degrees
First signs of winter
House permeated with cool
Morning reeks of cold
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In case you were wondering about the title. That is the current reading on my thermostat in the house. To heat or not to heat is now the questions? Not sure I can go there just yet.
Also, one last plug for my free short story “The Imp.” It is running free until the end of the day. Grab your copy, set the Halloween mood, and discover why this house is so haunted. Enter if you dare!
Amazon US: www.amazon.com
Amazon UK: www.amazon.co.uk
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Haiku – Author, Author, Who Are You?
Saturday morning
One more attempt at agents
Elusive they are
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I decided to retry sending out information to agents this morning. I figured that it couldn’t hurt. Now that the self-publishing options are so large it is a great fall back plan when agents refuse your work. I honestly believe my work gets overlooked because you can’t categorize it. You can’t push it into one specific little genre, wrap it up in a bow, and say here it is world. I have also noticed that trend in the indy scene as well. A lot of short stories and novels I see or read that are self-published seem to not fit a particular category or genre. In this world of “it has to sell now” that probably hurts most authors who write outside the box – like me.
How about you? Do you write in one particular genre or do you try to blend several into one? Are you also done with agents or do you still try from time to time?
Here’s a little self plug for my short story The Imp, which is doing okay as a free download so far. It is available free until 10/5/2014. By the way, if you have something free, please leave me a link to it in the comment’s section below. I would love to read it.
Are the legends true? Does an Imp live in that haunted house able to grant riches? Find out for yourself if you dare: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JJMOW2C
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Haiku – New Month
First of October
Multi-colored leaves falling
Almost Halloween
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I don’t know about you, but this is probably my favorite month. I love Halloween, and I love how the macabre becomes so routine this time of year. My son’s books are a prime example of that. He’s two and the books have mummies, ghosts, vampires, and even werewolves in them. Granted, they aren’t the scariest versions of those creatures, but the fact that it is a-okay to have them in a kid’s book just for the sake of this holiday, well, just another reason why I love Halloween. What about you? Do you love this time of year or not?
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Haiku – Halloween 2013
Fall colors dancing
Through the leaves of summer green
Yards filled with horror
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Haiku – Cool Running
White-grey clouds above
Cool breeze, a slight chance of rain
Getting in some miles
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I managed to get in a nice day time walk/run today, felt great. I am on my second pair of running headphones, which isn’t bad, since I bought the first pair over two and a half years ago. Anyway, one of the songs got me thinking of Halloween. I thought I would post it below.
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Poem – Mr. Jack
From midnight to midnight
On October 31st
He has a hunger
A blood lust
A thirst
For those who trick and treat
To him
That is the best
The tastiest of meat
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One of my favorite Halloween songs, always gets me in the mood:
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Haiku – Spooky
2 ghosts traveling
Time to find a place to haunt
October is here
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Well folks, Halloween is almost upon us, and I for one, can’t wait. Always love this time of year, leaves falling, the weather is pleasant, but not cold, and all things dark and scary are set loose in the stores and towns. Great, great, stuff.
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Haiku – Halloween Garland
Decorated wreath
Full of all things macabre
The season awaits
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Inspired by the theme at
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Poem – The Night Before Halloween
Tomorrow is on its way,
that special time of year.
I can’t believe,
it’s almost here.
Time for:
Ghosts,
Zombies,
Vampires,
Werewolves,
and other things,
that go bump in the night.
But never fear,
Halloween will come,
Halloween will pass,
just try not to have,
a fright attack.
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