Poetry and Occasional Randomness
Haunted?
Cursed.
Trapped?
Inside.
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The lamp – the object,
is cursed.
We’ve seen it turn on.
Hidden in the attic.
Sitting all alone.
No current, no electricity.
Does the spirit linger?
In objects,
once the body passes on.
Forever – eternal.
Never truly gone.
Do objects have a special place?
Some residual energy.
Do objects hold the key?
To all the spirits you hear and see.
Victim’s will be taken,
with the piercing of a bite.
Warm soft blood,
eternal living from dying light.
Inside the oak tree
A loud and noisy blue jay
Calls out to the day
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Underneath the tree
Sitting in its cool dark shade
A break from the sun
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Hiding in the tree
Hoping that he is secure
Sheltered from the beast
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For more prompts like “tree” go here: Haiku Horizons
The woods were silent
She chose to run into them
Killer on her heels
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For more prompts like “run” go here: Haiku Horizons
I always thought this would be a great song for a chase scene in a movie where the monster of that story is after someone. I can see the chase starting as the music begins and then as the music builds the chase intensifies.
Face on the window
Made up of liquid droplets
Staring back at me
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I’m hoping to re-publish this short story today – 6/26/2015.
Stay tuned for freebies and places to purchase it.
Slip into a trance
My fair white skin will hold you
While I bare sharp fangs
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For more prompts like “fair” go here: Haiku Horizons
For interesting stuff on Dracula go here: Resurrection
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.
She reaches the fence
Hope just beyond the barbed wire
Killer almost there
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For more prompts like “Hope” – go here: http://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/
HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
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
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.
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
A creepy seance
Releasing the energy
Hidden ghosts revealed
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For more prompts like “release” go here: http://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/
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A scene from one of my favorite scary movies – “The Changeling.”
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.
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
Cold moonlight drenched night
Machine specter chugging fast
Empty rails rattle
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For more prompts like “Trains” go here: http://haikuhorizons.wordpress.com/
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