Welcome to “Sensational Haiku Wednesday!”
The basics: Haiku is simple! It is 3 non-rhyming lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables respectively (a great way to use your fingers!)
Here are the rules:
- Structure: While Haiku may be written by some in other styles, for THIS meme only 5-7-5 is acceptable. At least one of your haiku must be in this format.
- Theme/Prompt: We have a new prompt each week, and your haiku needs to be related to it, if not include the actual word in it. Feel free to leave a word suggestion in a comment!
- Linking: When you post your link, link to the blog post with your haiku, not to the main page of your blog.
- Reciprocate: If you participate and post your link on my website, you must have a link back here on your post. It’s only fair.
Folks not complying with the above risk having their links removed. Don’t make me be all “Grrrr” and stuff, it makes me grumpy! Thanks for your cooperation!
This week’s theme is: Spooky
Costumes donned with glee
Gripping loot bags; they’re ready
Parents trail behind
Green eyes glowing bright
Hackles raise and fangs descend
The witching hour nears
Brightened moon, glow cast
Wolf howl, ghost keen, witch cackle
Raven: “Nevermore”
This spooky evening
Drive slowly, watch for witches
Enjoy the sugar!Can you believe this is our 175th week of uninterrupted haiku?! Wow does time fly. By the way, if you should be on the Hooked on Haiku List and you’re not, please leave me a message below!
*** Please read the 4 simple guidelines above before you post your link.
₪ Next week’s theme: Dull ₪
Folks, a quick note about comments: A few of you don’t have Name/URL enabled on your blogs, and I CAN’T comment in that case. Take a moment to enable that, will you? There are other ways to combat spam and still allow people with their own domains to leave their homage to your greatness ;)
Nothing makes me happier than to see new people getting “hooked on haiku”! Keep it going to make it to the Hooked on Haiku List (if you’re not listed and should be, please [politely] let me know!)
To participate in this week’s event, please use the following code in your post on your own blog (if you don’t have a blog, post your Haiku as a comment):
You can also choose to use only a text link, or either of these additional images I made for your use! Use This one (dark), or This one (light)!
From “spooky” to “dull” in the course of one short week? Don’t know if I can come down that far!
Some fun haiku! I have tried to take spooky beyond Halloween!
Definitely in the mood for Halloween.
fun & spooky! my kind of halloween poem!
and i see next week you’re ready for the overcast skies of november! dull!
fun and spooky haiku ~ Happy Halloween ~ thanks for hosting with your most busy life. (A Creative Harbor)
very adorable and spooky set of haiku!!! Again, thank you for hosting this wonderful meme. I hope you are slowly but surely settling down with the moving. ((((((hugs))))))) shakira
Hurricane Sandy
sure outpaces Halloween
in sheer spookiness.
Love your nice entries. No little witches here though.
The white sheet from bed
drap’d over from head to toe
with big spooky eyes
(How To Haikus, I’m on the Twitter-sphere ->
https://twitter.com/HowToHaiku/status/263724730656382976)
I absolutely love your second one! Very spooky indeed.
Perfect!
you nailed halloween fun here :)
Wonderful spooky haiku. My best regards.