Is there such a thing as a Halloween haiku? Hmmm…not sure. But why not??
I know, it’s still a bit early for Halloween – or is it? I was going to hold off on sharing this until later in the month, but then I realized there are only 3 weeks left until Halloween…so I’m not waiting any longer!
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Halloween is too much fun to wait. Love your haiku and if it’s not a thing it is now.
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Thanks, Catherine!
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I think Halloween haiku is a thing. Do you know the podcast haiku chronicles? They have an episode devoted to them. http://www.haikuchronicles.com/podcasts/2011/10/e21-halloween-extravaganza
Yours is gorgeous and spooky and inspirational!
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I hadn’t heard of them, but will have to check them out – thanks!
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Love your beginning share of Halloween poems/haiku, those ‘moon shadows rise’. Just the thought is spooky. Glad you shared, Matt.
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Thank you so much, Linda!
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Matt, what a lovely digital inspiration you have created. I especially like how you broke the lines. It allows me to anticipate the ending. I would like to include this one in Autumn’s Palatte Gallery because it shows the eerie, darkish side of autumn. What do you think? Please consider writing another one too. I am sure it is magnificent in NH this fall. (Pat already sent me his poems.)
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Thank you, Carol! Yes, please feel free to use this, and I am hoping to get a separate one to you, as well.
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Love the internal rhyme here, Matt! Fabuloso.
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I was hoping someone would notice that! Thank you, Laura.
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Love your evocative haiku – beautiful photo to go with it, too. Can’t believe Halloween is only 3 weeks away!
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Thanks, Jama…I couldn’t believe it myself!
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This is a really eerie haiku. I love the visual with it. So what costumes will your little ones have this year. Can’t believe there are only three more weeks.
Thanks for sharing your work.
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Thank you so much, Joy! My 5-year-old son wants to be a T-Rex (not sure how we’re going to do that, but last year he was a biplane, so a dinosaur shouldn’t be THAT hard!) His 2-year-old sister meanwhile, having hit the terrible two’s, already ACTS like a T-Rex sometimes….sigh.
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Spoooookyyyy… thank you for bringing Halloween to an early October Poetry Friday! Sometimes anticipation is the best part, isn’t it?
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Indeed! And in this case, the speaker may not want to be anticipating what is to come! Thanks, Irene.
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OOOh… May I share this with my sixth graders, they will love it!
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By all means, Tara, thank you! I hope they like it…please let me know their reaction!
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I enjoyed your haiku, Matt! I love Halloween so I think it’s great that you’re sharing this today.
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Thanks, Penny! Like i said, I thought I was a bit early, but then I looked at the calendar!
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So very evocative, Matt. Did you take the photo in your own backyard? It gives me the chills just looking at the combination of blue-black and and clouds.
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Thank you, Diane. No, I did not take this…it was a photo I stumbled upon while searching through Photobucket – but I agree, the colors are quite stunning!
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Matt,
I can’t help but wonder what the wind knows. Beautiful (or maybe erie) combination of image and words. Thank you for sharing,
Cathy
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I’m very pleased that you like it, Cathy!
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Too early for Halloween? Are you kidding? The grocery store was all done up for CHRISTMAS yesterday, with Halloween displays shrinking to a minimum, ready to be whisked into the fire in the hearth under where the stockings are already hung. Give. Me. A. Break. One holiday at a time and let us enjoy the easy playfulness of Halloween before we have to get into the politics of Christmas. Geez.
(Well, I guess you can tell THAT nerve is a bit tender…)
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Ha, I know what you mean, Mary Lee. A friend recently received a charity’s solicitation letter in the mail, and it began, “With the holidays upon us now…” and he started yelling at it!
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Why not, indeed! Your Halloween haiku hits the perfect spooky chord, Matt.
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Thank you, Michelle!
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