30 thoughts on “Tombstone Verses: Halloween Horror Haiku Contest 2024”

1. Shadows creep closer
   Whispers from an empty room
   Cold hands touch my neck

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2. Moonlit fangs glisten
   Crimson drops on pale skin fall
   Eternal thirst waits

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3. Screams echo for help,
   His blade strikes her, heartless, cold,
   Cheating sealed her fate.

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4. She loved him in dreams,
   Unaware of the dark price,
   Now he claims her soul.

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5. “Kill the dog,” she said,
   Screams echo through the dark night,
   Lonely hearts remain.

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6. Harvest of Souls

   Fields whisper your name,
   Scarecrow watches with dead eyes,
   The reaper is here.

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7. Devil’s Lullaby

   Crimson tears cascade,
   Hushed whispers cradle your fear,
   Sleep now, never wake.

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8. Feast of the Damned

   Beneath the full moon,
   Wolves howl for the lost tonight,
   Souls feast on despair.

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9. Dreadful Temptation

   “Shatter your frail soul,
   Embrace the abyss’s chill,
   Join the feast of wraiths.”

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10. Moonlit graveyard mist
    Witches cackle on broomsticks
    Bats flit through the air

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11. Misty cemetery
    Skeleton rattles his bones
    Owl hoots, night deepens

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12. The reason skulls grin
    Is that only when we’re dead
    Do we get the joke.

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13. Blade teases the skin
    “Slice The Flesh,” cajoles the witch
    So now we obey

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14. The Boy is coming
    Red, your red, between his teeth
    You won’t be the last

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15. I have seen too much
    Gouge out my eyes, Oedipus
    You have practice, right?

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16. Here Lies Quackenbush
    She’s Got Bette Davis Eyes
    No Longer—We Fear.

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17. Philip Livingston
    Took the trip of a lifetime
    Always Mind the Gap

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18. Charlotte Anderson
    She had the loveliest eyes
    My favorite food

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19. Día de Muertos
    Sugar skulls and marigolds
    Invite me back home

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20. Demon Scarecrow lurks
    He’s stalking more than just crows
    I…hear…you…coming

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21. Silent moon shivers,
    Cold breath crawls beneath my skin—
    Shadows start to grin.

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    1. In dark woods they roam,
       Eyes aglow with hunger’s thirst,
       Children lost to night.

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22. In dark woods they roam,
    Eyes aglow with hunger’s thirst,
    Children lost to night.

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23. Rotting breath lingers,
    Pale hands drag from the shadows—
    No dawn comes today.

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24. Creaking door opens,
    Wet nails scrape beneath the bed—
    Something waits. Don’t breathe.

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25. shrouded head to toe
    in red a girl skims ghostlike
    through the dark, scything

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26. Beneath the twilight,
    The blood moon shines, darkly
    A corpse rises, hypnotized

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27. Hooting, ruffling owl
    On Halloween he lunges
    Warning us all

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28. Shrieking gliding bat
    At night he hunts for his prey
    A mouse hides in fear

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29. the buzz and flicker
    of War Cemetery’s “War”
    Eve of All Hallows

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