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Tis The Season

Nancy's Notes 🖊️♬

Written for Val’s Haiku Scavenger Hunt
#6 where we are asked to write a troiku.

Image by Me & Gemini

cold wind shakes the trees
ghouls and goblins come alive
ghosts fade through the mist

cold wind shakes the trees
screaming shadows chase the moon
on this spooky night

ghouls and goblins come alive
glowing jack sees all
laughing in the dark

ghosts fade through the mist
vanishing into the gray
gone without a sound

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Nancy’s Notes: A Troiku (“trio”) consists of the initial Haiku, where each line in succession becomes the 1st line of 3 additional Haiku (like a sleigh followed by horses). Because the 2nd line of the original haiku is 7 syllables there is poetic license for that stanza as long as the total syllable count per stanza equals 17.

This is “Season Of The Witch” by Donovan

Looking to Scavenge the Season

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27 thoughts on “Tis The Season”

  2. Oh, another format for me to try … Your “Troiku” is vividly stunning, as is the wonderful soundtrack my friend … I’ll give this one a go …
    The Ghouls of Halloween

    The Halloween moon
    Bright-eyed in the twilight sky
    No one heard you sigh

    The Halloween moon
    Enters the haunted tree house
    “Don’t be afraid”

    Bright-eyed in the twilight sky
    The orange night glares
    “No! Don’t go up there”

    No one heard you sigh
    Ghouls from dark Pluto
    Here to rob me of my treats

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