Chen-ou Liu's Translation Project: First English-Chinese Haiku and Tanka Blog

Thursday, October 31, 2024

Grim Reaper Haiku

his scythe dripping blood
the Grim Reaper has stepped
right out of my dreams



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the buzz and flicker
of War Cemetery's "War"
Eve of All Hallows


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


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night closing in
the gap-toothed smile
of a toddler ghost


FYI: For more Halloween haiku, see Special Feature: Halloween Haiku for Your Reading "Pleasure"


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sleepless again
I doomscroll through Trump zombie
and GAGA ghosts


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this ghostly halo ...
my old friend's head
ringed by spiky strands
of white hair glittering
in Halloween moonlight