Haunted Haiku

Trick and treat? This fall, we want your eeriest, most spine-tingling...haiku. 

Give us your things that go bump in the night, your most bizarre nightmares. But tell your tale of horror and haunt in three short lines. 

Need a refresher? A haiku consists of five syllables in the first line, seven syllables in the second line, and five in the third line.

The writer of the most haunted haiku will win a Gotham class of their choosing and publication on our website.

Some inspiration...

The hollow void creeps.

“Behind you!” If only ‘twas

A face to flee from.

-Emma Rose Ceklosky

Roaring, roiling sea

Swallowing my cries for help

Alone… ‘til they come

-Samantha Dunne

In Sleepy Hollow,

Scarier than the horseman,

The Hordes of tourists.

-Zoe Katinos