Welcome back my friends. Last week there was a flurry of brilliance scattering through the veins of the internet and I’m *sniffs* so freakin’ proud of all you.

It was darker, more demented, and even funnier last week, so picking the poems for this week was a delicious challenge. Onwards to

Horror Haikuesday

First up is a poem by Kylie Goets that struck me with the delightfully macabre nature of it’s essence.

#HorrorHaikuesday #haiku

Circus of Horror
Tightrope made of barbed wire
Trapeze made of knives

— Kylie Goetz (@eXtremeKylieG) April 19, 2016

And here’s the making of video:

Pochassic gave me a good laugh with their perfectly paired words and gifs.

#HorrorHaikuesday
Where’s Camp Crystal Lake?
Follow the sounds of the screams
Right on into Hell pic.twitter.com/NBTu1wisqd

— Pochassic (@Pochassic) April 19, 2016

#HorrorHaikuesday
The water looked great
I did not notice the shark
But he noticed me pic.twitter.com/6VsmdoEolx

— Pochassic (@Pochassic) April 19, 2016

Now for a festering thought that brought images of Scott Sigler’s Blue Triangles into my mind:

Underneath skin, it
Burrows and feeds, blossoming
Into suffering#HorrorHaikuesday

— Ben Walker (@BensNotWriting) April 19, 2016

Clive Barker‘s Hellraiser made a real impression this week as well, as you’ll see in the chain haiku from Nano Horror and Haiku of Horror:

Open it. We’ll come
To make you Legend. We have
Such sights to show you!

#HorrorHaikuesdayhttps://t.co/rGE8QGFJAQ

— Nano Horror (@tweetsthecreeps) April 19, 2016

Fulfill your desires
Hook and skin; metal and flesh
Weep as you open#HorrorHaikuesday#Hellraiser#poetrypic.twitter.com/5t7tHs5WGL

— Haiku of Horror (@haikuofhorror) April 19, 2016

And now one from David Bradley Bailey, that plays upon one of my favorite themes, insanity… and Alice in Wonderland:

Doors upon doors
Each falling deeper below
What once passed for sane.

#horrorhaikuesday#amwritingpic.twitter.com/XGCDcxHrro

— David Bradley Bailey (@Dbfuturist42) April 19, 2016

I hope you all have a delightfully dark day, and I look forward to reading all of your poetry today on Twitter and Instagram using #HorrorHaikuesday!

*hugs*

~Jeanette