To Inspire You:

Claimed For Her Own

Through the howling winds of the frozen night
I can hear her footsteps fall
with a hollow
clunk
clunk
clunk
as she crosses
the creaking boards of the ship’s deck.
Each hollow fall of her heel signaling one less
beat
beat
beat
of my panicked heart.
I had thought,
I had prayed,
I had hoped,
that this close to the edge of the world
surrounded by the seas of oblivion
I would be far enough to be free of her icy touch.
I had thought wrong
I had not prayed hard enough
I had hoped in vain.
For her footfalls have landed just outside my door,
and I know she has come
to claim me at last.

~Jeanette Andromeda

Created by You:

Here’s what you created to answer the #HorrorHaikuesday Summons last week.

The queen lives in death: Mistress of carrion kin, Afterlife’s best hunter. #horrorhaikuesday pic.twitter.com/ZO9QWTQgkG

— Dennis Liggio (@DamnedLiesProj) January 10, 2018

In breathless fury
Shadows call with discontent
Waiting just for you#horrorhaikuesday #haiku #WrittenRiver #wyldeverse #ArchGuardVerse pic.twitter.com/OMqhhZFD5j

— P (@epower05) January 9, 2018

Burst from carrion
A Phoenix born of black wings
Queen Morrigan reigns#horrorhaikuesday
Excellent art by @horror_made https://t.co/VbTNfHN9qU

— Kerry E.B. Black (@BlackKerryblick) January 9, 2018

Thanks Kerry!  ❤

Dark Queen, soulless eyes
She is Pestilence, she is Death
with her carrion birds #HorrorHaikuesdaypic.twitter.com/QfeCBDUSAs

— A. F. Stewart (@scribe77) January 9, 2018

her corvine darlings
roosting in her hollow chest
pulse-like beat their wings#horrorhaikuesday pic.twitter.com/IqR5nZquAK

— Kylie Goetz (xkg) (@eXtremeKylieG) January 9, 2018

cradled in her arms
scavenger birds bring her scraps
of your tattered dreams#horrorhaikuesday pic.twitter.com/9v5Dp4D3p0

— Kylie Goetz (xkg) (@eXtremeKylieG) January 9, 2018

Created With One of You:

On this week’s 9th Story Podcast episode, Immortal Alexander and I interview one of Haikuesday’s own, Kylie Goetz! You wouldn’t believe the amount of poetry she has memorized! If you’d like to hear from one of your fellow poets, follow this link to find and listen to the episode:podcast.9thstory.com/s6e19

Thanks for joining me on this adventure and I’ll see you next week with another #HorrorHaikuesday challenge! Stay creative my friends! ❤