Y’all know I’m kind of a dork, right? If you didn’t already know, then consider this my coming out party. BYOB.
I love Halloween. I love horror movies. Especially horror movies with zombies. Those shuffling puss bags just make me smile.
What better way to profess my love of the undead than with poetry? Specifically, haiku.
it shuffles forward
broken leg dragging behind
no pain, just hunger
See? I told you I was a dork.
I got more. Wanna hear them? Well, you’re gonna anyway cause it’s my blog and that’s how I roll.
a crack of the bat
head explodes like a melon
zombie down for the count
apocalypse looms
terror on the streets of London
oh no, not again
bite mark on my arm
growing hunger in my gut
are those brains I smell?
Had enough? Too bad! I have more.
Thriller video
come to life outside my door
they don’t dance good, though
running for my life
should have done more cardio
before zombie plague
in funeral clothes
mouth wide open, moaning deep
would you like a mint?
oh, zombie, zombie
your lonely moans haunt my dreams
wait, I’m awake!
zombie at my door
I need a pint from the pub
where’s my cricket bat?
Okay, okay. I’m done. Once I started thinking about them, I just couldn’t stop. It’s just dorky fun!
I’d love to hear some from you guys. Oh, come on. Try it!
Remember the haiku format:
first line – 5 syllables
second line – 7 syllables
third line – 5 syllables
They don’t have to be about zombies. I understand that not everyone has such a deep, abiding love of them like I do. Anything Halloween or horror movie related will suffice.
Please? Humor me?
Edited to add: Seriously, you guys rock! I am loving all your hakius. This totally makes my day. Thank you!
Perhaps you recall(NOT, you’re too young) some opening lines of the poems I HAD TO MEMORIZE in the FIRST grade*: 1) Once upon a midnight dreary…2) Listen my children and you shall hear…3) Aye, tear her tattered ensign down!…4) I think that I shall never see…5)Half a league half a league, half a league onward…6) O captain, my captain, our fearful trip is done… —–Haiku schmykoo *Alright, so it was in second grade. Big deal.
1) The Raven
2) Paul Revere’s Ride
3) Old Ironsides
4) Don’t remember the title but it’s about a tree
5) Charge of the Light Brigade
6) well this one’s easy cause the title is the first four words
I had to memorize Chaucer in the original middle english. In KINDERGARDEN! So there!
I totaly agree carldagostino
You win the Emily Dickinson Award! And made Robert Frost smile as well. Unfortunately I don’t think there are more than 8 people out there that know what we are talking about. Hope I’m wrong because they’ll never know what they’ve missed.
Count me in the Elite 8, please… I LOVE me some good poetry.
I also had a particularly sadistic teacher that made me memorize poetry. However, since I grew up in Indiana, we were of course, behind the educational times. This torture didn’t start for us until junior high.
The Elite 8 – sounds like a new club to me!
Yes, the midwest. An area behind the times in most aspects. Proudly rockin’ acid washed jeans until 1995. Gotta love em!
I have some nerdy friends, so you may be surprised.
Indeed
Personally, I’m a HUGE fan of Wislawa Szymborska, John Donne and Sapphire. Each of whom would have penned rockin’ zombie poems!
ok – but this is my first one…..so no judging.
Barn owl screams warning
Crimson drips from its talons
Goodbye slutty nurse
Awesome! Love it!
This is great!
Amazing! I love it!
You stumble slowly,
My brains are in danger oh,
But you are still dumb
You moan with hunger,
I am starving too you know,
I just get take out
Hee, hee! These are great! “I just get take out” – awesome.
Thanks for playing along!
loved that last one!
Both of those are awesome!
You are such a dork!! Just Kidding…sounds like fun to me!! Who doesn’t love zombie movies!! Enjoyed it!
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Eyes in scary stare
I can run but you are there
Please don’t eat my hair
I know I’m a dork, it’s okay. And a rhyming haiku. I’m impressed!
Thanks for stopping by and for playing along!
I don’t like horror
But I am a dork also
Can appreciate
How pathetic was that? Friday’s are not good Haiku days for me. I’m just sayin!
Fun post, congrats on being pressed!
Not pathetic at all. You joined in the fun, so I love it!
Thank you and thanks for stopping by!
Here’s my feeble attempt
Just woke up. I’m dead?
Hungry for eyeballs AND brains?
Shite I’m a zombie?!
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed! Such a funny post!
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I hate mornings like that!
Thank you!!
Zombie haikus…love it. And rather appropriate. Stilted, short, a bit disconnected. Very nice.
What form of art would you devote to vampires? Or werewolves?
Crystal
http://www.crystalspins.com
Hmmm . . . Maybe epic poetry for vampires – long, drawn out, overly dramatic, lasts forever and you feel drained after reading them. And, how about slam poetry for werewolves – in your face, loud and raw.
That was fun – thanks!
Not a horror gal
But I love a good candy
Happy Halloween!
Perfect! Thanks for playing!
I’m not a big horror fan, in fact, I rarely watch horror movies but anything with a zombie I’ll give a try. There’s just something about hungry zombies and a post apocalyptic world!
I hear ya! Everyone should give zombies a try.
…or vice versa? >;p
“Zombies! And it looked like such a nice day!
Well done!”
Ha, ha! Thank you!!
one two three zombies
click bang click bang click bang click
aim for the head Shawn.
Excellent! Thank you!
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A glaze in your eyes
Intestines ooze from your lips
Please don’t have the herp.
Ha! As if being undead isn’t enough, but you have to worry about STD’s, too.
I know! On the plus side though, it would be much easier to pass off exploding blisters for festering wounds and actually have your partner believe it.
I’m not big on horror movies. But I really enjoyed your haiku! Here’s my “dorky” attempt :
Spooky night time air…
Scared, screaming pumpkins glowing
Skeletons dancing
Happy early Halloween! And congrats on getting Freshly Pressed!
Dorky is a complement around here. Nice Halloween haiku.
Thank you!
Undead shuffling.
Go Upstairs! Get to the mall!
They’ll never find me.
What a fun exercise!!!! I may have to try something like this on my blog.
Thank you for the post and mid-day smile!
“get to the mall” That’s great!
Thank you!
Breath smells like dead things
Eyes bloodshot, hair disheveled.
Me in the morning.
I can totally relate. I am very “undead” in the mornings.
Is that title a Blake reference? Nice!
You did call yourself a dork. We’re definitely linked.
Yes that is a Blake reference, thanks for noticing. I think we are linked. You’re like a sister from another mister or something!
Waking up at night
I hear moaning and surprised
Watch a zombie in disguise
A dork? You’re not the only one;P
It does appear that there are quite a few of us dorks out there. It’s a comforting thought.
Awesome haiku. Thanks!
I tried – I suck at this shit. And I hate zombies. Read World War Z and I was buggin’ for weeks. But then I decided I needed a skill so I started knitting. That way when the zombies come, I can make clothes since manufacturers won’t be. And I’ll be in Canada to stay away from the zacks so I’ll need some hats and mittens and what not. It was a much better idea at the time.
We all have our strengths. I couldn’t knit anything to save my life. It’s always good to have a plan!
Why does no one pass
out vodka on Halloween?
It would be so nice.
A-freakin-men!! Those little airplane bottles would be perfect for trick or treating.
When I was a Grad Student, the secretary for the Ed Psych department was a fun lady that was about 60 years old. She talked about taking her grandkids Trick or Treating in the college neighborhoods around UGA. She took a shot glass and when the kids got a ‘treat’ – so did she. Hard telling how many shots of how many different liquors she had by the end of the night. Apparently, the college boys thought she was a hoot.
Now, that’s my kind of trick or treating! I would be wasted by the end of the night. I hope I’m that cool when I’m 60.
Zombie hoard outside
and just got a paper cut.
Why me? F.M.L.
Don’t know if this makes sense. haha
Love this blog and I LOVE zombies! I’m definitely adding this to my links on my blog. I’m currently writing a zombie novel. Mind if I possibly use one of your haikus?
Josh Musser
joshmusser.wordpress.com
My two worst fears – zombies and paper cuts!
If you give me credit you can use whatever you like. That would be awesome.
Thanks, Josh!
Will do! I will keep you updated, if I decide to use one.
Josh
joshmusser.wordpress.com
Zombie, goo and gore
Stop bashing in my front door!
This will not end well.
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed today! I like scary movies too:)
Great haiku! I love that so many people are participating.
Thank you!
Brains brains brains brains brains
Brains brains brains brains brains brains brains
Brains brains brains brains brains
I mean really…if I’m a zombie (particularly a Return of the Living Dead variety)…and I’m writing haiku…that’s pretty much it.
I am surrounded
And am knee deep in bodies
Where’s my machete?
Ha!
I so totally had that same haiku, but didn’t post it! Only I think I substituted “groan” for a few of the brains. How funny!
Boarded up and safe,
Shucks, we forgot a window!
Here they come to eat!
You’re not alone in your love for zombies! I love love love them. I have zombie movie nights with best friend. You haven’t lived the life until you’ve eaten an entire thing of oreos while watching zombie movies!
Great post, congrats on FP!
Well, I guess I haven’t lived, then. Must get on that asap!
Thanks!
carving my pumpkin
it comes alive with scary screams
where did my arm go?
Ohh. I like this one!
Thanks!
Love the picture from Shaun of the Dead. It’s one of my favorite zombie movies!
It’s one of my favorite movies, zombie or otherwise!
Not even gonna try. You rock sista.
Congrats on being fp’d. And I love your zombie haikus. And any reference,’photographic or otherwise, to Shaun of the Dead makes
me happy. Very happy.
Aw, thank you Katie! You rock, too!
Ok here I go!
Aim for the head, miss
Aim for the knees, eyes, ANYTHING!
Lost my glasses, got bit
-__-;
I gave it a good shot but man this is so much fun!! Thank you for introducing me to haiku’s. Oh and I am such a HUGE (not literally) zombie fan as well. Which reminds me, Please read FEED by Mira Grant. Amazing post zombie book where bloggers have kind of taken over from the traditional news networks. I know you will love it.
This is fun! It’s amazing how versatile haiku is. I’ll have to check out that zombie book.
Thank you!
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walking dead person
oh but to be immortal
bite but not too hard!
I have the zombie survival guide shelved in my bookcase…
Never hurts to be prepared . . .
Boring while alive.
Now creepy, bloody, staring.
Death can be a plus.
I know a few people who would be more interesting as zombies!
The best tool for surviving a zombie attack is your brain.
Some people are screwed, then.
Red suit, my God Jim
“No one” is alive again
No beam up, just scream.
Thought I would combine my favorite with yours.
My day is complete
My brain lying at my feet
Look a tasty treat
Gotta stop now, subtle addictiveness.
Awesome Star Trek haiku!
They are addictive. I have a lot that I didn’t post. Once you start you can’t stop!
Yay! Star Trek haiku! Mixed with zombies!
I heart you! and this blog! So glad to see you get Pressed!
I am participating in a zombie parade tomorrow. this was perfect to get me in the zombie mood!!!
I love halloween. dangit why can’t October last forever?
Thank you! I heart you too!! I can’t believe I got pressed after all these years.
PLEASE post pics of the zombie parade! That sounds like so much fun.
Or at the very least, why can’t October be two months long!
and i am back.
I have always sucked at hakuis… but here…
zombies chase me eek
I am running I am dead
brains brains I want brains
Simple and elegant. Great job!
Zombie on a bike
Wow? Zombie on a bike?
Run faster
Great post! I’ll leave the haiku writing to you, the expert.
Bike riding zombies! Awesome.
Thank you!
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zombies chasing me,
hit ‘em with the double tap
won’t get up again.
oooh these are fun. zombies are the BEST!
Double tap – yes!!
Here’s my feeble attempt.
Zombies chased me here.
Locked inside this scary place.
Now what will I do?
Classic horror movie scene. Not feeble at all!
Congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
I’ve got haiku fever, too! Not neccessarily ZOMBIE haiku fever, but Halloween!
Think I’ll give this a shot:
Somewhere in the night
Are creatures so vile and cruel
They feast on our flesh
Somewhere in the night,
Vampires drink a mortal’s blood
Companionship bought
Somewhere in the night,
Werewolves long for human flesh
One bite and they’re gone
Somewhere in the night,
Zombies roam with one-track minds
Brains, groan, brains, brains, brains
Somewhere in the night,
Witches concoct devil’s spell
Ripe for the casting
Be aware of them
One false move and pretty soon
You will end up dead…
LOVE Halloween movies, especially vampire ones (but not Twilight). They have the whole conception of vampires wrong, in my opinion. Zombie ones are pretty good, too, but haven’t seen a lot of them.
Awesome haikus! Twilight vampires are not really my thing, either. I like my vampires scary!
Those are great! I think I’ll play.
Drip, drip, shower drain
Pretty girl, carving knife, scream
Blood, Mother, blood, blood!
I’ll have some zombie ones later.
Psycho haiku – awesome!
Thank you!
And my Shaun of the Dead one:
Pete is a zombie
Let’s go to the Winchester
Don’t say the zed word!
And philosopher zombies:
Vacant dead gaze
Shuffling gait. Drooling mouths sigh
What does undeath mean?
The “zed word” – love it!
Brains!
I should make a brain shaped jello mold this year.
Yeah! The kids would think that was cool.
Hmm… now where can I find a brain shaped jello mold?
LOL … zombie brain jello molds are available on the ThinkGeek website.
I’ve seen them, just google it. I’ve also seen jello recipes so you can make it look grey and obaque like a real brain. Your kids will think it’s cool!
Gummy worms dropped into the Jello are fun, too. I have a werewolf head which is also a Jello Mold from years ago and it had that as a tip.
Ad for a zombie beauty salon:
Just because you are
A zombie, that is no cause
To let yourself go.
Beautiful!!
Wow some of the things listed in the first comments I didn’t have to learn until middle school
Carl tends to exaggerate. I didn’t learn that until middle and high school and I’m sure that he didn’t either. Go to Carl’s blog and you’ll see more of his exaggerations there!
Let me give it a try:)
Hello lovely dead,
I told them as they came here.
Please don’t eat my head.
Hey that wasn’t that bad ,ha.
Not bad at all! They kinda flow out of you.
LOVE it!
Thank you!
Corpses shamble by.
Leather skin and withered eye.
Rotting husks of man.
Ohhh, creepy and dark. I love it!
I was very amused by your post! It was fun & it was great to see everyone take part in the poems! Congrats on being FP’d!
evelyngarone.com
Thank you and thanks for reading!
This is fun.
Zombie’s white maggots
dropped into your bed tonight
make haste to your ears…
TaDa!
Ew! Awesome!
My erm…. my ‘friend’ Mon the Highlander, is renowned for his very bad Odes however, when I saw this on ‘Freshly Pressed’ (congratulations, BTW) I asked Mon if he had any Haiku in him. He had no idea what that was, and became quite alarmed but, once I managed to get him to stop eating his pencil, he decided to write in the only way he knows how. So, this goes out to you:
Ode to the Zombie Haiku Person.
Person, oh person
you wrote a five seven five
My bee has no legs
… and my hat has gone noodling off into the sky in a way that is not like a small moth on a boat.
Yep. He started off well, but that’s Mon for you!
Once again, congratulations. Loved looking through your blog.
S.
A haiku just for me. I love it, dismembered bee and all. Thank you!
Oh dear. I should warn you now, then! Mon has a tendency to write Odes for people who have mentioned (sometimes only once) that they have enjoyed his work. He really does not need much encouragement. So, it is quite possible that you will receive another Ode, just for you, when he has finished creating his latest works. You may start cringing now. It’s what most people do when they receive such news.
Too late. I’ve already had half a bottle of wine. Impossible for me to cringe. I don’t even know if my replies to all these comments are making any sense anymore. Do odes rhyme? As long as it rhymes, I’m good.
Well, I am glad that you are unable to cringe right now. That is a relief. Yes, Odes rhyme. Mon’s usually do…at least for a little while.
I’m not sure how to do this, so here is a link to it… http://wp.me/p170mI-1p I knew he would write one to you, and he did.
I know AmyWhoIsNotAZombie, and Mon TOTALLY gets her!!!
She is a lucky girl to have such an Ode…
Well, A. What can I say? Mon has an absolutely terrifying ability to ‘get’… almost everything, now that I think on it. I will certainly let him know that he has managed to ‘get’ AmyWhoIsNotAZombie. This is bound to delight him. As a result, I do not think I will be sleeping for the next few days. His ‘gnurgles’ and ‘spoodlings’ (which are the noises he tends to make when he is particularly happy about something) can get quite loud. And, of course, you have just gone and complimented him, in your own way, too. Oh dear. He will probably write an Ode to you now.
Cackling like mad
Oh! It’s the haunting hour
Time for witch mischief
I tried to think of a zombie one and couldnt get it quite right.
Hope you like it =)
Witchy ones work too! Thanks for playing!
I don’t get people’s attitude – they consider zombies as something wrong without even a slightest attempt to comprehend them. Hence some words upon those poor outcasts:
As they gather here
We’re all trembling in disgust
Why can’t we love them?
Their pleas for brains are veiled crys for love. They’re just misunderstood. Bravo.
A zombie eclipse!
Hello zombie in the sky!
Wait, zombies can fly?!?!?!
Flying zombies! That’s a new one!
Oh no! Superman turned into a zombie and had kids didn’t he?!
omg i love zombies and everything to do with them <3
i loved thiss!
check out my blog maybe?
yeahh im spaming
Well, you are very nice spam!
Thank you and I will check out your blog.
Okay, either you get Julie Gray’s The Script Dept. email newsletter, or this is a TOTALLY AWESOME coincidence!
I love the call-backs to some of my favorite zombie flicks! My horror peeps are in da’ house and it’s decrepit and creepy.
Really awesome haikus, everybody! Here’s my offering:
Flu-like symptoms, dear
Don’t think tea will help this time
You smell delicious
I’m going to throw some link-love your way. Great stuff!
Must be a totally awesome coincidence cause I’m so not on that newsletter mailing list. There are some awesome haikus going on around here. It’s very cool!
Thanks for sharing!
So, if I am hearing you correctly, you like horror? No, you love Horror. Very cool!
Yes, the love one. I love it!
Somebody published a book about Zombie Haikus you might like it. Everyone has there niche.
I think I have seen it, but I haven’t read it. I knew this wasn’t a totally original idea, but I love that everyone is playing along.
The book is hilarious! You should get it!
Great post Amy. And love all the comments.
We are a Zombie ad agency. It’s always encouraging to meet other limb-eating bloggers. I wrote this post about our Zombie ways yesterday – with some pretty lively comments too:
http://bit.ly/ctgM6C
There is a pic in there of the agency in full make-up and the best Haiku ever:
“Although we walk slow,
that dead-end alley she chose
will speed up our meal.”
Awesome haiku and love the pic on your blog. Very rad!
Um, you’re not hiring are you? Just askin’.
You know the drill. Five films. Let’s go. Or we eat you.
PS> Ryan Mecum wrote the Zombie Haiku book.
I suck and I’ll think on it and let you know…but I really enjoyed yours! Who knew zombies can be inspiring?!
I know! I had no idea that so many people would particpate. It’s awesome!
I forgot to say congrats on being Freshly Pressed!
That’s okay. Thank you!
walking with a limp,
you approach me clumsily.
no brains for you, sir.
No brains for you! Good one!
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Dear Fix It Or Deal,
You have brought some comedy
To my rainy day.
Bonus points for including my blog name in the haiku!
Good stuff. Looks like you got a lot of people really into this one.
“It’s in your hea-ad
in your head, zombie, zombie
eh-eh-eh-eh-oh…”
Hmmmm…that may not be an original. Seems familiar.
It does sound familiar. Still counts, though!
Congrats on the “Freshly Pressed” kiddo.
Here’s my haiku.
Give me some more brains
I promise I won’t bite…Hard…
I’m hungry like you…
One of my favorite Zombie movies of all times is Zombieland, I know it’s fairly new but it’s downright hilarious.
LOVE Zombieland! I’ve seen it so many times but it still cracks me up.
Thanks!
pure tribute to the forest of hands and teeth
unconsecrated
teeth so sharp, eyes see through me
once i called you mom
and because i could not help myself
zombie on my lawn
we don’t like zombies on the lawn
meet my flamethrower
love your post!! (and the fido icon) grats on fresh pressed
Flamethrower – awesome!
Thank you!!
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Love this!
And I love halloween! Here in Armenia a few friends of mine (Peace Corps Volunteers) actually made a plan for what we would do in case of a zombie attack in Armenia. Hmmm… a blog post idea!
But I love this. And I’ll play the haiku game!
Club of some sort, check.
Friend to fight with, check. Thanks, Frank.
Wait… Frank?! Why’re… you… bit-…..
Congrats on getting freshly pressed!
Poor Frank!
Zombies in Armenia? Sounds like a movie!
Thanks!
Sorry I was too busy to enjoy this earlier but you’ve made me happy this Saturday morning. I won’t even try to top all this haiku goodness (although you may want to shoot this to a few agents), but I will say I’m proud that you’ve come out as a dork. Sounds like you already had. I was always a dork and dedicated my college years to becoming a popular dork. Then I just rolled it right into professional dork. I hope to one day achieve dork legend status. That would be beast. Congrats on a great post!
My dorkdom is not a secret to those who know me well. I’m still working toward being a professional dork, just an amateur at the moment.
Thank you!!
I love the Resident Evil movies. Those are my favorite zombie ones!
I like those movies, too. My husband just to play the game all the time and it was fun to just watch!
I love that pic from Sean of the Dead. It’s one of my fave films ever…
How can you not love zombies, they’re like the chav cousin of the Vampire, undead but with messy eating habits..heh heh
Love Shaun of the Dead! I don’t know how anyone could not love zombies, either. Those people must have no hearts. Or brains!
Can’t believe I mispelled the name of the film…guess I was in zombie mode myself today…braaaaaains….
I’d attempt a Haiku but I’m brain dead
I too have a love of Halloween, horror movies, and zombies. I have been on a zombie kick lately.
I must be a dork also then.
It’s nice to find a kindred spirit!
Us dorks have to stick together!
Fortunate ending
Escaped because of cunning
Imitation worked.
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, I hear.
jajajaja
I just wanted to say this is a VERY creative post. You made me smile.
Angela Cameron
Thank you! I love to make people smile!
Smells of human sweat and blood
Wafting through the night
Insaciable hunger
Eyballs burst like grapes plucked fresh
Entrails gooey wet
But hunger pains still gripping
But I was recently almost eaten by zombies! It’s actually a true story. Feel free to check it out: http://daphnestreet.wordpress.com/2010/10/13/creative-nonfiction-nearly-eaten-by-zombies-in-back-of-the-columbia-in-ybor-city-true-story/
Oh, and please forgive the reverse haiku. I hate rules
Believe me, I wasn’t counting syllables!
Great haikus! I’ll be sure to read your story, too.
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Try zombieaffirms
A good zombie iPhone app
It will make you laugh!
Hmm…not my best work, but then again, since I have never published a haiku, maybe it IS my best work…
Thanks for the funny post and the smile! ZombieAffirms is a funny app for zombie lovers…maybe it’ll give you a laugh, too!
Apple should hire you!
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You dangerous lady you. You spreading mental plague and take over minds with this diabolical subterfuge. Hooky Koo stuff.
You hook people with
Doing five, seven and five
Virus in their brains.
Well I am not falling for it one bit like all the afore listed sheep. No way!
You’re stronger than they are. Resolve of iron, that’s you.
I don’t write haiku
but I really like this post
high five for zombies
Ah, I see what you did there! And don’t high five too hard cause zombies break easily.
I ate my mamma with my mouth closed, just how she would have wanted . . .
Classic!
i survived the night
no more zombies are here now
the police come…help! *bang*
shotgun in hand
chainsaw replaces the other
bring it on, scum bag
ambling, moaning stench
is that my neighbor, mr. smith?
dibs on his new car
undead hordes out back?
i will defend with some plants
who knew veggies ‘splode?
anything at hand?
there’s not much time left at all!
i should go upstairs!
no more haikus form me
someone is at the door now
hello? wait! no! *chomp*
“bring it on, scum bag”
Beautiful!
Ravenous undead
Only head shots take them down
follow the front sight
Keep makin’ those head shots!
I’m confuzzled.
No worries. I have no idea what’s going on half the time.
I adore anyone who can use the phrase “shuffling puss bags” in a sentence and make it sound like a term of endearment.
Oh, but it is! The highest complement!
ha ha ha ha ha
these are brilliant, so funny
can’t wait to read more
All these commenters are brilliant. I’m lovin’ all of them!
I love haikus too
So this one’s for Halloween
Though I live in Aus
Blood drips down her face
Making pools at the doorway
Soon she will be dead
Do they celebrate Halloween there? It’s more of a state of mind than a holliday, anway.
I agree with daphnestreet. Apt description
Here’s my zombie haiku attempt:
I don’t want to die
But zombies are all over
Damn, I just got bit.
That’s all I got.
That works for me – thanks!
i always love zombie movies…thought i could write more on the horror stuffs.
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I love all horror stuffs!
My, my. What eloquent renderings of the undead. Here’s one about witches, ahem:
Cold breeze of the night,
I ride my broomstick up high,
Ah! A skyscraper!
Yay nerdiness
Yay haiku nerdiness! Thank you!
Yeah, all the stories and movies about witches seem to leave out the modern stuff like skyscrapers.
And vacuum cleaners.
I love this! zombies are a passion of mine. I love the guts and the violence and the funnies. I suggest the Zombie survival guide by max brooks to everyone i meet
You are a good friend. Everyone needs to be prepared for the zombie apocolypse.
Ill be one of those people who would take a big car and run over them heh
That would be fun!
That happened in the second Resident Evil movie. “Ten points!”
stiff, staring, brain-lust
shuffling, searching, gotta eat,
fresh human meat
Thanks for the entertaining, creepy post!
Thank you for posting your haiku!
Zombies will eat you
Crewmen that wear red tunics
On the Enterprise
Poor red shirts! Always the first to go.
Shaun of the Dead rocks
Zombieland also kicks ass
I loved your haikus
Thanks for the laugh, Zombie Girl.
No, thank you!
Fasten your seatbelt!
Snowball truck on the highway;
Always double tap.
ur talented bro!…..read my blogs 2…nd tel me what you think!
Submit a haiku first. Quid pro quo, bro.
This is one I like to call, “Tic”:
Tourettes are funny.
They help make a great haiku.
Shit fuck ass pencil.
The end.
A haiku with a message. Awesome!
Bwahaha! I have no haiku to share, but had to post because I’m currently in rehearsal for “Night of the Living Dead”, a stage adaptation of George Romero’s film. We open Friday…I may recite a couple of your haikus at rehearsal next week, if you don’t mind.
Jealous! I want to be in a zombie play. Totally don’t mind if you read my haikus, although some of the ones in the comments are even better.
Break a leg!
I’m all alone now
Escaped the darkness
Now the room is light
Darkness soon returns
Zombies have taken over
You can’t run or hide
Something is changing
I’m hungry but I just ate
People lying dead
I am a monster
but there’s no way to stop it
I can’t run or hide
Hope you enjoyed that poem. I think the thaught of a zombie apocalypse is exciting and scaryall at the same time. Zombieland was the greatest movie ever! and “The Zombie Survival Guide” by Max Brooks was great! Yeah im a nerd too:)
Ohh, dark, creepy haiku. Like it! Zombieland is the best. Nuthing wrong with being a nerd!
I’m in…here it is:
Scary cat with sharp claws.
Green eyes penetrating me.
Swoop; now scarred for life.
Happy Halloween!
Happy Halloween to you, too!
I am a zombie
I monitor your site
and your hateful thoughts
that’s why I eat
your lily while souls first
my hunger growls loud
but you won’t hear
cause I am too stealthy
I smell your hatred
I know where you live
but you won’t be living long
you’re already dead dork
and you taste like pork
I’d spit you out gladly
but I have my duty
“you’re already dead dork” Ha! Awesome!
yeah but I realized there were too many syllables so I did it over and you became my zombie wife…hope that’s okay…we really do have fun, believe it or not…you’ll see…Imagine having a zombie husband…getting eaten all day long….there are perks…after all, there’s only so much gray matter…now you know what zombies really like to eat…maybe you don’t cause I’ve eaten your brain…it can be confusing…zombies are dead serious about cunnilingus and this is secret cause we’re so maligned among the so called “living”….so you can stop wearing undies…
Uh, yeah. I “got” it. But I already have one husband, don’t think I have the patience for another one!
no worries…zombies cheat like bandits and require no patience oncesoever cause once you give them a taste of what they grave you can store them in your closet provided you give them a taste every couple of days…that’s really why zombies look the way they do…unbridled lust…I’m surprised you didn’t know this cause you present as kind of a zombie expert…
I am a zombie
I monitor your site
and your hateful thoughts
that’s why I eat
your lily while souls first
my hunger growls loud
but you won’t hear
cause I am too stealthy
I smell your hatred
I know where you live
but you won’t live there long
you’re a dead dork
and you taste like pork
I’d spit you out gladly
but I’m not glad
I’ll creep up slow
you won’t even know it
my new zombie wife
Nice exercise…congrats on getting “pressed”, and speaking of which:
Put my hands around
That puny skinny bird neck
Eye socket bulging
Thank you and thanks for playing along!
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I actually thought about this for a couple of days!
Excellent post!
Reanimated
Foul, festering cadaver
Eternal hunger
The dead walk the earth
No fear, machete ready
Who’s your daddy now?
Wow. I’m honored that you put so much thought into it!
“Who’s your daddy now?” Awesome!
zombies are squishy,
rotting skin and oozing flesh,
they come to get me.
“squishy” FTW!
Wazzup?
Nuthin much. Wazzup wit u?
My inability to write haikus is rivalled only by my inability to master complex algebra. But great post – zombie films are fabulously trashy and awesome
I’ve read a few of your other posts too – good blog in general. I like your writing.
L
Algebra is completely beyond me. My math skills are limited to counting syllables.
Thanks!
Okay, couldn’t resist. I love haikus (or really any kind of writing)
cold echoes through me
zombies approaching I know
I put on a coat
Okay, that’s just funny. I’ll try again with another topic.
Screams will be the night
Here it echoing with fright
This is just not right
Hey it rhymed! That’s good for now.
Double points for rhyming!
good post! I write about what I call 31 days of Horror on my blog. check it out if you like.
Robert
I will! Thanks!
wow. that was great fun to read. i shall try my first haiku:
hungry need brains find food
husband daughter and son…food?
no, no brains there,damn
okay. so i don’t haiku well, but thanks for the try and i had a great time reading everyone elses!
happy halloween!
Hee, hee! Brainless family. I did write one about my husband being a zombie and not acting any differently than he does now, but thought it was too mean to post on my blog (he’s kinda sensitive, for a zombie).
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Hahaha, I love the Thriller one you did! And I had no idea what a haiku was ’till just now! Learn something new everyday, I guess.
For the love of zombie movies, and their awesomness, I’ll give it a try…
Such lovely flame light
Zombie zombie burning bright
Flames will kill it, right?
Undead, it’s walking
Dead hands reaching out to me
Aim for the head. Dead.
Zombie bit my leg!
Stupid, undead, no brain, twit!
Strange… I’m so hungry…
Sooo, yep. Zombie haiku… I tried.
Never thought this blog could be educational. Great job on your first haikus and triple points for using my blog title in one.
Those are some interesting Haikus!
Thanks!
Glad you asked me out
this picnic will be heaps fun
oops I ate your face
Hold on a second
I’ll see what’s behind the door
crap- he ate my face
Check on my mother
she’s been so lonely lately
then I’ll eat her face
Being undead is
no excuse for bad manners
for shame, zombie hoard.
Very funny! Thanks for playing along!
Well thanks for creativity but it will be good to share real facts and stories instead of making poetry on it. Well I didn’t like what you prepared, really!
Everyone is entitled to their opinion. Nice touch dissing me with an exclaimation point, btw!
Hi,
Don’t get me wrong. I love your haikus. And zombies, of course. But there’s one element of a haiku that I find to be really important. It’s the discovery, revelation or contradiction that comes in the last line of a classical haiku.
Undying hunger.
Just out for midnight snack?
Run, it’s a zombie!
You are absolutely correct. I did forget about that element of haiku. I deserve to have my brains eaten by zombies.
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I am a zombie.
You run way too fast for me.
Here Kitty, Kitty.
Run kitty! Hee, hee!
Zombies are awesome
The impending zombie war
Should be exciting
Exciting or frightening. Either way, it won’t be boring!
You are not a dork….you’re just “different”, LOL.
I was an extra in an independent film called “Broken Springs: Shine of the Undead Zombie Bastards”…by Neeley Lawson.
It was so much fun and the zombies were terrific. I will finally get to see it Oct. 30th…you can watch the trailer…the link is on my wordpress page at:
http://www.dielle76.wordpress.com
Happy Halloween!
PS. My daughter is planning a Halloween themed wedding…it’s her favorite holiday.
My sister was married on Halloween. I want to, but there was a home college football game that weekend and it would have been impossible to get hotel rooms for my family.
How fun to be in a zombie movie!
This makes me smile. I know know zombie haiku for you today, though I’ve written Zombie Walt Whitman posts before.
More to the point, Ryan Mecum, author of Zombie Haiku, is writing about the high calling of zombies for a web magazine I edit. We’re pretty excited about it, and Ryan is a super cool guy.
Zombie Walt Witman, eh? Oh zombie, my zombie, our bloodful brain is done . . .
Everyone keeps telling me about the Mecum book. I’ll have to look it up the next time I’m in Borders.
Awesome! I love haiku! I don’t have as much zombie-love as you, but zombies are fun to think about. Let’s see what I can come up with.
Rotten zombie dude
Missing pieces, nasty smells
Dripping on my rug
Yours were better.
Ew. Not on the rug! That will never come out. I think that is a perfectly excellent haiku.
Thanks!
Thank you.
Dork? Heck no, you’re pretty much the coolest. It’s so funny how excited people seem to get over zombie talk. The videos posted above are pure gold
Carlynne!!! Your Haiku made me tear up. When I’m on my death bed and I have all those happy flashbacks of childhood and precious life moments, your haiku will be there. For those of you that don’t know what I’m talking about it was one from above. Carlynne wrote:
Glad you asked me out
this picnic will be heaps fun
oops I ate your face
Hold on a second
I’ll see what’s behind the door
crap- he ate my face
Check on my mother
she’s been so lonely lately
then I’ll eat her face
Being undead is
no excuse for bad manners
for shame, zombie hoard.
Have you ever heard of the movie Red Neck Zombies? I discovered this video earlier this week in another zombie blog (Doug Brown’s Blog… you know, the ‘name five zombie movies guy or we’ll eat you’ guy). It cracked me up
You must be a dork if you think I’m cool (and I mean that in the nicest possible way!).
I have seen the Redneck Zombies clip. As if rednecks weren’t scary enough!
I’m a little bit of a dork… just the right amount though. I’m so surprised you’ve seen this clip already! You’re an expert at this.
In amongst the “shitty things I’ve read” portion of your memories, there lies nestled some Zombie Haiku. Excellent! Thanks for commenting on my comment, that’s class.
I’ve always dug on haiku.
My pleasure. I was in class as I was reading it for the first time and was trying to hold in my laughs so bad I was tearing up. So thank you.
This is addictive.
Raw talent out there
Red neck Zombies made me sick
That happens rarely
Reanimators
Last time I remember it
So cleansing to puke
I think I will just talk in Haiku now, used to have to think up words that rhyme, now I can just express.
Reanimator – almost forgot about that one!
Talking only in haiku will definitely help with thinking about what you say before you say it. I should probably try it!
I am terrified of zombies, however your poetry has warmed my heart to them just a little bit. Keep the dork-factor high.
Glad I was able to open your heart to zombies!
Dork on!
Rising from the grave
It shouts monotoned glory
“Mur, muh-rur, uuuh-uh.”
Hee, hee! Awesome! Thank you!
One of my favorite zombie movies is Dawn of the Dead. Ok maybe it was a little out there but I was still good to me.
Dawn of the Dead is a classic!
slide the round in, click
the stench and rot, am nauseous
satisfying boom
avoid flamethrowers
burning zombies die slowly
burn down my stronghold
a furry dead thing
makes hungry sounds of terror
fuck, dog is zombie
Zombie dogs! Oh no!
Not a poem, but perhaps a guaranteed fight-starter. I’m working on my haiku now…
http://videoportjones.wordpress.com/2010/08/17/the-zombie-rules/
lurching mindlessly
you grasp at my flesh as if
you were not mere meat
Sounds like a night out at one of the bars downtown!
I like your style and I <3 zombies!
I'm currently watching an anime called High School of The Dead! Check my blog for a link
Great work! You inspired me to make my own zombie poetry! It’s not haikus, but I gave it my best..
http://rkempton01.wordpress.com/2010/10/19/zombies-the-poetry-they-inspire/
Glad I could help inspire you to create!
Here’s one from me since everyone else it trying!!
Zombie, zombie burning bright
Dunked in gas until they light
Green solutions Rock!
I kind of messed my first attempt up so here’s another go
Zombie Beyonce
Had a nice boo-tay…until
It fell off…oh damn
I love Zombies! Thank you for this post it was thoroughly enjoyed!
You are very welcome! Than you for reading.
Husband loves zombies
This wife ain’t a big fan
She watches anyway.
You are a good and understanding wife!
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reload, double tap
now the bodies hit the floor
reload, double tap
Dark. I like it!
Zombies on the brain
thanks a lot Fix-it-or-deal
undead digging in
Once they get in your head, they don’t want to leave!
Ha! Just meandered over from your comment on Greatsby’s page. Love the haiku!
Thanks for meandering by! Love the Greatsby.