Mindful Writing Challenge '13 - Day 26

Creaking Door

creaking door . . .

a love message on the wall

written in blood

October 10 NaHaiWriMo prompt: haiku noir

     Prompter of the month Scott Abeles explains, "Dennis Garrison, the publisher/poet, describes the sub-genre of haiku noir as "at the farthest end of the spectrum of subject matter, dealing with that which is not generally considered to be proper subject matter for the classical haiku; for example: tragedy, loss, sorrow, depression, madness, terror, horror, anger, macabre humor, anti-heroism, crime, passion, the underworld/subcultures ..." I'd add that, as with film noir, good noir, despite the darkness, is oddly attractive, even beautiful. Consider in addition to old masters like John Huston or Raymond Chandler more modern practitioners of the dark arts, like Martin Scorcese (Raging Bull) or Trent Reznor (Hurt). 

 

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Full Moon

    August 2 NaHaiWriMo prompt is "full moon", provided by Judith Gorgone.

full moon

fumbling the keys

by the door 

     Comments on my haiku may be found here. Click this to get more information about the 31 Different NaHaiWrimo Prompters in August 2012.