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Thea Wood's avatar

Nude girl dragged to depths

Red waters, sound the alarm

Get a bigger boat!

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Honeygloom's avatar

Ha! Love this🖤

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Daniel Baldwin's avatar

My spine snapped rigid

When something brushed my ankle.

There’s no time to scream.

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Honeygloom's avatar

This is why I don’t go in the water. So 😬 Well done🖤

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MS Rivera's avatar

An entire man

Just pieces in your mouth, but…

It’s only a snack

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Honeygloom's avatar

Wild right? I love this! Horrifying, mind blowing, mildly enticing…🖤

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A.P. Murphy's avatar

Quinn told his war story

of sailors eaten one by one -

And the sea hushed in shame

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Honeygloom's avatar

That story is so sad. Perfect for that moment in Jaws.

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ClownWorld Shakespeare's avatar

I once knew a shark…

…'round by Atlanta, Jaw-ja

His rates took a chunk!

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Honeygloom's avatar

A loan shark? 😂

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Songsterfunsterhamster's avatar

Water shelters beasts

The Indianapolis

Sent you a hunter

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Honeygloom's avatar

Nice! I love what you did here!🖤

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A.C. Cargill, All-Human Author's avatar

My hunger goes deep

I swim the waters of life

Are you my next meal?

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Honeygloom's avatar

Who among us isn’t Jaws’ next meal? Love this question🖤

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David Perlmutter's avatar

Source of one of the most iconic musical riffs in movie history.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Even people who haven’t seen the movie know the theme.

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K.M. Bennett's avatar

jaws sewed shut to stave

off weight gain but my mouth finds

its own flesh to gnaw

I like these horror haikus. It's a great exercise while temporarily I don't have time to write on a lot of larger projects.

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Honeygloom's avatar

So brutal, and really hits home🖤

I’m so glad! Adulting can be a time suck😂

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Caro Henry's avatar

I smell the fresh blood

Home in on the slim ankle

First bite the sweetest

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Honeygloom's avatar

Love this! The mental image of such a delicate body part contrasted with huge shark jaws is powerful🖤

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Rebecca Collins's avatar

Juggled by the waves

All those hours of shark week

Were no hope to me

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Honeygloom's avatar

So nice! The surrender is so chilling here🖤

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Richard Blaisdell's avatar

Music haunts heads spin

Huge dorsal fin cuts,, edits

Knife sharp teeth bite ,swallow swimmers

Holy moly, ships of state red blood wakes.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Beautiful! Well done!

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Gloria Horton-Young's avatar

Shark fin cuts water

Summer beach turns blood-red

Screams pierce salty air

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Teeth gleam in shadows

Primal fear grips swimmers' hearts

Nature's raw power

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Torn flesh, broken bones

Man versus beast in deep blue

Who is predator?

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I saw JAWS opening night. And, never ever wanted to swim in the ocean again.

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Honeygloom's avatar

Love the last one the most, but all of these gave me chills.

I feel you on the ocean, it’s so big and we know so little about it… we’re just squishy Hot Pockets floating in there.

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

That haunting tuba,

Two notes, forever in mind,

Each time the sea calls... 😎

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Honeygloom's avatar

Had to re-listen! I only remembered the cello at the beginning. But you’re spot on, so haunting🖤

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Chris J. Franklin's avatar

It's one of the most iconic soundtracks, for sure. It's so simple, and yet so effective! 😎

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Dylan Delgado's avatar

Oversized shark aims

To capsize our vessel. Can

our captain save us?

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Honeygloom's avatar

Nice!! I love a story in a haiku🖤

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Honeygloom's avatar

Very ominous and eerie scene, I really like this🖤

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