Horror Haiku Club Prompt
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Horror Haiku Club Prompt
September 22 - Autumnal Equinox
Due to the tilt of the Earth on its axis, the sun typically lights up one hemisphere more than the other as it travels its orbit. But two times a year, the sun hits the Northern and Southern Hemispheres equally.
Your prompt is AUTUMNAL EQUINOX
The light dies today
We denizens of the dark
Can open our eyes
After the Autumnal Equinox, the nights get longer in the Northern Hemisphere, as we plunge into winter.
Ten Senryu about the prompt, autumnal equinox, without using the exact words:
∞ Clock hands align
Nature hits snooze button
Darkness lingers
∞ Celestial seesaw
Teeters toward longer nights
Stars rub sleepy eyes
∞ Sun's overtime ends
Moon clocks in for extra shifts
Cosmic union rules
∞ Pumpkin spice invades
As chlorophyll packs its bags
Yearly hostile takeover
∞ Day and night arm-wrestle
To a draw, then night cheats
Winter referee nods
∞ Squirrels hoard acorns
While humans hoard sweaters
Who's really smarter?
∞ Trees flash their medals
Before shedding modesty
Nature's brief burlesque
∞ Farmer's tan fades
Replaced by Netflix pallor
Screen light harvested
∞ Scarves emerge from exile
Noses turn to runny taps
Fall's sniffly symphony
∞ Sandals sulk in closets
As boots march triumphantly
Seasonal coup d'état​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
Light no fires tonight,
let no blood in sacrifice -
just day equals night
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The calendar calls
for days when moderation
overrules death's drama