Horror Haiku Club Prompt

[Gloria Horton-Young]

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​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

[Carolyn Jones]

That ‘farmer’s tan’ haiku! Love 😍

[Gloria Horton-Young]

My daddy was a redneck farmer. ❤️

[Carolyn Jones]

🍁🧡🤎🍁

[Caro Henry]

Love, love: Day and night arm-wrestle / To a draw, then night cheats 👏

[Gloria Horton-Young]

Thank you 🙏

[Honeygloom]

Fantastic, love the hostile pumpkin spice takeover 😂

[Chris J. Franklin]

"Nature's brief burlesque" is amazing! Haha... 😎

[Gloria Horton-Young]

Thank you!

[A.P. Murphy]

Light no fires tonight,

let no blood in sacrifice -

just day equals night

____

The calendar calls

for days when moderation

overrules death's drama

[Honeygloom]

Oh, I love this! A night of balance, very cool take🖤

[Theresa Greene]

Goodbye to my friends

Hummingbirds that light my skies

Migration time now

[Caro Henry]

Good one! This past week the hummingbirds were tussling at the feeder. I think they were mostly males gearing up to move farther south.

[Honeygloom]

Oh, so beautiful! We have them year-round in California. It’s crazy to see them out fighting each other over the feeder in the middle of massive rainstorms🤪 Truly amazing creatures🖤

[Theresa Greene]

Yes, I live in the East where we lose the tiny dancers every fall!

I do miss the life they bring to the backyard. Usually they are gone by now, but the heat has delayed their departure by a few days, to my delight!

[Dylan Delgado]

Opposing the ides

Comes the death of green - orange

and yellow arise

[Honeygloom]

I love this! I really like the slant rhyme in lines one and three🖤

[Carolyn Jones]

Love this one 🌸🩷🌸

Amber hues tilt low

Whispers bend through empty skies

Time breathes a soft hush.

[Caro Henry]

Beautiful imagery!

[Carolyn Jones]

Thank you, Caro! 🍁🧡🍁

[Honeygloom]

So beautiful and peaceful 🖤

[Chris J. Franklin]

That's really lovely. It perfectly captures that sense of nature getting ready to rest... 😎

[Richard Blaisdell]

Hemispheres equal night and day.

Leaves fall one s way in dark.

Another sphere arrive buds in light

[Honeygloom]

So good! I love the reminder that it’s also spring elsewhere on the planet 🖤

[Caro Henry]

Darkness swallows day

Moonlight bleeds on fallen leaves

As time slips through cracks

[Honeygloom]

So ethereal, I love it!

[Songsterfunsterhamster]

This feels unequal

Mid-tllt from Cancer’s tropics

To cold Capricorn

[Honeygloom]

Ah, false equality? That never happens🙃

[Chris J. Franklin]

Time to sharpen fangs,

A feast draws near, summer's gone,

And long nights are here... 😎

[Honeygloom]

Ooo 🔥 Let’s do this!

[Chris J. Franklin]

Haha! 😎👍

[Terry A. Fries]

The start and the end

Balanced for one single day

The beast grins darkly

[Honeygloom]

Ooo so lovely and chilling🖤