Excellent Horror Haibun One Thousand Cranes : The Nightmare by Gypsy Blue Rose Dedicated to Dean Kuch, may he rest in peace

I woke up startled in the middle of the night because something or someone kept pulling my blanket at the end of the bed.   I couldn’t see what it was and couldn’t move or scream for help. After, what seemed like an eternity, a tall demon got up and crawled into my bed.  I couldn’t turn my head but I felt his weight on the mattress as he lay beside me.  His nauseous breath stunk like nothing I ever smelled before. The worst thing about my nightmare was being mute and immobilized.  The night terror lingered in my mind throughout the day. I couldn’t shake it off. moonless night veiled corpse flowers and witch hazel — dread dreams devil      Author Notes This is a real nightmare I had. A little horror getting ready for Halloween. Painting = The Nightmare is a 1781 oil painting by Swiss artist Henry Fuseli. Corpse flower grows in Western Sumatra. It smells like a rotting corpse. Carrion beetles and flies love it. The flower can grow up to 10 feet tall and is the largest unbranched flower in the world. It blooms once every 40 years for 4 days. for more info about creepy flowers click here HAIBUN was written first by Matsuo Basho in the 17th century. It combines prose and haiku and usually, it's written in the present tense. THE HAIBUN PROSE FORM (the story) can be any subject matter and as short as possible in the first person. FIRST WRITE THE PROSE= in Haibun tells the story, gives information, and defines the theme. SECOND WRITE THE HAIKU moves the story forward and adds insight to the story. It's written in 17 syllables OR LESS and as succinct as possible. Usually three lines about nature (haiku) or human nature (senryu). The last line uses a juxtaposition of two concrete images in a way that prompts the reader to make an insightful connection between the two. It never rhymes. Lines are connected grammatically. for advanced students click here ; Haibun Today Editorial for further reading ; Thank you very much for reading my poem. Gypsy

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