13 Days of Samhain – Vol. 6

In 2025, I once again participated in Sammi’s “13 Days of Samhain.

As always, Sammi provided some spooky-licious prompts and I have collated all my responses below…

Day 1 – haiku 20.10

Day 2 – tanka 21.10

Day 3 – Things that stir at night (a list poem)

Day 4 – The Ferryman

Day 5 – To Hell in a Handbasket

Day 6 – Is There Anybody There?

Day 7 – haiku 26.10

Day 8 – A grave sin (tanka)

Day 9 – Crossroads

Day 10 – Forewarned is forearmed

Day 11 – Be-Witched

Day 12 – The Wild Hunt

Day 13 – haiku 1.11

Sammi Scribbles: 13 Days of Samhain, Vol. 6

All Hallows’ Night

Image credit Jorge Rojas via Unsplash

spooky sounds creeping
closer, closer; aim to fright
this All Hallows’ night…

By Sarah ©2017

Prompt: Ronovan Writes, Weekly Haiku Poetry Prompt, Challenge #173 – spooky and night; and also, Colleen’s Weekly Poetry Challenge, 31 October 2017 – fright and night

Crossroads

I cannot rest when the moon is full,
its wintery presence keeps me wakeful.

Playful shadows dance across the wall,
Illuminated by pale ghostly light on this,
All Hallows’ eve.

Despite locked door, I quake in my bed,
Shivering, hoping, I’ve remembered the chain.

Is it real or faux fear that chases me this night?
I brace myself for the unknown darkness.

Drawing deep within the covers, I create a pen around myself,
A distant bell dings, worming into my sanctuary, calling my name.

My conscience rebels because at the bottom of all this,
is just a crossroads between madness and truth.

By Sarah ©2017

Prompt: The Sunday Whirl, Wordle 318;

Mindlovemisery’s Menagerie, First Line Friday – September 29th 2017; and also, Sammi Cox, A Month Of Mini Writing Challenges, Day 30 – final challenge!, Task: Write a spooky poem in 13 lines for Halloween.