vampires’ mail exchange
nobody can open their cards
blood ink too sticky
vampire dates zombie
dinner cooked in boiled bat blood
frontal cortex stew
Viking vampire
sucks blood from frozen carcass
horns double as fangs
elderly vampire
before sleeping with true love
takes out his dentures
Headless Horseman
ignored by zombie ladies
that’s a no-brainer
vengeful vampire dies
coffin viewing at church rites
dead preacher inside
wife now murdered
vibrant beating heart has stopped
within his conscience
vampire laughs at love
“red cherry hearts for you dear
but don’t look inside”
lazy Valentine’s
cheap witch gives wizard lover
old Halloween treats
vampire lovers neck
share drinks at living room
coffin table
final Valentine’s
post-Zombie Apocalypse
chocolates untouched
Gary Davis enjoys exercising his imagination through crafting dark and darkly humorous haiku and other forms of poetry. He finds haiku, in particular, both challenging and fun. Writing haiku is like doing a miniature Zen painting and, when you look at the painting, seeing something unexpected (and maybe scary in the case of horrorku). Mr. Davis has published haiku in Tales from the Moonlit Path, Scifaikuest, Star*Line, Lupine Lunes, and It Came from her Purse (2016-2023). He has published other poetry in Tales from the Moonlit Path, Tales of the Talisman, Bloodbond, Illumen, Spaceports & Spidersilk, Zen of the Dead, Potter’s Field 7, The Hungur Chronicles and a sci-fi anthology, Kepler’s Cowboys (2014-2022).
Published 2/16/23
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