All Hallow’s Eve
the demons not wearing
their masks
Published by
Marianne Paul
Marianne Paul is a Canadian poet and writer. Her book, Body Weight, A Collection of Haiku and Art, placed first in the Haiku Canada Marianne Bluger Award for chapbooks. Marianne is also honoured to have won the Jane Reichhold Memorial Haiga Competition, the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Haiku Festival, and Sonic Boom’s VISPO Contest for visual poems. Her latest book is the drift from here to where, a collection of haiga. Marianne’s happy obsessions include book arts and bookbinding, easy kayaking, shade gardening, and back porch birdwatching. She has started a small press, paper heron books, that features one of a kind hand-crafted chapbooks. View all posts by Marianne Paul
Excellent
I wonder if the demons are relatives of Trump !!!
masking the unmasked
we roam alone through darkness
hoping treats trump tricks
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All Hallow’s Eve
the demons not wearing
their masks
—MARIANNE PAUL
What a strange time where we are all expected to wear masks, and some wearing masks over the masks we wear daily.
It's probably easier for all those "dark passengers" to integrate too!
Neatly crafted and thought-provoking haiku.
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Allhallowtide seasons my mask my enemy my friend
Alan Summers
Haiku Prism – Orange ed. Tia Haynes (June 2020)
The Haiku Foundation’s HAIKU DIALOGUE
A one line haiku.