Spooked
by Jackie Chou, Michael Dylan Welch, and Richard Tice
First published in Tandem 2:2, October 2022 (actually June 2023). Written 15 October 2021 during a Haiku North America online rengay workshop.
night manor
the clanking
of chained feet Jackie
a shriek in the dark
my shoelace untied Michael
dusty cobweb
bats scatter
from the belfry Richard
the creak creak
of basement steps Jackie
fleeting reflection
a rotten shutter
clatters to the weeds Michael
crows take wing
at a banshee’s wail Richard