Ruth and Thomas Roy at Wellcat.com are known for creating holidays and related rituals. The Roys have deemed today, October 30th, to be Haunted Refrigerator Night — a time to gather your courage and see “what evil lurks in the refrigerators of men . . . and women.” We think it’s great practice for facing the coming horrors of Halloween (and even dias des los muertos).
The f/k/a Gang may have more than enough mold in their fridge, but we don’t have enough haiku to celebrate Haunted Refrigerator Night. So, come on Honored Guest Poets, click on the Comment link and try your hand. Good sport Ed Markowski has already offered a pair. Now it’s your turn. Until we get better ones, you’re stuck with dagosan’s quickies.
new fridge
the motor’s faint hum
still there
. . . . . …………………… . . . by Yu Chang
from the Haibun “refrigerator” (Am. Haibun and Haiga 2)
fisherman’s icebox
the look on her face
when she opens the chip dip
october 30th
orange mold creeps across
a long dead rainbow trout
. . . . . …………………………. . . . by Ed Markowski
“fisherman’s icebox” – Modern Haiku (Vol. 37.2, Autumn 2006)
autumn wind
rattles the window –
the fridge hums louder
95 degrees
the refrigerator
sweats, too
aging veggies
in the fridge —
I break a few eggs
October 30
the fridge bulb
flickers and dies
the Sub Zero kicks on —
magnets falling
to the kitchen floor
hissing in the kitchen —
cat and freon
escape
. . . . . …………………………………. . . . . . . . . . written in haste by dagosan
written in haste? pretty good job david.
ed
halloween night
i pass a metal detector
over her apples
Comment by ed markowski — October 31, 2006 @ 8:47 pm
As usual, Edward, you are too kind. Keep it up.
Thanks for reprising your (appropriately) paranoid Halloween-ku.
Comment by David Giacalone — October 31, 2006 @ 9:37 pm
OH DEAR GOD!
THE FAINT SMELL OF BUTT
SILENCE IN THE KITCHEN
Comment by rachel, jill, danielle, and sarah — August 4, 2007 @ 11:38 am
HAUNTED FRIDGE!! lol
Comment by Beany — January 20, 2008 @ 12:48 pm