{"id":1231,"date":"2018-10-26T03:21:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T01:21:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/?p=1231"},"modified":"2023-10-08T12:05:57","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T10:05:57","slug":"bats-goblins-halloween-haiku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/bats-goblins-halloween-haiku\/","title":{"rendered":"Bats and Goblins, Halloween Haiku"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Bats, Goblins for all those who feel brave at Halloween, a Haiku.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1232\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/bats-goblins-halloween-haiku\/halloween-haiku-bats-goblins-patfurstenberg\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Halloween-haiku-bats-goblins-@PatFurstenberg.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"856,427\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Halloween haiku &amp;#8211; bats goblins @PatFurstenberg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Halloween-haiku-bats-goblins-@PatFurstenberg-300x150.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Halloween-haiku-bats-goblins-@PatFurstenberg.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-1232 size-full\" title=\"Bats and Goblins, Halloween Haiku\" src=\"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Halloween-haiku-bats-goblins-@PatFurstenberg.jpg\" alt=\"Bats and Goblins, Halloween Haiku\" width=\"856\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Halloween-haiku-bats-goblins-@PatFurstenberg.jpg 856w, https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Halloween-haiku-bats-goblins-@PatFurstenberg-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Halloween-haiku-bats-goblins-@PatFurstenberg-768x383.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Halloween-haiku-bats-goblins-@PatFurstenberg-280x140.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bloody bats swoop low,<\/p>\n<p>Goblins growl, spirits float, crawl.<\/p>\n<p>Till the first cock-crow.<\/p>\n<p>~<\/p>\n<p>More Haiku:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/halloween-haiku-via-patfurstenberg-haiku-halloween\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Halloween Haiku<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/haiku-san-running-water-haiku-sunday-haikusan-via-patfurstenberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Running Water<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/haiku-san-afghan-war-haiku-sunday-haikusan-via-patfurstenberg\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Afghan War<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can find more Haiku in my new book of poetry, <a href=\"http:\/\/MyBook.to\/AsGoodAsGold\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">As Good AS Gold<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1131\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/haiku-san-first-autumn-day-haiku-sunday-haikusan-via-patfurstenberg\/asgoodasgold-mobile-book-glases\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/asgoodasgold-mobile-book-glases-e1616691909464.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"400,274\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"asgoodasgold mobile book glases\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/asgoodasgold-mobile-book-glases-300x206.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/asgoodasgold-mobile-book-glases-1024x702.jpeg\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1131\" src=\"http:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/asgoodasgold-mobile-book-glases-300x206.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"206\"><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Haikus at the end were tiny diamonds.\u201d (<\/em>Kathryn Meyer Griffith, long time author)<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPatricia has caught the canine personality beautifully in her poems. I highly recommend As Good As Gold.\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/lovebooksgroup.com\/2018\/05\/21\/as-good-as-gold-by-patricia-furstenberg-patfurstenberg-review\/comment-page-1\/#comment-35923\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Love Books Group<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bats, Goblins for all those who feel brave at Halloween, a Haiku.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1809,1331,6178,1684,1,2029,1330,1339],"tags":[757,767,766,765,762,367,749,763,764],"class_list":["post-1231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-autumn","category-haiku","category-halloween-scary-stories","category-holiday","category-nature","category-photography","category-poetry","category-traditions","tag-bats","tag-bloody-bats","tag-cock-crow","tag-first-cock-crow","tag-goblins","tag-haiku","tag-halloween","tag-halloween-haiku","tag-halloween-spirits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/Halloween-haiku-bats-goblins-@PatFurstenberg.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1224,"url":"https:\/\/alluringcreations.co.za\/wp\/cobwebs-halloween-haiku-via-patfurstenberg-haiku-halloween\/","url_meta":{"origin":1231,"position":0},"title":"Cobwebs, Halloween Haiku","author":"Patricia Furstenberg","date":"24\/10\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Cobwebs, Halloween Haiku Cobwebs, owls, treats. 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