Haiku of the Dead

A project of Dreamscape Press (see other related projects).

Permanently Closed: This project is permanently closed to submissions. We provide the following information as an archive.

About

A traditional Japanese Haiku is a three-line poem with seventeen syllables, written in a 5/7/5 syllable count. That’s it. Of course, there has to be some poetic merit. It can’t just be 17 syllables sliced into three bits. But it can be about pretty much anything. So why not zombies?

Country of Publication

United States

Publication Medium & Frequency

Print Publication Print Publication: One-time publication

Poetry Closed

Audience:

Unknown

Genres:

Horror Subgenre: Zombie
Science Fiction Subgenre: Zombie

Lengths:

Poem: Exactly 3 lines.

Poetry Forms:

Haiku (or related).

Styles:

Open to all/most Styles, including: Mainstream.

Topics:

None found.

Payment:

No monetary payment No monetary payment.

Submissions:

Method: Electronic submissions.
Reprints: Reprints are allowed.
Simultaneous submissions: Unknown.
Multiple entries: Unknown.
Media: Text.

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Dates

Last Updated: 22 May 2026