Exceptional kyoka--see auther notes kyoka (heavy fog covers) by dejohnsrld (Debbie) Halloween Poetry Contest contest entry Artwork by helvi2 at FanArtReview.com

heavy fog covers abandoned cemetery eerie music plays from a skeleton whose ribs are strummed by a ghost ~~~~~~~~ Recognized Author Notes Kyoka are a Japanese form recently introduced to the US in 2006. The structure is the same as tanka-5 lines with 31 or fewer syllables. They are a parody of the more traditional tanka. They are supposed to be humorous and/or ironic. I wrote several Halloween ones which have been accepted by a literary journal for publication in 2014. Thanks to helvi2 for the Halloween artwork

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