Horror Haiku Club Prompt

September 8 - Dumuzid

This Sumerian god of shepherds and agriculture was thought to die during the hot summer months.

Dumuzid in his coffin

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Your prompt is DUMUZID

I am wilted death

I am your auburn sunset

And resurrection

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Sumerians would mourn his death every summer and wait for the abundance that returned with his rise in the spring.