Horror Haiku Club Prompt
September 29 - Blackberries
An old legend says that you shouldn’t harvest blackberries after Michaelmas, September 29th.
Your prompt is BLACKBERRIES
Sweet, sticky, and black
Cold, ripe between my fingers
The devil whispers
Because after Michaelmas, the bramble belongs to the Devil.
ignore the warning
feral thorny temptation
each bite worth the price
Apa, recollim
mores dolçes i agres -
surt sang dels llavis
____
Blackberrying is something I've only ever done with Catalan people, so it seems natural to use Catalan in this case.
____
Translation:
Let's go and gather
the sweet and sour blackberries -
blood drips from our lips