Thank you! The Celtic feast of Samhain, on which Halloween is based, of a sort, is not a funny or childlike matter. It is the New Year, a night when the spirit and material world are almost inseparable. And it is not like the Day of the Dead. The Day of the Dead is about connecting with ancestors; Samhain is about keeping the crazy dead bastards on their side of the spirit wall
In no way is this spooky or spooky adjacent, and I haven't written a haiku in FOREVER but I had a great time writing this one. Thanks for sharing such fun prompts!
ignore the warning
feral thorny temptation
each bite worth the price
Warning ignored, “feral thorny temptation” is so good!
thank you!
Apa, recollim
mores dolçes i agres -
surt sang dels llavis
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Blackberrying is something I've only ever done with Catalan people, so it seems natural to use Catalan in this case.
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Translation:
Let's go and gather
the sweet and sour blackberries -
blood drips from our lips
Oh I love this! Catalan looks so much more Latiny than other Latinate languages… at least to me, idk😅
The Isley Brothers: "The blacker the berry/the sweeter the juice."
Idk, I feel like maybe they aren’t talking about fruit🤔
The song from which this came from spends a lot of time talking about them eating a lot of filched fruit as kids, but I believe you are right...
Left berries birds will eat
Spread seeds around
Gather leaves before fall.
Tea to curb Devils revenge.
Ooo, are blackberry leaves good for the stomach? Or madness😜
Diarrhea
The Devil’s fruits, these:
Their stains are sin, dark and sweet.
Those thorns too he claims
Love the tone of this, I just had to read it aloud🖤
One red ripe berry
Remains on the bush to tempt
An unaware soul
Oo such a nice visual!
With each late summer
Young hands navigate the thorns
To pluck sweet, fat fruit
Love the juxtaposition of young hands and thorns, it’s subtle, very cool🖤
I spent a lot of time picking blackberries every summer as a kid; you know how they grow in California!😂
Blackberries, huckleberries, salmon berries and thimble berries...even the occasional wild strawberry!😁
We have a bunch that grow on the nature preserve near us, we can’t pick them though.
Why? Do they spray them?
No, the rangers there just said we can’t because it’s a preserve.
Thanks; I edited the first line, I think it flows better.
Prickly devil fruit
not gentle to hold onto
but great throat lozenge
Oo are they good for your throat? That’s so interesting, I had no idea.
It turns the Greeks used blackberries to cure sore throats, and the Romans used them to cure various ailments.
How cool! Thanks for the info😊
The ghost grandfather
Fed the boy berries
On the Eve of Samhain
Oo nice! I feel like there’s a whole story here, well done!
Thank you! The Celtic feast of Samhain, on which Halloween is based, of a sort, is not a funny or childlike matter. It is the New Year, a night when the spirit and material world are almost inseparable. And it is not like the Day of the Dead. The Day of the Dead is about connecting with ancestors; Samhain is about keeping the crazy dead bastards on their side of the spirit wall
Believe it or not, I am well versed in all things chthonic, behind a ghost and whatnot 😜
1.
Stained lips like twilight
Blackberry kisses linger
On a lover’s skin
2.
Inkwell of the woods
Quill dipped in blackberry juice
Words bloom on the page
3.
Black juice drips from palms
Painted nails of a wild girl
Crafting her own art
Wow, these are absolutely beautiful🖤
I wanted to write something completely different yet about blackberries.
I’m so happy you like them. 😊
I love them🖤
We hadn't picked them,
We lied, stained with juice, and thus,
All caught red-handed... 😎
Ha! Clever one!
Haha! Thanks! 😎👍
I love blackberries
So cold and sweet on my tongue
Dance of joy to taste
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In no way is this spooky or spooky adjacent, and I haven't written a haiku in FOREVER but I had a great time writing this one. Thanks for sharing such fun prompts!
Aw it’s lovely! And not to worry, I don’t enforce any of my own rules, lol, any poem is welcome🖤