Ash Wednesday.

#haikigo #haiku #poetry

Ash Wednesday
in her bedroom on the thorns/
death’s bone-flute

is among the hills
with the pharaoh’s rope upon my chest;
my son brings me two napkins torn.

The weeping willow
holds the murderous black bird—[looking back]
I seek her ghost. pic.twitter.com/NCoYxGUxZb
— Lucy (@vivianleefiddle) August 13, 2021

For creativity purposes, I refer to my cat as my son. I use it more often as a joke. 😀

August 15, 2021

Poetry

Creative Writing, Dark Poetry, Death, Fiction, Free-Verse, Literature, Love, Poetry, Prose, Prose-Poetry, Writing

Lucy

“Poetess of darkness”–dVerse community; cat hoarder, guitarist, keyboardist, psych major.

18 responses to “Ash Wednesday.”

Ingrid says:

August 15, 2021 at 8:38 am

And why shouldn’t you? He is beautiful 😻

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- Lucy says:
  
  August 15, 2021 at 9:19 am
  
  Aww, thank you! ❤️❤️
  
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Nick Pipitone says:

August 15, 2021 at 8:45 am

I love this! These Twitter entries are really cool. Also, my gf and I refer to our dog as our child, so I totally get it lol 😆

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- Lucy says:
  
  August 15, 2021 at 9:19 am
  
  Hahaha, thank you Nick! 😀
  
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PenCo says:

August 15, 2021 at 9:14 am

Lovely…. Real lovely.

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- Lucy says:
  
  August 15, 2021 at 9:19 am
  
  Thank you!
  
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Jewish Young Professional “JYP” says:

August 15, 2021 at 12:55 pm

I love this so much. The imagery. The character of the son. Love!

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- Lucy says:
  
  August 15, 2021 at 12:56 pm
  
  Thank you so much!
  
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Shantanu Baruah says:

August 15, 2021 at 5:39 pm

How lovely 😊

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- Lucy says:
  
  August 15, 2021 at 5:42 pm
  
  Thank you!
  
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  - Shantanu Baruah says:
    
    August 15, 2021 at 5:44 pm
    
    My absolute pleasure
    
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AB says:

August 15, 2021 at 11:29 pm

This is really beautiful Lucy! These twitter entries are really good ❤

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- Lucy says:
  
  August 15, 2021 at 11:33 pm
  
  Aww, thank you! I was a little skeptical about this one, admittedly, but I’m so happy you think these are good. ❤
  
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  - AB says:
    
    August 15, 2021 at 11:38 pm
    
    They really are! Give my love to your cat ❤
    
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  - Lucy says:
    
    August 15, 2021 at 11:38 pm
    
    Hahaha, I definitely will! ❤ Thank you again.
    
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  - AB says:
    
    August 15, 2021 at 11:49 pm
    
    You’re welcome ❤
    
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johnlmalone says:

August 17, 2021 at 1:06 am

I love the imagery here : ‘the murderous blackbird’, ‘the pharaoh’s rope’ but most of all the allusions and the succinctness of the three haiku —

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- Lucy says:
  
  August 17, 2021 at 1:14 am
  
  Thank you so very much!
  
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