28 thoughts on “September heights: starve”

1. Rather creepy – love it!

   • Thanks–I had no idea what to write for this prompt, so spent the morning looking at blogs written by/for anorexics. Scared the crap out of me.

2. Oh that is very good, I’m still struggling gona have to sleep on it I think

   • Thank you, Bruce. I am off to get some lunch

     No mayfly here…this mouth works.

3. Wow … love this one !!!

   • Thank you, GS!

4. So interesting – the hunger artist is confused me thinks. Not a good craving. Well done as always, Susan.

   • Thank you Elle–she is definitely confused.

5. Sounds like a prayer of a someone with an eating disorder.

   • Spot on.

6. Wow! This is amazing! Hunger artist – what an apt description for a challenging illness! Marvelous haiku!

   • Oh, thank you, Barbara. What I read yesterday…well, it will stay with me for a long time.

7. Looks like you and I went to the same place. Your haiku is haunting.

   • Oh, thank you. What I read yesterday is still haunting me.

8. Anorexia and its terrible effects…
   You have painted a scary image, a kind of flying nightmare, good!

   • Oh, thank you–scary place to be.

9. ‘Hunger artist.’ Lovely and apt description. ‘Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look.’ Stomachs must eat, Susan and I would rather be fat and jolly. (in a healhty way) . A fine and powerful Haiku.

   • Thanks, my friend! I would rather be thick & healthy, myself!

10. Good one. I like the line ‘hunger artist’ … maybe I feel sometimes such a artist, because I hope to become a wellknown author in my country. Have published two novels, but can’t live of it meanwhile I continue my work as a oncology nurse.

    • Oh, I feel you!

11. In some way, I think, there is a hunger artist lurking in each of us…

    Starve

    • There very well could be.

12. There’s a lot in eleven words.

    • Yes–the inspiration for the longer poem yesterday.

13. I have an eating disorder of the opposite variety My heart craves the heaviness of pizzas.

    • oh, me too, Leo

14. pretty cool this is. how about this for play.
    the hunger artist
    craves the lightness of beer
    without the drift of beer belly….*L*

    • LOVE!!!!!!!

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