Haiku Philips Lovecraft #5
Stjernerne står rigtigt … til en omgang Lovecraft i haiku-form.
THE HORROR AT RED HOOK
Malone is afraid
Not of devil-worshippers
But of large buildings
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When timetravelling
Don’t visit the victims of
Your rum-based murder
IN THE VAULT
Always do your job
So well that angry clients
Won’t bite your ankles
COOL AIR
Luke said “Physician,
Heal thyself!” Should have said “Not –
– with ammonia!”
THE CALL OF CTHULHU
Nice bits of knowledge
Be a shame if one were to
Piece them together
PICKMAN’S MODEL
When painting from life
Remember that your models
Also look at you
THE STRANGE HIGH HOUSE IN THE MIST
A philosopher
Walks into a strange high house
The joke is on him
THE SILVER KEY
Dreaming dysfunction
Is a normal symptom of
Male midlife crisis
THE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH
Before GPS
You had to pray to the gods
To get directions
THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD
“essential saltes” sounds
Like the latest diet fad
“You’ll be thin as dust”
1 kommentar
“Was he ever straight?” Spørgsmålet er kontekst-relateret. Og for nyligt er jeg blevet oplyst om, at Lovecraft – i sine senere år – blev socialist. (Jeg har ikke fakta-tjekket).
I nærværende kontekst blev jeg ført tilbage til første gang jeg læste Berni Wrightsons tegneserie-udgave af “Cool Air”. Selve historien var vel gribende nok, men disse tegninger, der i den grad stod så godt til miljøet, fortællingen og stemningen – det var guld! Og jeg tror at Lovecraft og Wrightson klæder hinanden særdeles godt – faktisk mere end Wrightson og King. Men det er selvfølgelig bare min mening 🙂