`LIZZIE BORDEN`

A Haiku Poem Collaboration by Fran Marie and Sean M. Addams (graphic)

Lizzie Borden took

an axe among other things

and swung high and wide

 

forty whacks killed mum

but old dad took forty-one

 loved what she had done

 

no remorse had she

the axe was her killing spree

murdered blood ran free

 

the red devil glared

inside her cold crimson eyes

possessed her dark soul

 

she licked the dead blood

off her bleeding hands softly

 parents taste so sweet

 

burned dress in a fire

as flames of hell touched her soul

 axe knows bleeding truth

              

Author's Note

Thanks Sean for collaborating with me on this piece about Lizzie

it's a pleasure working with you once again

Reviews

[Devons]

The mystery of why Lizzie Borden -and others like her- should commit such an horrific act upon those closest to her is an eternal darkness that can only be ironically marvelled at. But what this poem does is keep these motives simply alluded to and present the facts in all their macabre coldness. The bloody imagery of the swinging axe is rather effective, as is the allusion to the inexpressible demon which seemed to possess her. These lines...
"forty whacks killed mum
but old dad took forty-one
loved what she had done"
...are particularly good.
A disturbing theme, and well done.

PS. the graphics which accompany the poem are cruelly symbolic.

[ANM]

You hit the spot again Lizzie has had a new lease of life!

[M Garcia]

impressive

[Mauricio Montoya]

I read the book. Excellent write.

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well in all fairness she was aquitted...LOL..takes the saying 'getting away with murder' to new heights...well done, a morbid but gruesomely sensual about how you have written it..as if it got her off..which I am sure it did...loved it

The fact that it's based on someone real makes it the creepiest collab to date. I've been seeing previews on TV about her lately too.

[Tate Morgan]

this is a beautiful write and i like the graphics how did you manage that

[Star Wolf]

Very impressive and bloody collaboration on this with Sean. I recall that she was never charged with the murders which makes her story all that more interesting.

[Marie Harrison]

What a blood fest this poem was. I guess she had an ax to grind with her family. Ghoulish write Fran.

[Lauren Beth]

Nice piece...very fluid for a collab, and you would never have known it was a haiku upon just reading it without knowledge. Intriguing and perfect for the Halloween season. Good job!