Monday, 20 April 2026

17 - On losing my Saturday and part of Sunday to a sodding migraine

#NaPoWriMo Day 17 (technically 19) and today I’ve been writing a haiku inspired by exactly what it says on the tin, as an emergency measure because, what with that and the epic editing process for Ouroboros, I’m now super behind.

Remember that, if you’re a subscriber to my Patreon, you can hear a recording of this piece (and the sixteen preceding it) there. The link to the relevant post is here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/on-losing-my-and-156046560


It’s no joke in Spring;
no-one’s prepared to cope with
atmospheric shit.

A digital cartoon of a human brain, complete with cerebellum and a bit of brainstem at the bottom, coloured pale pink, with darker, madder rose lines curving through it to show the folds. All over said brain are jagged, scribbled, haphazard lines of black, red, orange, and a kind of sickly, greenish yellow, some of them partially or entirely outside the brain limits.
Migraine Brain by me. I didnt even both looking on Google this time.


If you’d like to write your own haiku (in English), why not make use of my handy-dandy shareware spreadsheet that can help get you started? https://bit.ly/poemrep

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