Poetry Thread

[Iwant2bafencer]

Very Well Done Steve!
I absolutly Adore Shakespeare!

So are you my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-seasoned showers are to the ground.
And for the peaceof you I hold such strife
As twixt a miser and his wealth is found:
Now proud as an enjoyer, and anon
Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure;
Now counting best to be with you alone,
Someimes all full with feasting on you sight
And by and by clean starved for a look;
Possessing or pursuing no delight
Save what is had or must from you be took.
Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day,
Or gluttoning on all, or all away.
- William Shakespeare

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Carpe Deim

[ 08-14-2001: Message edited by: Iwant2bafencer ]

[epeemike81]

Originally posted by Iwant2bafencer:
<STRONG>---------------------
Carpe Deim
</STRONG>

Carpe Diem.

-m

[SteveMcDonough]

Originally posted by epeemike81:
<STRONG>

Carpe Diem.

-m</STRONG>

?

Steve.

[epeemike81]

Steve,

you look confused.

I was just pointing out that seize the day is carpe diem, not carpe deim (which is closest to "seize the god", though deim is not a correct form of any latin word).

clear?

-m

[sabreur]

For those who can read it:


Hiltibrant enti Hadubrant untar heriun tuem.
sunufatarungo iro saro rihtun.
garutun se iro gudhamun, gurtun sih iro suert ana,
helidos, ubar hringa, do sie to dero hiltiu ritun,

Hildebrandt and Hadubrant, son and father,
Between two armies, readied their arms,
Belted their mail shirts, Girded their swords about them,
Heros, wearing rings (mail), preparing for battle.

[Iwant2bafencer]

Oops! Thanx Mike. How did you know that?
The second half of that (I can't remember the Latin form.) is something like 'in the eyes of god.' I have it written down somewhere.

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Carpe DIem

[Link14]

Since there doesn't seem to be a requirement for original poems, here's one of my favorites....

Swordsman

The fencer, tall, alert and lean
Looks piercingly through eyes so keen
At his adept opponent there,
Who also studies him with care.

Descendants of those cavaliers
And knights who wete the king's courtiers,
They have the dash and skill to nourish
Honor's code with modern flourish.

No longer called upon to duel
To settle slights that seemed to fuel
The hottest bloods with swords to match-
The spirit still young swordsmen catch.

The scars of Heidelberg are gone,
The modern world has hurried on,
There's little time for honor's pride-
Such niceties are brushed aside.

Young blood is not so quickly shed
To quench a phrase in anger said,
And men no longer rush to fight
To keep a lady's honor bright.

But some traditions still are found
Upon the formal fencing ground;
The gentlemen embattled there
Observe the rules with princely flair.

The flash of foil, the click of steel,
Reverts to time when duels were real,
And concentration of the mind
Helps one his victory to find.

The epee, found in rapier line
Aristocrat will feel so fine,
Allows the swordsman to enjoy
His special skill With no alloy.

The saber used with dash and fury
Made cavalry the judge and jury,
And in the modern bout of arms
It echos ancient war alarms.

Olympic sport and modern thrills
Now substitute for dueling skills,
But a gentleman well-trained at arms
Still holds some subtle rakish charms.

-Eugene L. Vickery, M.D.

[epeemike81]

Originally posted by Iwant2bafencer:
<STRONG>Oops! Thanx Mike. How did you know that?
The second half of that (I can't remember the Latin form.) is something like 'in the eyes of god.' I have it written down somewhere.

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Carpe DIem </STRONG>

other than life long traumatization, that is the only effect of three years of Latin.

-m

[SteveMcDonough]

Aaaaahh... I missed that it was a typo.

Thanks...

Steve.

[SteveMcDonough]

Poem:

"Giblet Of A Thousand Ping-Pong-Balls."
(c)Steve McDonough, 2001. All rights reserved. Now wash your hands.

Some poems are very
very
long.

This one isn't.

...........................................


Steve. (poet laureate and wordsmith)

[ 08-20-2001: Message edited by: SteveMcDonough ]

[Iwant2bafencer]

I dont think i could stand latin! Everything sounding the same. Agricolie agricola agricolies 0I know it's not spelled right.)
I got mine from one of the best movies ever made. D. P. S.

[epeemike81]

Originally posted by Iwant2bafencer:
<STRONG>I dont think i could stand latin! Everything sounding the same. Agricolie agricola agricolies 0I know it's not spelled right.)
I got mine from one of the best movies ever made. D. P. S.</STRONG>

to, too, two.

Everthing sounds alike in english too. its a matter of vocabulary. you are comfortable enough with these words to know the difference. With a foreign language, you must work to become comfortable. Also, the example you used seems like a declension. they all mean the same thing, they are just different cases. it is equivilent to they, theirs, them.

[Iwant2bafencer]

oic I just got it off the movie. I get your point. It is taking me forever to get used to german! Has anyone seen that show?

[arcon]

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[arcon]

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