Re: poetry

On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Jonathan Chang wrote:

> In a message dated 2000:09:19 4:35:31 PM, yl112@CORNELL.EDU writes:
>
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> ><rueful look>  I'm trying for a haiku or sijo-like feel, though I doubt
> >I succeeded; haiku isn't something I ever anticipate doing right.
>
>     I think ya did GREAT. These martial poems read like those Chinese poems
> the ancient warrior-scholars used write while between guard-duty along the
> Middle Kingdom's outposts, stuff like:
>
>     Torch(es) bright(en) (the) night
>     (I) sit guard(ing)
>     (the) Kingdom (will) stand
Wow.  :-p  I must see if Chinese poetry is available in English
translation--reading poetry in translation makes me wince, but I honestly
don't have the time right now to learn Chinese from scratch without help!

I may post more Chevraqis poetry as I come up with it.  I remember
reading very briefly about all the symbolisms and motifs in haiku...it's
something I'd like to develop for Chevraqis.  I may even try writing
non-martial poetry for the language.

Ideally I'd like to establish syllable-counts: prime numbers, 5-7-5 a la
haiku, something.  It depends on how the vocabulary pans out, though.
Rhymes are ignored since the morphological structure makes rhyming
pathetically trivial.  I may try to experiment with alliteration, though.

YHL