The LDS poetry thread

[Indy Coug]

What exactly is Cowboy Poetry? Is it the tortured Freudian ramblings of a lonely man who spends each day staring at a cow's backside?

[YOhio]

I've written a few cowboy poems, but none of them are funny.

I'd love to see them, funny or not. Promise I won't make fun.

[il Padrino Ute]

If he were Mormon:

"The Battle Hymn of Elder J. Alfred Prufrock"

LET us go then, you and I,
When the pamphlet is spread out against the tablecloth
Like a tract unfolded upon a table;
Let us go, through certain half-deserted streets,
The muttering retreats
Of restless investigators in one-room cheap hovels
And questionable restaurants with garbage pails:
Streets that follow like a tedious argument
Of theological intent
To lead you to a baptismal covenant …
Let us get on with it,
Let us go and make our visit.

In the room, the elders come and go
Talking of Mahonri Moriancumr.

A+!

[wuapinmon]

A+!

Grazie

S’io credesse che mia risposta fosse
A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo
Non torno vivo alcun, s’i’odo il vero,
Senza tema d’infamia ti rispondo.

[il Padrino Ute]

What exactly is Cowboy Poetry?

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[il Padrino Ute]

Grazie

di niente.

S’io credesse che mia risposta fosse
A persona che mai tornasse al mondo,
Questa fiamma staria senza piu scosse.
Ma perciocche giammai di questo fondo
Non torno vivo alcun, s’i’odo il vero,
Senza tema d’infamia ti rispondo.

Bravissimo!

[wuapinmon]

di niente.



Bravissimo!

Attendere. La poesia en italiano non è mia. Ho messo la poesia tra virgolette, perché appartiene ad Eliot.

[il Padrino Ute]

Attendere. La poesia en italiano non è mia. Ho messo la poesia tra virgolette, perché appartiene ad Eliot.

S’io creyese que mi respuesta fuera
a una persona que nunca volviera al mundo,
esta llama staria sin mas choques.
Pero perciocche nunca de este fondo
no vuelvo vivo ningún, s’i’odo el verdadero,
sin tema d’infamia te respondo.

I cheated and used a little translation site. It's supposed to be European Spanish. I can only hope it's fairly accurate. Or at least close enough.

Edit: Not sure what the little symbols are. Mis disculpas

[cowboy]

What exactly is Cowboy Poetry? Is it the tortured Freudian ramblings of a lonely man who spends each day staring at a cow's backside?

It's a specific style of poetry that allows the writer to rhyme bear with car, and were words like discombobulate can be inserted in random places just for effect.

[wuapinmon]

I cheated and used a little translation site. It's supposed to be European Spanish. I can only hope it's fairly accurate. Or at least close enough.

Edit: Not sure what the little symbols are. Mis disculpas

No te preocupes. Entiendo perfectamente lo que dice en italiano, pero quise asegurarte que yo no fui el autor de las líneas citadas; son de Eliot. La traducción que ofreciste no sirve mucho porque es una mezcla de italiano y castellano, pero gracias por intentarlo.

[Jeff Lebowski]

I've written a few cowboy poems, but none of them are funny. I have a hired man who recites cowboy poetry all the time. If Elko wasn't such a crap hole in January, I'd take a trip out there for the cowboy gathering.

Cowboy poetry can be awesome. My brother does western art (oil painting) and goes to the big events sometimes. He has quite a few of the good ones memorized.

But this is stuff that is much better when performed live.

[Jeff Lebowski]

If I hear that damn poem "Footprints" recited one more time in Sacramental Meeting, I am leaving the church...

Oh, I wish I could find a link to that photo studio that does photos with the live Jesus model. You would love the footprints in the sand version.

Somebody help me out!

[Jeff Lebowski]

Oh, I wish I could find a link to that photo studio that does photos with the live Jesus model. You would love the footprints in the sand version.

Somebody help me out!

AHA!

[BlueHair]

If I hear that damn poem "Footprints" recited one more time in Sacramental Meeting, I am leaving the church...

My wife want to have toilet paper printed with "Footprints" on it. Also, the saying, "Everything happens for a reason".

We despise both.

[BlueHair]

There once was a Mormon from Orem
Who was the teacher of the Elder's Quorum
He said with a grin as he wiped off his chin
As far as Boyd K. Packer goes - Ignore him!

[Rosebud]

My wife want to have toilet paper printed with "Footprints" on it. Also, the saying, "Everything happens for a reason".

We despise both.

Oooohh.... good business idea.

[Surfah]

so much depends
upon

the elders
quorum

glistening with
sweat

beside the white
uhaul

[FN Phat]

so much depends
upon

the elders
quorum

glistening with
sweat

beside the white
uhaul

This sounds a bit homoerotic

[statman]

The guy who put this book together (and I believe translated some of the poems from Chinese to English) is LDS. I'm not a big poetry fan myself, but I have this one at home, and I've actually read it through a couple times...

http://www.amazon.com/Enduring-Ties-.../dp/158642064X

[wuapinmon]

so much depends
upon

the elders
quorum

glistening with
sweat

beside the white
uhaul

Whoa! A+

Brother William Carlos Surfah

[FMCoug]

The mullah version:


One night I had a wondrous dream,
One set of footprints there was seen,
The footprints of my precious Lord,
But mine were not along the shore.

But then some strange prints appeared,
And I asked the Lord, "What have we here?"
Those prints are large and round and neat,
"But Lord, they are too big for feet."

"My child," He said in somber tones,
"For miles I carried you along.
I challenged you to walk in faith,
But you refused and made me wait."

"You disobeyed, you would not grow,
The walk of faith, you would not know,
So I got tired, I got fed up,
And there I dropped you on your butt."

"Because in life, there comes a time,
When one must fight, and one must climb,
When one must rise and take a stand,
Or leave their butt prints in the sand."

[wuapinmon]

so much depends
upon

the elders
quorum

glistening with
sweat

beside the white
uhaul

I still think this is pretty damned good.

[hostile]

I still think this is pretty damned good.

Yup. First time reading and I almost aspirated a Triscuit.

[LA Ute]

For those curious about, or really interested in Mormon Poetry, Harvest: Contemporary Mormon Poems is pretty good. It has "two hundred poems and fourteen hymns (most written between 1970 and 1989)" by sixty-nine Mormon poets. Not everything in it will not provide much material for sacrament meeting talks, however. Just lots of good poetry, some faith-promoting, much thought-provoking.

[falafel]

If I hear that damn poem "Footprints" recited one more time in Sacramental Meeting, I am leaving the church...

Of all the possible reasons fur leaving, I never suspected it would be because of this.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I figured this one would be a shoe-in for the LDS Poetry section of the Ensign:

Parley Parker Pratt...so many P's!
Multiple wives....so many V's!

Mission to Chile, you didn't feel silly
When the Millenial Star was burned to a char
Or was it Times and Seasons? I forget the reasons

The G known as PPP
Had a beef with Hector
Now Parley is a specter

But his spirit lives on today
Mitt Romney has his DNA
And there's a little PPP in you and in me
And on the building at the back of the MTC

Nearly 9 years later and every single time I hear or read Parley P Pratt at church I say to myself "so many P's! Multiple wives...so many V's!"

[PaloAltoCougar]

Nearly 9 years later and every single time I hear or read Parley P Pratt at church I say to myself "so many P's! Multiple wives...so many V's!"

Ditto; I've spoken aloud "so many P's!" occasionally when his name gets mentioned. It's a great poem, including the closing reference to urine on the back of the building.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

I figured this one would be a shoe-in for the LDS Poetry section of the Ensign:

Parley Parker Pratt...so many P's!
Multiple wives....so many V's!

Mission to Chile, you didn't feel silly
When the Millenial Star was burned to a char
Or was it Times and Seasons? I forget the reasons

The G known as PPP
Had a beef with Hector
Now Parley is a specter

But his spirit lives on today
Mitt Romney has his DNA
And there's a little PPP in you and in me
And on the building at the back of the MTC

EQ started today with Renlund’s talk and featured a lot of Parley and Orson. I had to share this with a few people close to me today. I was about to share with the Q at large but by the time I found it the topic had changed and I didn’t feel it was appropriate. RIP Triplet!

[Northwestcoug]

Love it (again). One of the best things I've read on this board.

[Omaha 680]

I've said it before: greatest LDS sports themed message board post of all time.