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?
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?
"Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill
"I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader
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.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.
Edit: Not sure what the little symbols are. Mis disculpas
Last edited by il Padrino Ute; 09-09-2009 at 10:46 PM.
"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery." - Winston Churchill
"I only know what I hear on the news." - Dear Leader
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.
"Yeah, but never trust a Ph.D who has an MBA as well. The PhD symbolizes intelligence and discipline. The MBA symbolizes lust for power." -- Katy Lied
"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
"There is no creature more arrogant than a self-righteous libertarian on the web, am I right? Those folks are just intolerable."
"It's no secret that the great American pastime is no longer baseball. Now it's sanctimony." -- Guy Periwinkle, The Nix.
"Juilliardk N I ibuprofen Hyu I U unhurt u" - creekster
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!
so much depends
upon
the elders
quorum
glistening with
sweat
beside the white
uhaul
"Nobody listens to Turtle."-Turtle
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
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."
"It's true that everything happens for a reason. Just remember that sometimes that reason is that you did something really, really, stupid."
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.
“There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again.”
― W.H. Auden
"God made the angels to show His splendour - as He made animals for innocence and plants for their simplicity. But men and women He made to serve Him wittily, in the tangle of their minds."
-- Robert Bolt, A Man for All Seasons
"It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye."
--Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.
"The only one of us who is so significant that Jeff owes us something simply because he decided to grace us with his presence is falafel." -- All-American
GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!
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!
Get confident, stupid
-landpoke
Love it (again). One of the best things I've read on this board.
I've said it before: greatest LDS sports themed message board post of all time.