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!