"Sanity test results came back inconclusive."

[elvenpiratelady]

I've started writing poems in Latin. I think this is generally known as the point of no return, "abandon hope all ye who enter here"* territory. Thanks to the Perseus Tufts website, I give you a poem written in Latin with a vaguely haiku format. It's all about the multiculturalism, really.

(And now we have poem mark II, hopefully now sans mistakes and now that I've had time to poke at it. Meaning is still the same, I think.)

Bellum adgreditur:
Milites pergunt, sacerdes precorantur,
Et ancillae in tenebris contremiscunt.


War approaches:
The soldiers march, the priests intone,
And the slave-girls quiver in the shadows.

All feedback on the Latin will be welcomed with open arms. I'm still not entirely certain about the third declension.


*If you have already abandoned hope, please disregard this notice.

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In other news, I finished reading Master and Commander today! And I have Post Captain waiting for me! Huzzah, huzzah, huzzah! Drinks all around!

Comments

[elvenpiratelady.livejournal.com]

Suffice to say that my internal narration of my life is now in the O'Brian's style. I'm hooked - are you really surprised? The only snare, the only niggling point of unhappiness is that I cannot rush pell-mell through each book because I have to make sure that the next in the series is within my grasp.

I'm glad you liked the poem. :D