Shy gypsy slyly spryly tryst by my crypt

[learnedax]

Cry, my crwth; Slyly ply thy gypsy rhythms.
Wry myth, spry nymphs, shy trysts spy thy hymns.
Sky & cwm fly twyndyllyngly
By thy pygmy syzygy

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Translation leads something to be desired

[metahacker.livejournal.com]

Reticent, Agile Romani Sneaks to Grave For Hook-Up

...sounds like a News of the Weird article.


(the actual poem is kind of nice, in a e e cummings 'visual is more important than spoken aspect' way. It didn't even parse as English until the second glance. Had to look up all the Welsh-descended words, too.)

Re: Translation leads something to be desired

[learnedax.livejournal.com]

I dunno, I think that has a nice ring to it... I'd change the Subject line to that, but surely no one would recognize it at that point.

Re: Translation leads something to be desired

[(Anonymous)]

A nyce ryng indyd.

Re: Translation leads something to be desired

[new-man.livejournal.com]

Whoops. Sorry. That was me.