Salvete condiscipuli!
I mainly worship the Roman gods, but I also favor an Indian goddess named Lakshmi who I've picked up worshipping over the years of visiting India and learning languages from there. I wrote this poem to welcome her among my other Roman gods, since I just got a new statue of her to set up.
I thought I would share here just for comment/enjoyment from y'all Latin lovers. Translation is for those who have trouble...
Poem:
Tu novam Lakshmi ineas domum nunc
quaeso et hanc aram, oleatque lotum
aer et rosam, quoad ara corda
iam repleantur
Translation:
That you enter a new home and this altar, Lakshmi,
I pray, and that the air of lotus smell
and of rose, until the altar and our hearts
are soon filled again.
I’ve been trying to learn more about Sappho and her poetry, but every book and article I’ve read seems to explain Sapphic stanza in a different way. Lewis Turco’s “The Book of Forms,” for instance, claims that Sappho’s lines have “falling rhythms” and necessitate feminine endings—but I haven’t seen mention of this anywhere else. Between the hendecasyllable and the caesura, I’m very, very confused, and would appreciate any help—even if it’s just to direct me to a subreddit that would better answer my questions. I sadly couldn’t find one on lyric poetry, or even Ancient Greek poetry!
Catullus 63, also known as "Super alta vectus Attis", is a poem written in the so-called Galliambic meter; a difficult yet amazingly rhythmic and lively meter that resembles a drum beat. (Here's a reading of it, and here's another one, so you can get a better idea of it.)
I am nothing short of fascinated by it. I was already familiar with poetry that uses rhythm to achieve other effects, like how Sapphic stanzas can feel either light-footed or trembling, and how Tennyson used trochees in his Mariana poems to achieve a feeling of chronophobia and hollowness, but this has been the first time seeing a poem that can feel truly energetic and wild.
Do you have any poems, poets, or poetry genres that imitate this mood as well? I'm still quite new to poetry in general so I don't know much. I'm open to any genre or meter (or lack thereof).
I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
The nurse asked the rabbit, “what is your blood type?”
“I am probably a type O” said the rabbit.
The doctor says it terminal.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
We told her she can lean on us for support. Although, we are going to have to change her driver's license, her height is going down by a foot. I don't want to go too far out on a limb here but it better not be a hack job.
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
He lost May
Now that I listen to albums, I hardly ever leave the house.
Said if she ever hosts a gender reveal party, when it comes time to pop the balloon she'll spray everyone with water.
Gender is fluid.
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
And now I’m cannelloni
Because she wanted to see the task manager.
But let me give it a shot.
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
And boy are my arms legs.
Amy
He’s the new temp.
Put it on my bill
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
They’re on standbi
A play on words.
Calcium, nickel, neon
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Pilot on me!!
Hi y'all. (or salvete?) I mainly worship the Greco-Roman gods, but I have an Indian goddess named Lakshmi who I've picked up worshipping over the years of visiting India and learning languages from there. I wrote this poem to welcome her among my other Roman gods, and with a small adjustment you can make it be about anyone! Just change out Lakshmi's name.
I'll be reading it later before her new statue on my lararium, might even sing it...
Poem
Tu novam Lakshmi ineas domum nunc
quaeso et hanc aram, oleatque lotum
aer et rosam, quoad ara corda
iam repleantur
Translation:
That you enter a new home and this altar, Lakshmi,
I pray, and that the air of lotus smell
and of rose, until the altar and our hearts
are filled again.
