Classic Of Poetry Puns

I have the Jade dragon dlc and keep finding my vassals with the art of War and classic poetry

I want them because of their INSANE Stat boosts

How do you go about acquiring these fine artifacts?

Hi folks,

Can someone recommend a good introductory book for Classic Chinese poetry?

Thanks!

Contest description from Winning Writers:

Free contest gives $100 and web publication for a metered translation of a poem from the Romantic period or earlier. Send 1-3 poems, maximum 108 lines total, by email. Previously published work is eligible. Translation must have been completed in the current calendar year. The Society of Classical Poets is a group of poets "dedicated to the revival of rhyming and metered poetry of good character". Classical poetry, as defined by the contest sponsor, "carries a message infused with the profound insights and lofty character of the poet...and touches on humanity's quintessential quest for virtue over vice, epic over ephemeral, and beauty over baseness".

Contest details

• Sponsor: The Society of Classical Poets
• Category: Poetry
• Submission length: 1-3 poems (maximum 108 lines total)
• Entry fee: No fee
• Awards: $100 and web publication

Guidelines and submission form

This semester I am in a third year Latin course on Latin prose, in which we have been reading excerpts from Caesar’s de Bello Gallico and Livy’s ab Urbe Condita. Next semester I’ll be in a class on Latin poetry.

I don’t know what we will be reading yet, but I am curious about what you all think will be the most noticeable differences between reading Latin prose and poetry.

I just recently finished and fell in love with Milk and Honey. I would love to get started on some poetry essentials every fan should read in their life. Any suggestions would be awesome, thanks!

I feel like I'm intimately aware of all of my friend's interests, but I just can't find a gift that would suit. He's very dear to me and I want to get him something he can truly appreciate. He lives half the world away.

He adores poetry, classic literature and has recently gotten into playing mandolin again.

Poets like Christopher Marlowe and Shakespeare are his favourite - although he's recently estranged himself from the later after reading a lot of historical documentation that painted him as far less than his status would suggest. But I think he likes that kind of writing anyway.

He's homosexual and finds comfort in classic poets or authors that are too. He got really into Marlowe's life and history.

He bought a mandolin recently. He likes writing too - he wrote me a sonnet once (can you tell I'm desperately trying to live up to his sentimentality), but I think he enjoys painting most. Works with acrylics.

He's had an awful year and I want to find him something that shows him how much I listen and care, but he's so much more cultured than me and I don't know where to start. Thanks for any help.

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Here is some classic shitty poetry from JS Power of www.sixsixfive.com:

This is my poem

It's not very good

It doesn't even rhyme

And I fucked the meter up a lot

this is a haiku

i'm not working hard on it

one two three four five

So far my jugs and vases have turned out fine

But so far I've made 3 jugs and a vase and they're lovely.