Happy New Year! After receiving my nth complaint, this one reading: I subscribe to your substack solely for the poetry. I (perhaps unfortunately) don't have much of an interest in political history or that side of things. I have relented. Future verse will appear on a separate free stack,
Also, as a profound reactionary, I have a real fondness for poetry that rhymes. As opposed to "free verse." After all, God invented meter and rhyme so humans could remember and recite poetry.
Other than your poems about your dear wife which all made me cry in their beauty, and again I send condolences for your loss (AND I donated to Delancey St), I must admit I skimmed or ignored most other poems. I appreciate your work and the art, but I did really come here and pay for "that other side of things," and find your separation into another Substack wise, relieving, and generous as it is free for those interested.
You are a good man. In addition to your very kind support, Eduard Hapsburg said a prayer at St. Peter's for Knight Erranty (sp?) and his widow and son.
If anybody knows of any Bible psalms or songs that use rhyme words, I would be excited to know!
Unfortunately, I do not think there is a single one. Rhyming must be a more modern idea.
Sometimes the Hebrew psalms might use an acrostic, so start every line with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet, that's the most formally accepted format that I have heard of in the Bible.
I have listened to some Hebrew readings without being able to recognize any rhymes at the end of verses, and the syllable counts and meters were not consistently established, neither.
Emphasizing one powerful word in each line of a psalm is the closest that I have heard existing, but I am not completely convinced because I do not think it happened often enough to be a likely style choice.
A relief. Not that I don't love poetry (I don't), but it got in the way of what I came here for. Well played.
Also, as a profound reactionary, I have a real fondness for poetry that rhymes. As opposed to "free verse." After all, God invented meter and rhyme so humans could remember and recite poetry.
Other than your poems about your dear wife which all made me cry in their beauty, and again I send condolences for your loss (AND I donated to Delancey St), I must admit I skimmed or ignored most other poems. I appreciate your work and the art, but I did really come here and pay for "that other side of things," and find your separation into another Substack wise, relieving, and generous as it is free for those interested.
Praise be!
Thank you. I really enjoy your poetry. Reminds me at times of Rexroth (Dragon & the Unicorn).
To be honest Moldbug, I'm here basically to support you personally because I believe in your message and you as a messanger. I have since the UR days
If you wanted to write 9 poetry posts for every 1 political post, I would still fork over the dough for a year long subscription.
I'll read both. But it will be nice to know which I'm getting in my inbox :)
God bless you, Menscius
The vogon verse actually drove me to cancel a while ago. Glad to be back in a safe space
There's always the sonnet form:
Shall I compare thee to an old regime
Thou art more thoughtful and no clot
Rough winds do shake the tired old Nancy's meme
And last year's insurrection's now a blot
And so on.
You are a good man. In addition to your very kind support, Eduard Hapsburg said a prayer at St. Peter's for Knight Erranty (sp?) and his widow and son.
If anybody knows of any Bible psalms or songs that use rhyme words, I would be excited to know!
Unfortunately, I do not think there is a single one. Rhyming must be a more modern idea.
Sometimes the Hebrew psalms might use an acrostic, so start every line with the next letter of the Hebrew alphabet, that's the most formally accepted format that I have heard of in the Bible.
I have listened to some Hebrew readings without being able to recognize any rhymes at the end of verses, and the syllable counts and meters were not consistently established, neither.
Emphasizing one powerful word in each line of a psalm is the closest that I have heard existing, but I am not completely convinced because I do not think it happened often enough to be a likely style choice.
I am generally not a fan of your verse, but "Gasoline" and "Ian Smith" were very good.
Truth is like poetry, and most people hate fucking poetry, (that’s my poem).
Truth is like poetry, and most people hate fucking poetry, (that’s my poem).