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Ars Moriendi (idea)
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by
NightWriter
Wed Apr 03 2002 at 12:01:15
As the above
nodes
state,
Ars Moriendi
translate
s as "
The Art of Dying
". Consider this a
pretentious
use of
Latin
to make a
poem
sound
archaic
and
dignified
(yes,
TWAJS
). The
similarities
to
Louis Macneice
's
Prayer Before Birth
are
intentional
, as it served as
inspiration
. Note the
inverted
rhyme scheme
, because
many people don't
.
There are too many things that could kill me
:
This cannot be
fair
.
If
man
does not
slay
me with
nail-bomb
s and
stress
,
Toxins
and
terrorists
,
arrows and slings
,
Viscous
grease
s and
virus
es born of the lab –-
I may not meet my end on
the end of a slab
.
If man cannot
snuff
me with all these
things
,
The
pretty girl
dancing in her
bright new dress
And sweet
sunbrushed
hair
Will
smile
still, and
her beauty will fill me
.
Another
NightWriter
original, with
recognition
to
Macneice
.
ave atque vale
California
Ave imperator! Morituri te salutant.
TWAJS
Mr. Bungle
Ave Caesar, morituri te salutant!
in extremis
Ego non te baptizo in nomine patris...
Te occidere possunt sed te edere non possunt nefas est
klezmer
Vex Red
Arsia Mons
Marduk
zydeco
Latin, the language of love
August 12, 2003
Kathleen Raine
Catullus 101
Ovid
Jason
intentional
Grease
Covenant
spaghetti