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HerenIstarion · 05-18-2004, 02:09 AM

Thank you, thank you

*H-I bows and beams around, fingering his bow tie nervously...

We-e-ell, the following reverse quote would, supposedly, be easy to crack, but I enjoyed reversing it immensely, so have a try

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Huge Swineherd Him

Ugly was he
As the orckish prose reveals
With bone in a nose
Still bendy as hose
Of a wood and a nail to kill
Is his club hand-made
And his shield all laid
With spikes about its brim.
Foul his hide all dark
Stained with bloody mark
Of one Eye so cruel and grim
All round his loin
Skulls and ribs be going
Of unhappy elves he slew

He crawled by night
Outrun by fright
In seek of live flesh to hew
And he slipped by day
As a spot dim grey
Over the darkling lake
Oh, his boots all strong
Withered earth oft prong
Like enourmous cruel rake
When he arched his back
Thirsted for slash and hack
With his cruel and ruddy fang
Foul helm of brass
All stained and crass
O'er hairy shoulder was hung
When the pin-sharp claws
Of his clutching paws
Through the sinew and bone he tore

He gazed all down
As o'er the mobbed town
Through pale and shining door
All square he sat
Into roomy vat
Empty he thought it but,
A swineherd Ai
With winked eye…
They ended right butt to butt!

Ai was as grim,
As Him and as prim
But Ai was, easy to cry
Flutterin' like bat
Upside in the vat
Up to the domed sky!
His dirty ears
Pointed like spears
Rubbed to ears of Him
Irksome a thing
With a loud ding
Vat drowned in lake so dim!

Not only the butts
Of both those mutts
But ears and noses and eyes
Were alloyed
In pairs were toyed
Both buzzed like cruel flies!
Everyone said
Be them live or dead
That their seat may be found at ease
By the smelly stench
Of the last year's tench
And the oily lamp of grease!
But still they sit
In a vat so neat
One great lump o'meat
Still buzzing like before!
In great lump o'meat
In a vat so neat
There still they sit
Behind the locked door!

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PS I even mused as of possibility of exploiting the idea for the contest of sorts: say, to reverse verses, retaining the style and spirit, but having the reverse meaning, what d'ya think?

05-18-2004, 02:09 AM	#11
HerenIstarion Deadnight Chanter Join Date: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,244	A bit of a show-off, I am... Thank you, thank you H-I bows and beams around, fingering his bow tie nervously... We-e-ell, the following reverse quote would, supposedly, be easy to crack, but I enjoyed reversing it immensely, so have a try : ******************************************** Huge Swineherd Him Ugly was he As the orckish prose reveals With bone in a nose Still bendy as hose Of a wood and a nail to kill Is his club hand-made And his shield all laid With spikes about its brim. Foul his hide all dark Stained with bloody mark Of one Eye so cruel and grim All round his loin Skulls and ribs be going Of unhappy elves he slew He crawled by night Outrun by fright In seek of live flesh to hew And he slipped by day As a spot dim grey Over the darkling lake Oh, his boots all strong Withered earth oft prong Like enourmous cruel rake When he arched his back Thirsted for slash and hack With his cruel and ruddy fang Foul helm of brass All stained and crass O'er hairy shoulder was hung When the pin-sharp claws Of his clutching paws Through the sinew and bone he tore He gazed all down As o'er the mobbed town Through pale and shining door All square he sat Into roomy vat Empty he thought it but, A swineherd Ai With winked eye… They ended right butt to butt! Ai was as grim, As Him and as prim But Ai was, easy to cry Flutterin' like bat Upside in the vat Up to the domed sky! His dirty ears Pointed like spears Rubbed to ears of Him Irksome a thing With a loud ding Vat drowned in lake so dim! Not only the butts Of both those mutts But ears and noses and eyes Were alloyed In pairs were toyed Both buzzed like cruel flies! Everyone said Be them live or dead That their seat may be found at ease By the smelly stench Of the last year's tench And the oily lamp of grease! But still they sit In a vat so neat One great lump o'meat Still buzzing like before! In great lump o'meat In a vat so neat There still they sit Behind the locked door! ********************************************* PS I even mused as of possibility of exploiting the idea for the contest of sorts: say, to reverse verses, retaining the style and spirit, but having the reverse meaning, what d'ya think? __________________ Egroeg Ihkhsal - Would you believe in the love at first sight? - Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time! Last edited by HerenIstarion; 05-18-2004 at 05:13 AM.