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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread ululate in a poem #8525 10/20/2000 3:21 AM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 9 San Francisco awaddle stranger awaddle stranger Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 9 San Francisco Here's my poem using "ululate." It's a working draft but I'm printing it here in thanks for the amazing response to my original query. Suite for One Voice Some evenings my single alto notes rise straight up like a mockingbird before it plunges into Mozart. I want to sing two-part inventions in one voice from a deep place within me. Those unaccompanied notes to intercept others a third higher plaiting a sublime overlay like strands of Sunday glossolalia or a Tuvan monk's glottal hum ululating from his Siberian village into fog over the Farallones. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ululate in a poem #8526 10/20/2000 10:31 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Cool, awaddle. One nitpick, however: to my ears, ululating isn't "suite"! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ululate in a poem #8527 10/20/2000 2:15 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 But it is strong, and out of the strong came forth suiteness, so perhaps from the suite will come forth strength. (Apologies to the Bible and Tate and Lyle) Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ululate in a poem #8528 10/20/2000 5:55 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 But it is strong, and out of the strong came forth suiteness, so perhaps from the suite will come forth strength. How nice it was to "get" a reference without any need for pulling my hair out! Or, shaving it off for that matter. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: ululate in a poem #8529 10/20/2000 6:28 PM Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England FishonaBike veteran FishonaBike veteran Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 1,346 Sussex, England awaddle, I just love the last four lines. They really resonate and reverberate. They sound so good I actually find myself disinclined to tie them down to specific meaning(s). For instance, I don't know where the Farallones are, or what they're like, but now I don't want to. Something akin to Carroll's Jabberwocky, which is actually great praise as far as I'm concerned! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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