fun with bibliomancy

real_pochacco

I have the complete works of emily dickinson right here, and I want to do some bibliomancy. Ask a question, any question, and I'll respond with a line, a stanza, or a complete poem, as you wish.

I'll start:

When will I get laid?

Best Grief is Tongueless — before He'll tell —
Burn Him in the Public Square —
His Ashes — will
Possibly — if they refuse — How then know —
Since a Rack couldn't coax a syllable — now.

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naporeon

You...you put a lot of thought into this.

(Quick, someone post Keith's Wicker Man image!)

Nucsh

FierceDeity666

Nucsh wrote:

BRIGADOON DOON BRIGADOON DOON DOON

real_pochacco

Will this thread get locked?

There’s triumph of the finer mind
When truth, affronted long,
Advances calm to her supreme,
Her God her only throng.

Meissnerd

FierceDeity666 wrote:

Nucsh wrote:

BRIGADOON DOON BRIGADOON DOON DOON

Someone should make an epic Wickerman maneuver.

Oboro

whuddamai gonna eat tomarrow

real_pochacco

Oboro wrote:

whuddamai gonna eat tomarrow

Let my first Knowing be of thee
With morning's warming Light --
And my first Fearing, lest Unknowns
Engulf thee in the night --



Knowledge and/or fear makes a good breakfast

matthias00

Emily Dickinson is like my least favorite poet so far. We are studying her right now and it's just like



here's something that resembles her poems

hey why do you -- hi
man my -- dog is dead --
but it is not really why --
xylophone

real_pochacco

Yup she is pretty dense and cryptic. Perfect for bibliomancy.

matthias00

Actually the poem I just wrote is probably better than half the crap she did. No wonder she only was able to publish 6 of the 1000+ she made.

real_pochacco

matthias00 wrote:

Actually the poem I just wrote is probably better than half the crap she did. No wonder she only was able to publish 6 of the 1000+ she made.

Well it turns out she published them all because I have them all in this fucking book right heaaa.

B.C.

Question:
When will the zombies come for your body?

redhead

matthias00 wrote:

Emily Dickinson is like my least favorite poet so far. We are studying her right now and it's just like



here's something that resembles her poems

hey why do you -- hi
man my -- dog is dead --
but it is not really why --
xylophone

Her poems generally have a subject.

real_pochacco

B.C. wrote:

Question:
When will the zombies come for your body?

Love is done when Love's begun,
Sages say,
But have Sages known?
Truth adjourn your Boon
Without Day.

Sheri

Guys

What's bibliomancy?

I'm too lazy to Wiki it, even though I have this little Wiki toolbar right here.

real_pochacco

Sheri wrote:

Guys

What's bibliomancy?

I'm too lazy to Wiki it, even though I have this little Wiki toolbar right here.

predicting the future by picking a random passage from a book

Drez

Ok, real_pochacco, I got one...but this one is a stumper. It's a philosophical question:

What is the thing with feathers?

MAINER 3.0

I have a question

how do I feel about Blade Runner?

matthias00

redhead wrote:

matthias00 wrote:

Emily Dickinson is like my least favorite poet so far. We are studying her right now and it's just like



here's something that resembles her poems

hey why do you -- hi
man my -- dog is dead --
but it is not really why --
xylophone

Her poems generally have a subject.

Yeah.

In there, mine is the death of my dog.
The question at the beginning sets an inquisitive tone, implying that I have been questioning the subject of the death of my dog. The greeting is a play on the false formalities associated with the death of a loved one, such as family pet, and its similarities to the fake way in which we greet everyone we come into contact with cheerfully.
Line 3 demonstrates the uncertainty prevalent throughout not only the world and its meanings, but also the afterlife.
Xylophone was just to make it have a word that started with "X" in it.

real_pochacco

Drez wrote:

Ok, real_pochacco, I got one...but this one is a stumper. It's a philosophical question:

What is the thing with feathers?

We see -- Comparatively --
The Thing so towering high
We could not grasp its segment
Unaided -- Yesterday --

real_pochacco

MAINER 3.0 wrote:

I have a question

how do I feel about Blade Runner?

Air has no Residence, no Neighbor,
No Ear, no Door,
No Apprehension of Another
Oh, Happy Air!

MAINER 3.0

real_pochacco wrote:

MAINER 3.0 wrote:

I have a question

how do I feel about Blade Runner?

Air has no Residence, no Neighbor,
No Ear, no Door,
No Apprehension of Another
Oh, Happy Air!

Indeed.

Drez

real_pochacco wrote:

Drez wrote:

Ok, real_pochacco, I got one...but this one is a stumper. It's a philosophical question:

What is the thing with feathers?

We see -- Comparatively --
The Thing so towering high
We could not grasp its segment
Unaided -- Yesterday --

:v: Fail.

Hope. Hope is the thing with feathers.

naporeon

matthias00 wrote:

hey why do you -- hi
man my -- dog is dead --
but it is not really why --
xylophone

This is fucking hilarious. Mainly because it is so true.

Also, Dorothy Parker's short verse is pretty much the best. Dickinson can suck it.

MAINER 3.0

How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie-roll center of a tootsie-pop?

real_pochacco

MAINER 3.0 wrote:

How many licks does it take to get to the tootsie-roll center of a tootsie-pop?

That I did always love
I bring thee Proof
That till I loved
I never lived -- Enough --

Air

she sounds like a fucking annoying person to be around

youd be at a bar about to pay saying

'hey quick do you want another drink theyre about to close'

and shed be all
There’s triumph of the finer mind
When truth, affronted long,
Advances calm to her supreme,
Her God her only throng.


because she probably only speaks in riddles
and you will be angry and saying 'its a bloody yes or no question you cryptic fucking bitch. how did i not shoot myself in the time i have spent with you here already. and look now they are closed so im getting the fuck out of here before i sober up in your company'

real_pochacco

Air wrote:

she sounds like a fucking annoying person to be around

youd be at a bar about to pay saying

'hey quick do you want another drink theyre about to close'

and shed be all
There’s triumph of the finer mind
When truth, affronted long,
Advances calm to her supreme,
Her God her only throng.


because she probably only speaks in riddles
and you will be angry and saying 'its a bloody yes or no question you cryptic fucking bitch. how did i not shoot myself in the time i have spent with you here already. and look now they are closed so im getting the fuck out of here before i sober up in your company'

yeah well she wasn't really arounddd people much, because she was a recluse and spent almost all her time locked in her room

matthias00

I guess she was super intense in person

HEY MAYBE THAT'S WHY SHE NEVER WENT OUTSIDE AND HAD NO FRIENDS

redhead

matthias00 wrote:

redhead wrote:

matthias00 wrote:

Emily Dickinson is like my least favorite poet so far. We are studying her right now and it's just like



here's something that resembles her poems

hey why do you -- hi
man my -- dog is dead --
but it is not really why --
xylophone

Her poems generally have a subject.

Yeah.

In there, mine is the death of my dog.
The question at the beginning sets an inquisitive tone, implying that I have been questioning the subject of the death of my dog. The greeting is a play on the false formalities associated with the death of a loved one, such as family pet, and its similarities to the fake way in which we greet everyone we come into contact with cheerfully.
Line 3 demonstrates the uncertainty prevalent throughout not only the world and its meanings, but also the afterlife.
Xylophone was just to make it have a word that started with "X" in it.

there are enough syllables in this that I will award you an A-

Drez

Air wrote:

because she probably only speaks in riddles
and you will be angry and saying 'its a bloody yes or no question you cryptic fucking bitch. how did i not shoot myself in the time i have spent with you here already. and look now they are closed so im getting the fuck out of here before i sober up in your company'

She only speaks in riddles
Leave reason at the door
All her rhymes and silliness
Will really start to bore,
Because they have no punchline
Indeed, they have no core
And so one could call Dickinson
A no-good ninny wh-
xylophone

naporeon

Drez wrote:

Air wrote:

because she probably only speaks in riddles
and you will be angry and saying 'its a bloody yes or no question you cryptic fucking bitch. how did i not shoot myself in the time i have spent with you here already. and look now they are closed so im getting the fuck out of here before i sober up in your company'

She only speaks in riddles
Leave reason at the door
All her rhymes and silliness
Will really start to bore,
Because they have no punchline
Indeed, they have no core
And so one could call Dickinson
A no-good ninny wh-
xylophone

Oh ho ho.

This made me chortle.

matthias00

wait, she was just before her time in terms of personality.

She should have waited to be born until WoW came out.

Of course then we would have to deal with crap like:

my undead rogue is never seen,
silent -- ganks with blade unlclean
i need more loot -- my pockets toot --
raids make no bathroom stops

Drez

naporeon wrote:

Drez wrote:

Air wrote:

because she probably only speaks in riddles
and you will be angry and saying 'its a bloody yes or no question you cryptic fucking bitch. how did i not shoot myself in the time i have spent with you here already. and look now they are closed so im getting the fuck out of here before i sober up in your company'

She only speaks in riddles
Leave reason at the door
All her rhymes and silliness
Will really start to bore,
Because they have no punchline
Indeed, they have no core
And so one could call Dickinson
A no-good ninny wh-
xylophone

Oh ho ho.

This made me chortle.

Best I could do in 10 seconds. And I think it's bed time now.

real_pochacco

matthias00 wrote:

wait, she was just before her time in terms of personality.

She should have waited to be born until WoW came out.

Of course then we would have to deal with crap like:

my undead rogue is never seen,
silent -- ganks with blade unlclean
i need more loot -- my pockets toot --
raids make no bathroom stops

I lol'd.

MAINER 3.0

what killed the dinosaurs?

real_pochacco

MAINER 3.0 wrote:

what killed the dinosaurs?

Than Heaven more remote,
For Heaven is the root,
But these the flitted seed,
More flown indeed
Than ones that never were,
Or those that hide, and are.

MAINER 3.0

real_pochacco wrote:

MAINER 3.0 wrote:

what killed the dinosaurs?

Than Heaven more remote,
For Heaven is the root,
But these the flitted seed,
More flown indeed
Than ones that never were,
Or those that hide, and are.

:^:

real_pochacco

yeah, wow, that actually kind of worked