Rambam

Rambam

Higgledy-piggldy

Moses Maimonides:

Jewish philosopher

Coming from Spain.

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Thinking of poems as

Uber-frivolity,

Surely rolls in his grave,

With due disdain.

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For a little more info on Rambam (aka Moses Maimonides) check out Wikipedia or the Jewish Virtual Library.

Hello world!

Dear Internet,

Welcome to my tumblr!

Sincerely,

TheManFromNantucket

I broke down and posted this incredible graffiti mural. Oh, well. The levee has been cracked and it won't be long before my poetry blog is covered in graffiti (and I won't mind it one bit!).

Somewhere in Williamsburg.

Top:

"I founded the U.S. Mint. It's pretty obscure. You probably never heard of it."

Bottom:

"I don't need a peg leg; I have peg teeth."

Edit: Sorry, the bottom should say "One Dollaaaaaarrrrrr!"

Tumblr requested I post a photo of myself.  This is something I would not have done (I do like the anonymity), but tumblr asked so nicely that I am compelled to do so. 

I decided to post a picture of me with a mandala that I tie-dyed. 

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I like to think this shot really brings out the best features in my feet.

An introduction in rhyme

My two favorite forms of poetry are limericks and double dactyls. Limericks are a fairly familiar style of verse, but double dactyls seem to remain more obscure. This is truly a shame as they are distinctively awesome. In, what I think is, a reasonable manner of curing this widespread ignorance I will post a poem I wrote explaining the rules of the double dactyl. After all, when we want to create global change the best way to achieve it is to write about it on the internet, for it is truly a place of truth and knowledge.

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The double dactyl describes itself

Silly-words frilly-words

Person in question here.

This line has six feet but

This one has less.

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Setup for final line:

One double dactyl word

Metatextually

Sums up the rest.

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For an for an actual, useful explanation of the double dactyl poem, I suggest googling it or visiting wikipedia.