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nuch pujwI' je (was qep'a' vIDellaw')



From: William H. Martin <[email protected]>


>>    {qaDHom} - HochvaD navHommey nobta' *Seqram.  mu'tlheghmey taQ 'ang
>> navHommeyvam.  mu'tlhegh qelDI' Hoch, mu'tlheghmey Del Hoch.  roD
lutHommey
>> qon.  {HoSDo' 'I'} {targh peng} je luDellu'.
>
>Qu'vam vInIDDI' batlh vIchavbe'. Do'Ha'. Dunqu' latlhpu' lutmey.
>le'qu' SuStel lut. *Iambic pentameter, rhyming crosstick* 'oH.
>Dojchu'.

choquvmoH, jupwI'.

Rhyming?  Only a little, and by coincidence.  If anyone is interested, here
is the iambic pentameter acrostic poem I scribbled down as the first readers
began.  (Note that I had to cheat a little when a line had to begin with a
vowel.  Please be generous when considering stress!)

nuch pujwI' je

nughIj may' jeSwI'pu' 'Iw ghIH wIleghDI'.
'u' HochDaq veS wItu'chugh vaj maHaw'choH.
chaq batlh wIHutlh 'ej nuHmeymaj DIchagh.
paq Daj law' may'na' Daj puS 'e' chaw' pagh.
'utbe'qu' bel 'ej DaSmeymaj bIngDaq chaH
jatlh SuvwI'na' 'ach DIHarbe' majatlh maH.
wo' wIQanQo'.  yo' qIjDaq vav'a'pu'ma'
'Inmey DImoqbe'.  tamchu' janmey quvqu'
'ej reH maSuvlaHbe'.  Daq latlh wISuchbej.
jatlh veqlargh, DaH qo'wIjDaq tlhIH bojoy'lu'
'ej reH mavum, majach, maQoS, maHegh.

SuStel
Stardate 98581.3





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