A Cywydd Llosgyrnog
What once was surely sight unseen,
Today's bards verse without caffeine.
Their minds keen, while mine's blurry.
My mornings ~ always viscous slogs
'Til I've oiled old, unwilling cogs,
Mind defogged and deflurried.
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Very clever verse, David. I admire the rhymes and find the poem relatable. I have (mostly) given up caffeine because of heart issues. Since swearing off caffeine a couple of years ago, I find that even a cup of caffeinated tea at lunchtime may keep me awake at night! That’s pretty potent fuel! 🙂
Take care! ❤
💝🤎 Cheryl 🤎💝 – I’m too dependent, truth be told!
Hehe! My verses (caffeinated) would be more like a Droighneach and a Dandizette had a child raised by wolves. It would likely be monstrous and bite indiscriminately!! It is best I stay away from that particular poison…
🤣 Muri 🤣
gotta have my coffee! agreed.
☕💞 Cheers, Susan ☕💞
-David
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“Verse without caffeine”?! Utter blasphemy David! 😲😲😭😭 😛😛What’s this madness??!! 😲😲🤨🤨
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I definitely need another cup of tea if I’m going to attempt to pronounce the Welsh poetry style “Cywydd llosgyrnog.” Maybe three.
But nicely crafted words. I’ll admit, I tried to read the definition of the stanzas/lines of verse and how they are built into the meter, but it is beyond the limits of my poetic understanding. If it’s not a limerick (which I struggled to spell correctly) or a Haiku, I don’t know very much about it. That said, kudos for tangling the topic of Caffeinated Preferred Poison using tricky ancient verse!
😍🤍 Thanks so much, Kiri 🤍😍
-David
I also need that morning caffeine. (K)
☕💝 Kerfe ☕💝
For anyone who wishes to know:
In Wales, the language is phonetic, but that the letters are pronounced differently and that means W is “oo”, Y is “u”, DD is “th”, U is “ee”, but I’d have to show you the sounds that mean LL and CH. 🙂
❤ O.S. ❤
thank you!
-David
Cywydd Llosgyrnog is sort of “Cuoouth Hlosgurnog”
🤯 WOW 🤯
It was very strange at first, as I read all the signs wrong, but once I knew the code I got it. Therefore, Mynachlog-ddu ~ “Mun ah log thee” and Maenclochog ~ “Mine cloH og” 👡 and who cannot love Llandissilio? 🥳
I’m good at acquiring languages, but I’m horrible at pronunciation!
Once you crack the code, it’s all easy peasy and of course a gentle smile in any language is the same.
that’s for sure – also I find that most people appreciate my effort to speak in their tongues.