Double dactyls: Ki Tavo

Papier-mâchier
Biblical plaster-casts:
Transcribe the Torah for
Others to seek.

Carve it on monoliths
Hemicylindrical;
Cover, then stand them on
Mount Eival’s peak.

You can play too by posting in the comments! A reminder of the rules of the “dismally difficult” double dactyl:

  1. There must be eight lines.
  2. Lines 1-3 and 5-7 must each consist of a pair of dactyls (that is, dum-der-der dum-der-der).
  3. Lines 4 and 8 must be choriambs (that is, dum-der-der-dum).
  4. Lines 4 and 8 must rhyme.
  5. Line 1 must be nonsense.
  6. Line 2 must be the subject of the poem, ideally a name that is itself a pair of dactyls (eg ‘Laurence Olivier’).
  7. Line 6 must be a single word that is itself a pair of dactyls (eg ‘cardiovascular’).

And my own past entries can be found here.

Support: Ki Teitzei [5785] GKW Serm 30

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Shavua tov!

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