Tag: double dactyl

Pevanty, Levanty,
Kings of the Amorites:
Finally vanquished, a
Terrible slog.

Humbled, they now provide
Nomenclatorial
Laughs for bar mitzvah boys:
Sichon and Og!

My own past double dactyls, along with the rules, can be found here.

And since it’s a special occasion – the very last one in this cycle of Torah portions – let me add:

Siyyumy-siyyumy,
Dactyllic parshiyot:
Some rhymes were brilliant,
Some were just dreck.

Still, I discharged all my
Idiosyncrasy –
So now: “Chazak, chazak
V’nitchazek!”

Lo ba-shamayim-ba,
Present and future Jews,
Men, women, children, all
Stand here this day.

Now you must make a choice
Eschatological:
Life (be obedient), or
Death (go astray).

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.