The Rubaiyat of Saragun Springs: Part Two by Dame Daisy Kloverleaf, Translated by Leila Allison

i

Tawny Joad “advises” the billigits

A guru Tabby Cat endowed with wit

Tawny is also a sociopath

As are all Cats when you get down to it

ii

Money is the cause of all discontent

Tawny says condenming every cent

Only guru Tabbys should havely have it

It guarantees it will be wisely spent

iii

On meowchat websites and cracknip dens

Asked the Moving Hoof’s moving penly pen

The path to enlightenment takes many turns

Replied the Tabby son of spendy zen

iv

A fool and what I like are soon parted

I do not deny nor feel down hearted

For those I’ve relieved of treasurely treasure

Life is about Cats and the outsmarted

(To any offended Cats: Getly get over it.)

7 thoughts on “The Rubaiyat of Saragun Springs: Part Two by Dame Daisy Kloverleaf, Translated by Leila Allison”

      • Leila

        Your talent for rhyme is Dylanesque or Cohen-like. Today I want to highlight some of the rhymes from this installment as examples. Really good rhymes are not just randomly tossed together because they sound alike, they are paired or put together for what they say about each other as well and also for the resonances they shed on all the other words around them too, and this is just a quick description of what good rhymes can do.

        discontent cent spent / dens pen zen / parted downhearted outsmarted

        LITERALLY, if one pauses to consider the rhymes and how they function in your poetry, one will deeply see how good they all are, and also, rhyming like this LOOKS EASY, which is part of the trick (and the miracle), but it’s anything BUT easy in truth. Making it look easy is, at one level, a highest criteria for good art, of whatever kind.

        Thank you!

        Dale

        spent cents can lead to discontent and writing in a den with a pen can lead to zen as being parted can make you feel downhearted and outsmarted etc etc etc

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  2. You know, the landlord rang my front door bell
    I let it ring for a long, long spell
    I went to the window,
    I peeped through the blind,
    And asked him to tell me what’s on his mind
    He said,

    Money, honey, uh uh
    Money, honey
    Money, honey, if you want to get along with me

    Well, I screamed and I hollered,
    I was so hard-pressed
    I called the woman that I loved the best
    I finally got my baby about half past three,
    She said I’d like to know what you want with me
    I said,

    Money, honey, uh uh
    Money, honey
    Money, honey,
    If you want to get along with me

    Well, I said tell me baby, what’s wrong with you?
    From this day on our romance is through
    I said tell me baby face to face
    ‘Bout how could another man take my place, she said

    Money, honey, uh uh
    Money, honey
    Money, honey,
    If you want to get a long with me

    Well, I’ve learned my lesson and now I know
    The sun may shine and the winds may blow
    The women may come and the women may go,
    But before I say I love you so, I want

    Money, honey, uh uh
    Money, honey
    Money, honey,
    If you want to get along with me

    Source: LyricFind

    Songwriters: Eric Faulkner

    Money Honey lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Hipgnosis Songs Group, Third Side Music Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group

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  3. Hi Dale

    WP won’t let me connect directly to your comment, but it is appreciated!

    I try to find a song like melody, simple, like a children’s song, and say it out loud–which is always a bit different than print.

    Thanks again!

    Leila

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