StreetWrites Poet Anitra Freeman "Seattle Jabberwalk"

<body text=#000000 bgcolor="#FFFFFF" background="images/jabberwalk.gif"> <h1><font face="Comic Sans MS, Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Seattle Jabberwalk</font></h1> <br> <embed src="midi/flyby.mid" controls=smallconsole height=15 width=55 autostart=true loop=true volume=32></embed> <font size=-2>Music</font> <bgsound="midi/flyby.mid" autostart=true loop=true volume=32> <br> <h3> <dl> <br> <font face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif">Seattle, and the <a href="#wriving"> wriving </a> <a href="#blobes"> blobes </a> <br> Did <a href="#sime"> sime </a> and <a href="#bimble"> bimble </a> in the <a href="#mair"> mair</a>.<br> The <a href="#frimsy"> frimsy </a> <a href="#ecyule"> ecyule </a> <a href="#bemmyobes"> bemmyobes</a>, <br> And the <a href="#pome"> pome </a> <a href="#groech"> groech </a> <a href="#outwair"> outwair</a>.<br> <br> "Beware the <a href="#subyum"> Sub Yum Guk</a>, my son!<br> <a href="#kimchee"> Kimchee </a> that bites! <a href="#ivar"> Ivar's </a> that catch! <br> Beware the Seahawk Bird, and shun <br> The Slug No Whale Can Match!" <br> <br> He took his <a href="#sonner"> sonner </a> blade in hand, <br> Long time the <a href="#gingrich"> gingrich </a> foe he sought; <br> The rested he by the <a href="#Esook"> Esook </a> Tree <br> And stood awhile in thought. <br> <br> And as in <a href="#epoph"> epoph </a> thought he stood, <br> The <a href="#already"> Sub Yum Guk</a>, peppers aflame, <br> Came <a href="#skorming"> skorming </a> through the <a href="#cringly"> cringly </a> wood, <br> And <a href="#lc">burbled</a> as it came! <br> <br> One-two, one-two, and through and through, <br> His sonner blade went <a href="#lc">snickersnack</a>! <br> He cut it dead, and with its head <br> The big <a href="#lc">galumph</a> ran back. <br> <br> "And hast thou slain the <a href="#already">Sub Yum Guk</a>? <br> Seattle's safe from Chinese Food? <br> Oh <a href="#thaizza"> Thaizza </a> day! <a href="#lc">Calloo Callay</a>! <br> Let's go write something good."<br> <br> Seattle, and the wriving blobes <br> Did sime and bimble in the mair.<br> The frimsy ecyule bemmyobes, <br> And the pome groech outwair.</font></dl> </h3> <hr> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td width="30%" valign="middle"> <h3> <menu> <li> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.realchangenews.org/StreetWrites/sampler.html" target="_top"> Poetry! </a> <b> I want POETRY! </b> </font> <li> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.realchangenews.org/StreetWrites/nw.html#poems" target="_top"> More poems about Seattle! </a> </font> <li><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="humormap.html" target="_top"> More of this silly stuff! More! </a> </font> <li> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.anitraweb.org/" target="_top"> Don't you do anything else? </a> </font> <li> <font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="https://www.tripod.com/" target="_top"> Let me outahere!</a> </font> </menu> </h3> </td> <td width="70%" valign="top"> <h3>Lewis Carroll / Jabberwock Links:</h3> <menu> <li><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www76.pair.com/keithlim/jabberwocky/">The Jabberwocky Variations</a></font></b></li> <li><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/%7Emlang/carroll-music.html">Musical compositions inspired by Lewis Carroll</a> </font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(including renditions of "Jabberwocky"</font></li> <li><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www2.ijs.si/%7Ebrane/carroll/jabberwock.html">See the Jabberwock!</a></font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (original Tenniel illustration)</font></li> <li><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.lewiscarroll.org/carroll.html">Lewis Carroll Home Page</a></font></b></li> <li><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.lewiscarroll.org/">Lewis Carroll Society of North America</a></font></b></li> <li><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/%7Elfdean/carroll/index.html">The Lewis Carroll E-text Collection</a></font></b></li> <li><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/%7Elfdean/carroll/jabberwock.html"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Background on Jabberwocky</font></b></a><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">including what we think Lewis Carroll meant by those words</font></li> </menu> </td> </tr> </table> <table align=CENTER border=3 width=100% 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name="blobes">blobes</a> </b><br> globular blokes<br> <b><br> <a name="sime">sime</a> </b><br> street singing and mime <br> <b><br> <a name="bimble">bimble </a> </b><br> nimbly bumming money <br> <b><br> <a name="mair">mair </a> </b><br> market+fair <br> <b><br> <a name="frimsy">frimsy </a> </b><br> freely spending money on whimsical gadgets, <br> like a one-cup espresso maker that works over <br> a campfire and fits in your backpack <br> <b><br> <a name="ecyule">ecyule </a> </b><br> ecologically and socially sensitive yuppies, <br> who frimsy <br> <b><br> <a name="bemmyobes">bemmyobes </a> </b><br> got into their BMW's <br> <b><br> <a name="pome">pome </a> </b><br> poets, at home in coffeehouses <br> <b><br> <a name="groech">groech </a> </b><br> grunch poets, with money, who drink <br> exotic coffee and hang out all day <br> <b><br> <a name="outwair">outwair </a> </b><br> wore out their chairs (or car seats)<br> <b><br> <a name="subyum">Sub Yum Guk </a> </b><br> Chinese food <br> <b><br> <a name="kimchee">Kimchee </a> </b><br> Korean food <br> <b><br> <a name="ivar">Ivar's </a> </b><br> Well-Advertised food <br> <b><br> <a name="sonner">sonner </a> </b><br> Sonics+Mariners <br> referring to two bands of aspiring heroes whom <br> local legend says will conquer all foes, <br> someday. <br> someday. <br> someday. <br> <b><br> <a name="gingrich">gingrich </a> </b><br> a bit of real nonsense <br> <b><br> <a name="esook">Esook </a> </b><br> espresso+book <br> required elements in the resting habitats <br> of the Seattle Native <br> <b><br> <a name="epoph">epoph </a> </b><br> philosopy espressed in a series of <br> self-conscious epigrams. <br> the usual mode of thought in Esooks. <br> <b><br> <a name="already">Sub Yum Guk </a> </b><br> I told you this one already. <br> <b><br> <a name="skorming">skorming </a> </b><br> skirling+storming <br> the effect of a bagpipe band bearing down on you <br> <b><br> <a name="cringly">cringly </a> </b><br> cringing, with hands over tingly ears. <br> the common reaction to skorming. <br> <b><br> <a name="thaizza">Thaizza </a> </b><br> Thai food + pizza <br> the two main Seattle foods <br> <a name="lc"></a><b><br> You'll have to ask Lewis Carroll about this one.</b> </font></h3> <hr> <hr> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="4"> <tr> <td width="70%" valign="top"> <h3>Lewis Carroll / Jabberwock Links:</h3> <menu> <li><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www76.pair.com/keithlim/jabberwocky/">The Jabberwocky Variations</a></font></b></li> <li><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.helsinki.fi/%7Emlang/carroll-music.html">Musical compositions inspired by Lewis Carroll</a> </font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">(including renditions of "Jabberwocky"</font></li> <li><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www2.ijs.si/%7Ebrane/carroll/jabberwock.html">See the Jabberwock!</a></font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> (original Tenniel illustration)</font></li> <li><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.lewiscarroll.org/carroll.html">Lewis Carroll Home Page</a></font></b></li> <li><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://www.lewiscarroll.org/">Lewis Carroll Society of North America</a></font></b></li> <li><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/%7Elfdean/carroll/index.html">The Lewis Carroll E-text Collection</a></font></b></li> <li><a href="http://home.earthlink.net/%7Elfdean/carroll/jabberwock.html"><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Background on Jabberwocky</font></b></a><b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"> </font></b><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">including what we think Lewis Carroll meant by those words</font></li> </menu> </td> <td width="30%" 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