Biography of Ennius c. 239 – c. 169 BC

There once was a poet in Latin

whose lyrical talent would flatten

and listeners shock

when he picked up a rock

and with force to his brain he put that in.

It is said that in Oscan and Greek

his talents were humble and meek

compared to his Roman

where wow, I don’t know, man,

he stoned himself into next week.

He’s renowned as a poetry nerd,

because listen, don’t know if you heard,

his iambs and trochees

would shiver their knees

because he would just shatter a word.

…bored now ♥︎

Context

jcowan had written:

> Ennius, the Latin poet, wrote “saxo cere-comminuit-brum”, which translates to ‘with-a-rock [he] br-shattered-ain’. Ennius wrote poems in Latin, Greek, and Oscan, but only his Latin is preserved.

I messed up by having all monosyllabics in the third limerick. You’re supposed to have one mono, one duo.

Sequel

“Olli respondit rex Albai Longai”

it has been said, but I just don’t know why

he had hexlified buffers

so everyone suffers

when they type M-x sonus-egeriai.