Text only - splitting up a poem section?

[corporatepiracy]

Hello everyone! This continues to be my very favorite community ever.

It's high time I added to the collection of ink upon my body and the next one up is a portion of Tennyson's "Ulysses."

I'm very, very attached to the following section:

Come my friends.
'Tis not too late to seek a newer world.Push off, and sitting well in order smite

Comments

[dark_knightly]

hello you! sadly i could not find a picture of this on their website, but at my studio (oddball) there's a photo in one of the portfolios that i've always admired. it's a stanza that's split into first and second half, and they're on the front of this girl's bicep on both sides. it's justified towards her body and evenly worded on both sides, it looks aweeesome.

[cyanidechild]

oh, that's beautiful!

i think even without the connecting phrase, it makes sense beautifully. you might have to take some punctuation liberties if you want it in a straight line (i love the mystery of a semicolon):

on one arm:

Come my friends. 'Tis not too late to seek a newer world, for my purpose holds;

on the other:

To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths of all the western stars, until I die.

it might work better as a long line across the arm, because i can't think of a way to parse it down and still flow naturally.

such a beautiful passage~

what other ink do you have?

[3lati0n]

Agreed with this suggestion.

[misshalen]

cut it up the way you want it! it's your body, and you deserve to tattoo on it what you wish. lol
i have a split up prayer on my right inner forearm. if i man-up, i'll post it. haha

[sweet_coercion]

you COULD fit the entire poem on your ribcage or your back, but if that's not something you want to do then i suggest getting the 2nd bolded part. you could get it on your upper arm/shoulder area or perhaps your upper back?