Poem: "Bothering Baba Yaga's House"

Sep 11, 2009 13:19

This poem came out of the September 8, 2009 Poetry Fishbowl. It was inspired by a prompt from je_reviens and sponsored by dormouse_in_tea. It features two pieces of Slavic folklore (Baba Yaga and Rusalka) and snippets of Russian language (which I hope appear intact).

Bothering Baba Yaga’s HouseIt was quiet on the Georgian border for once ( Read more... )

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And this, boys and girls... dakiwiboid September 11 2009, 18:23:57 UTC
Is why you should always read up on the literature and folklore of a region before visiting it....

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Re: And this, boys and girls... ysabetwordsmith September 11 2009, 19:36:21 UTC
*laugh* Yeah, stupid characters in my hands have the life expectancy of firecrackers: I like to set them on fire and watch them go flash-BANG!

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Re: And this, boys and girls... je_reviens September 13 2009, 05:22:20 UTC
They should all just wear their red shirts*; saves bother!

*Star Trek reference

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Thank you! ysabetwordsmith September 11 2009, 22:17:42 UTC
I'm glad. I had fun with this, for certain diabolical values of "fun."

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dormouse_in_tea September 12 2009, 15:28:46 UTC
I am so pleased to see this. *purr*

I understand that by sponsoring this, I am allowed to post it (with attribution) in my LJ as well? I look forward to doing so. . . I think of my primary group of readers only one of them likes poetry *sighs* but she should like it, and there's probably poetry-lovers I don't know about who glance in from time to time. I'm looking forward to pointing them towards you.

So...um, do you have any tips on how to get the Russian to display? I'm a bit nervous about making that part work.

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Yay! ysabetwordsmith September 12 2009, 17:45:03 UTC
>> I am so pleased to see this. <<

I'm glad to hear that.

>> I understand that by sponsoring this, I am allowed to post it (with attribution) in my LJ as well? <<

Correct! Encouraged, even. A link back here is appreciated by not required.

>>I think of my primary group of readers only one of them likes poetry *sighs* but she should like it, and there's probably poetry-lovers I don't know about who glance in from time to time. I'm looking forward to pointing them towards you.<<

You never know what people will turn out to like. I never intended to write about cooking as a regular feature, but I mentioned a couple things and people went nuts begging for recipes. So I did more of that. Maybe your audience will discover a taste for poetry!

>>So...um, do you have any tips on how to get the Russian to display? I'm a bit nervous about making that part work.... )

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je_reviens September 13 2009, 05:23:01 UTC
Thank you for sponsoring this poem -- now I can share it via link!

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filkferengi September 16 2009, 14:48:50 UTC
Fun poem!

Have you heard s00j's song "Baba Yaga"?

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