Higgledy-piggledy
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A collection of double-dactyl-with-hexasyllabics poems. A bouncy light-verse form that loves one kind of long word, invented by Anthony Hecht and John Hollander.
In the 1980s? 1990s? this was popular in the SF&F magazine Asimov's, so there are lots of SFnal higgles and science higgles and at least one for Godel, Escher, Bach.
In the 1980s? 1990s? this was popular in the SF&F magazine Asimov's, so there are lots of SFnal higgles and science higgles and at least one for Godel, Escher, Bach.
One of my favorites was composed in a Metafilter thread by our very own The White Hat.
posted by mr_roboto at 1:18 PM on June 27 [2 favorites]
posted by mr_roboto at 1:18 PM on June 27 [2 favorites]
Not beating the DnD nerd allegations:
Higgledy piggledy
Solids platonically
Roll to determine
Results of attacks;
Icosahedrally-
Discretized randomness:
One time in twenty the
Damage is max
posted by zeptoweasel at 1:50 PM on June 27 [6 favorites]
Higgledy piggledy
Solids platonically
Roll to determine
Results of attacks;
Icosahedrally-
Discretized randomness:
One time in twenty the
Damage is max
posted by zeptoweasel at 1:50 PM on June 27 [6 favorites]
I have sent zeptoweasel’s example to my D&D pod and suggested (insisted) that we chant it in unison at the beginning of each session
posted by skyscraper at 4:31 PM on June 27 [2 favorites]
posted by skyscraper at 4:31 PM on June 27 [2 favorites]
On the Virgin Birth:
Higgledy piggledy
Mary of Magdala
Said to the Dolorous
Mother of God:
"Parthenogenesis
Ought to be left to the
Simple amoeba or
Gasteropod."
- James Merrill
posted by Nossidge at 2:28 AM on June 28 [2 favorites]
Higgledy piggledy
Mary of Magdala
Said to the Dolorous
Mother of God:
"Parthenogenesis
Ought to be left to the
Simple amoeba or
Gasteropod."
- James Merrill
posted by Nossidge at 2:28 AM on June 28 [2 favorites]
Metafilter:
Higgledy piggledy
link aggregator with
commenting takes time a-
way from our jobs.
Online community
self-referentially
“How’d you describe it?” “Like
Reddit for snobs”
posted by Jon_Evil at 6:17 AM on June 28 [2 favorites]
Higgledy piggledy
link aggregator with
commenting takes time a-
way from our jobs.
Online community
self-referentially
“How’d you describe it?” “Like
Reddit for snobs”
posted by Jon_Evil at 6:17 AM on June 28 [2 favorites]
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