Boo (Philosophaster - Word of the Day poem)

[ellajam]

Boo

Beware the path of the philosophaster,
he walks the labyrinth with no center.
One lurks below: the theologaster
whose crafty idols bid you enter.
Hand in hand, no master with no master,
with no thought or god they'll falsely mentor
the unaware, lead them straight to disaster.
So stand your ground, best to be the dissenter.


Written by The Poetaster

[Brownlie]

Boo

Beware the path of the philosophaster,
he walks the labyrinth with no center.
One lurks below: the theologaster
whose crafty idols bid you enter.
Hand in hand, no master with no master,
with no thought or god they'll falsely mentor
the unaware, lead them straight to disaster.
So stand your ground, best to be the dissenter.


Written by The Poetaster

No one knows who this guy is right?

[ellajam]

"Latin philosophaster, from philosophus (“philosopher”), and -aster (“expressing incomplete resemblance”).

I made a joke that I was a poetaster, but it turns out it's actually a word, unskilled poet. That be me.

[Brownlie]

"Latin philosophaster, from philosophus (“philosopher”), and -aster (“expressing incomplete resemblance”).

I made a joke that I was a poetaster, but it turns out it's actually a word, unskilled poet. That be me.

This is pretty cool. Ben Johnson, who apparently used the word extensively, writes some crazy stuff with lots of learnedness. Normally, I'd harp dogmatically on the rhyme scheme, but I think it goes with the poetaster bit quite well.

[ellajam]

"Latin philosophaster, from philosophus (“philosopher”), and -aster (“expressing incomplete resemblance”).

I made a joke that I was a poetaster, but it turns out it's actually a word, unskilled poet. That be me.

This is pretty cool. Ben Johnson, who apparently used the word extensively, writes some crazy stuff with lots of learnedness. Normally, I'd harp dogmatically on the rhyme scheme, but I think it goes with the poetaster bit quite well.

[Brownlie]

"Latin philosophaster, from philosophus (“philosopher”), and -aster (“expressing incomplete resemblance”).

I made a joke that I was a poetaster, but it turns out it's actually a word, unskilled poet. That be me.

This is pretty cool. Ben Johnson, who apparently used the word extensively, writes some crazy stuff with lots of learnedness. Normally, I'd harp dogmatically on the rhyme scheme, but I think it goes with the poetaster bit quite well.

That's not to say this is unskilled. There are some compelling lines in rhythm here.

[Erthona]

Great job Ell, I think you should take over the "word of the day full time"
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Hey, I call fowl! Or maybe mule. These words are all butts

philosoph-aster Philosophy poser
theolog-aster Theology poser
poet-aster Poetry poser

So that girl that played Peter Pan on TV recently was an actoraster.

Kim Kardashian is a buttaster, com'on you know she is. That ain't any more real than she is.

What else can we put the "aster" ending on?

Dale

[ellajam]

Greatguyaster, it always starts so well.

Bankaccountaster, where's my money?

[ellajam]

Very interesting and creative. Some of the words--and the style itself--remind me of Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky.

The feeling I get from reading this poem is understanding "freedom of oneself".

ha, welcome, freedom from oneself sounds lovely.

Feel free to jump right in, Erthona's word of the day poems are fun.