Avant garde Oklahoma poet Hugh Tribbey will be reading on the TU campus, bringing his blend of surrealism, word play, and Klingon love to Tulsa. The reading will be held in Zink Hall in the seminar room. Call if you need directions. 809-1268. Don't miss it!Thursday, October 22, 2009
7:00pm - 10:00pm
Zink Hall, Room 354
University of Tulsa Campus
3101 E. 7th St.
Tulsa, OK
*If you missed the reading, you may well gnash your teeth with regret when you read the following list of poems that Dr. Tribbey read:
“Or Ful Rust #1,” “Or Ful Rust #2,” “Logolatry,” “Hears Numbers and Names,” “A Maddening Share,” “Psalm 53 Meets Burning Chrome,” “J3SOPOZ,” “Easy is the Dawn,” “Gandhi the Swedish Chef,” “Strategic Fisticuffs,” “Opinion of the Interior Paramour,” “Opium of the Interim Paralysis,” “ ‘OY’ GHOPDAP QOS” [Post Neo-Absurdist Klingon], “Googolism for Through,” “Only One Danger (A Mini-Rant),” “Green People: The Great Monsanto Conspiracy,” “Roguery Hogsheads,” and “B-Movie Benzedrine.”
Errrrr.. Uh... "Klingon Love"???
ReplyDeleteI think I"m just going to bypass that.. it sounds sorta like SURPRISE!!!!!!
Uh yah. *heh*
BUT... I will give you English Educators a heads up--I wrote a little something for the Journal to attempt to open a dialogue with the Admin/powers that be about perhaps starting a Masters of English Program at ECU. Don't know that it will really open it up.. but, one can hope! ;)
Anddddd..you guys were mentioned. ;)
SURPRISE!
Why would you pass up material on Klingon love when you know absolutely nothing about it? It seems you're rushing to judgment and being dismissive. Or perhaps the whole issue of alien love is settled for you. I don't think I could be interested in a masters program or anything else that ignored the issue of alien love.
ReplyDeleteHere is the poem Dr. Benton is referring to:
TLHOB-QO’ JA’-QO’
[A Contemporary Klingon Lyric in Traditional Form]
tlhob-Qo’ ja’-Qo’
qa-oH qu’ vaj
voDleH not soV-qu’
pegh maSwoV nong-wIj
bang-wIj
say’ Quch
loDHom negh
nagh Des
jej Ho’
ngo’ negh
tlhob-Qo’ ja’-Qo’
qa-oH qu’ vaj
voDleH not soV-qu’
pegh maSwoV nong-wIj
[phonetic transcription]
těuhlb-k[guttural’ jah-k[guttural]’
k[guttural]ah-k[ch] k[guttural]y vahj
vdrlek[ch] nt shv-k[guttural]y
pěg[hum] mahsh wv nong-wij
bahng-wij
sh k[ch]ych
ldrk[ch]m něg
nahg drěsh
jěj k[ch]’
ng’ něg
těuhlb-k[guttural’ jah-k[guttural]’
k[guttural]ah-k[ch] k[guttural]y vahj
vdrlek[ch] nt shv-k[guttural]y
pěg[hum] mahsh wv nong-wij
[translation]
DON’T ASK! DON’T TELL!
Don’t ask! Don’t tell!
I am a vicious warrior,
and the Emperor must never know
my secret moonlight passion,
my love
of the scrubbed brows
of young recruits,
of the gnarled arms
and sharp teeth
of grizzled veterans.
Don’t ask! Don’t tell!
I am a vicious warrior,
and the Emperor must never know
my secret moonlight passion.
--Hugh Tribbey
[Composed from Marc Okrand’s The Klingon Dictionary: English/Klingon Klingon/English. New York: Pocket, 1985.]