The Witch's Poem

Or, The True Story of Hansel and Gretel.

Prayers to the Roman Gods: Genius

Almost forgot about this.  It would seem my Genius is of the absent-minded variety, wouldn't it?

A Hymn to Bacchus

I came up with this while working on the prayers and had to act on it.

Prayers to the Roman Gods: The Muses

Ah, some of the most delightful ladies among the gods, the muses.  Every writer's favourite, really.

Prayers to the Roman Gods: Venus

I think this will probably be one of the most difficult ones - her area of influence isn't exactly one of my main interests, after all.  Still, I think I did a fair job of it.

Prayers to the Roman Gods: Mercury

And another god off the list: Mercury, the original prince of thieves!  I rather like the one reference I made to that - it's something of a poetical way of putting it, but that is fitting, I suppose.

Prayers to the Roman Gods: Jupiter

This is a new project I've decided to engage on, in which I'll be writing a short prayer to each of the Di Selecti, as well as the Muses, the Graces, household gods, and one or two particularly famous others; and then I'll be translating that prayer into Latin.  Because lingua Latina perbona est now.

Anyway, I am, of course, beginning with the god Jupiter, which is definitely because he is the King of the Gods, and not because he happened to be selected by random lot, or at least as random as it can be when we're talking about gods.  The odds always do seem to be oddly tilted in their favour, after all.

Carmen Centurionis

One final piece of Latin - I happened to notice that I hadn't posted this one when I did it, which is silly, because it's the one with the most Latinitas of the three, and also I did it first.  "The Roman Centurion's Song," by Rudyard Kipling:

Horologiarii Discipulus

Another translation!  This one's "The Watchmaker's Apprentice," which wound up being v. difficult to translate, what with all of the references to clockwork and springs.

Ludi cum Amici Boni

A latinization of "Pastime with Good Company," by Henricus Octavus, ab Gratia Dei, Rex Angliae, Galliae, et Dominus Hiberniae.  Yes, I translated his titles as well, just for show.

A Sonnet for Books

A sonnet which I wrote for the library's open-mic next week.  I have no ear for iambic pentameter, so I'm just going to hope that I got that right.