Jokes in Esperanto, Part II Posted by Transparent Language on Apr 30, 2009 in Esperanto Language
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Comments:
Sarah:
Can you give any examples of websites where this Esperanto poetry can be found?
Lex:
Finding Esperanto poetry usually requires trawling through Esperanto databases. A great place to find primary-source Esperanto texts is http://eo.wikipedia.org/ – Esperanto’s version of Wikipedia. You can find links to older poets’ works through the “external links” at the bottom of their articles. For example, William Auld’s poetry at the bottom of http://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Auld.
For the most part, I think the joke pokes fun at a literary nadir in Esperanto’s history following its invention. From what I hear, a lot of…shall we say “uninspired?”…poets decided to try their hand at poetry in the new language. They’re now no more than footnotes in Esperanto’s history.
inga.johansson:
http://donh.best.vwh.net/Esperanto/Literaturo/literaturo.html