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starting in the middle, because this is how the magic of an Internet poetry quest works...

I read a poem,

in this case by [info]shweta_narayan... and it took me back to a first poem,

by [info]papersky, as well as to a talisman, created by [info]elisem.

And then I started feeling dizzy because I realized the hunt was on--I will chase down nine things about oracles, and I have seen three so far.

And [info]papersky points me to

a fourth

and a fifth

and then there is a sixth

and a seventh

and an eighth...

and number nine?

Maybe by later today there will be nine times nine.

An extra thing that makes this marvelous? Only [info]shweta_narayan of these oracular LJers is on my friends list--so I have been traveling in unknown lands--with poetry as a map.

ETA: We have a ninth!

And another!

And another!

Let the waves come rolling in.

And then, too, there are the musings of an oracle, herself, here.



I feel...: excited
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From:[info]haikujaguar
Date: March 16th, 2009 12:00 pm (UTC)
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I have a ninth thing about oracles, but alas, I don't have it ready to post yet. :)
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From:[info]asakiyume
Date: March 16th, 2009 12:06 pm (UTC)
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When you're ready, post, and I will link! I will link to every ninth thing that is posted (that I find)
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From:[info]haikujaguar
Date: March 16th, 2009 03:19 pm (UTC)
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There you go... another thing about Oracles! They change!
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From:[info]sartorias
Date: March 16th, 2009 01:01 pm (UTC)
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Oh, that is so lovely!
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From:[info]asakiyume
Date: March 16th, 2009 01:33 pm (UTC)
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Isn't it? Magic!
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From:[info]skogkatt
Date: March 16th, 2009 03:56 pm (UTC)
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Neat! I had seen [info]papersky's poem, but not the others.
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From:[info]asakiyume
Date: March 16th, 2009 05:01 pm (UTC)
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It's an Internet treasure hunt.
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From:[info]seajules
Date: March 17th, 2009 01:05 am (UTC)
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Thank you for pointing me at all of them! What a richness.
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From:[info]rachelmanija
Date: March 18th, 2009 08:05 pm (UTC)
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From:[info]sonoran_scrawl
Date: March 20th, 2009 04:28 pm (UTC)
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hmm i will have to come back and figure this out...
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From:[info]elisem
Date: March 26th, 2009 04:34 am (UTC)
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I'm collecting them all in one huge post here, and am grateful to have more called to my attention.

And also, [info]haikujaguar is indeed of the goodness.

signed,
the maker of the shiny thing that, I guess, started this whole thing rolling... and so grateful to you all!
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From:[info]asakiyume
Date: March 26th, 2009 11:24 am (UTC)
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Wonderful! I'm going to come visit--and I'll tell readers here to check out the collection made by you, the spark of life for all this.
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From:[info]elisem
Date: March 26th, 2009 04:29 pm (UTC)
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We're most of the way through the third nine, now.

Which means I need to pick a new language for the next set of numbers. I started with the one I speak, then went to the one my mother's people spoke in the old country, then the one my neighbor's people speak. Hmm. What next?
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From:[info]asakiyume
Date: March 26th, 2009 04:33 pm (UTC)
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Japanese? ichi, ni, san, shi, go, roku, shichi, hachi, kyû, jû (written in Chinese characters 一、二、三、四、五、六、七、八、九、十

(which you'll only be able to see if your browser's enabled for characters, but...)

oops, I went up to ten :-P

Edited at 2009-03-26 04:34 pm (UTC)
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