Solstice Poem By Hugo Ball

Last year I wrote a short poem in a neo-pagan style to celebrate the Solstice. This year I did not. In fact, I didn't remember the Solstice until late yesterday which left me scrambling to figure out a way to properly commemorate this Wondrous Day.

So let me quote this poem by the Dadaist Hugo Ball. Not that the poem has anything to do with the Solstice, as you will see, but it's a good thing to quote Hugo Ball every now and then.

Karawane

Jolifanto bambla O falli bambla

grossiga m'pfa habla horem

egiga goramen

higo bloiko russulu huju

hollaka hollala

anlogo bung

blago bung

blago bung

bosso fataka

u uu u

schampa wulla wussa olobo

hej tatta gorem

eschige zunbada

wulubu ssubudu uluw ssubudu

tumba ba- umf

kusagauma

ba - umf

Hugo Ball, 1917