# \[OT\] Ruby as a poetic language? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ruby\ **Created:** [June 5, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-ruby-as-a-poetic-language/169554 "2009-06-05T08:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![albertosesena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@albertosesena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/albertosesena)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-ruby-as-a-poetic-language/169554/1 "2009-06-05T08:57:04Z")
According to google… yes! → [http://unix-monk.com/pub/Ruby.jpg](http://unix-monk.com/pub/Ruby.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![albertosesena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@albertosesena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/albertosesena)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 2:36pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-ruby-as-a-poetic-language/169554/2 "2009-06-05T14:36:11Z")
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Robert D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > He was a poet, > but he did not know… > it > but his feet show it > they’re long fellows! – Rick DeNatale Blog: [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) Twitter: [http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale](http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale) WWR: [http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale](http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale) LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale](http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale) ---
**Author:** ![albertosesena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@albertosesena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/albertosesena)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 10:30am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-ruby-as-a-poetic-language/169554/3 "2009-06-05T10:30:59Z")
He was a poet, but he did not know… Ruby. However > **[Mansur Al-Hallaj - Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Mansur_Al-Hallaj)** This is how Hallaj said, I am God, and told the truth! The ruby and the sunrise are one. ~ Rumi I double checked it was Rumi, not Matz. – Toutes les grandes personnes ont d’abord été des enfants, mais peu d’entre elles s’en souviennent. All adults have been children first, but not many remember. [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry] ---
**Author:** ![albertosesena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@albertosesena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/albertosesena)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 5:32pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-ruby-as-a-poetic-language/169554/4 "2009-06-05T17:32:21Z")
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 2:31 PM, Rick DeNatale[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 4:30 AM, Robert D. [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > > > He was a poet, > > but he did not know… > > it > > but his feet show it > > they’re long fellows! LOL It did not know the sequel, I thought that the it was a trap for pupils in grammer school as it is incorrect, right? > – > Rick DeNatale > > Blog: [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) > Twitter: [http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale](http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale) > WWR: [http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale](http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale) > LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale](http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale) – Toutes les grandes personnes ont d’abord été des enfants, mais peu d’entre elles s’en souviennent. All adults have been children first, but not many remember. [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry] ---
**Author:** ![albertosesena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@albertosesena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/albertosesena)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:31pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-ruby-as-a-poetic-language/169554/5 "2009-06-05T23:31:50Z")
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 5:26 PM, Rick DeNatale[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: Ooops, I meant to preface this by saying it’s from a Bob Dylan ‘talking blues’ song. > Now they asked me to read a poem > At the sorority sister’s home > I got knocked down and my head was swimmin’ > I wound up with the Dean of Women > Yippee! I’m a poet, and I know it. > Hope I don’t blow it. – Rick DeNatale Blog: [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) Twitter: [http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale](http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale) WWR: [http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale](http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale) LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale](http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale) ---
**Author:** ![albertosesena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@albertosesena](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/albertosesena)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 11:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ot-ruby-as-a-poetic-language/169554/6 "2009-06-05T23:30:40Z")
On Fri, Jun 5, 2009 at 11:31 AM, Robert D.[removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote: > pupils in grammer school as it is incorrect, right? > I wouldn’t say so. Perfectly find to say he didn’t know it. Now they asked me to read a poem At the sorority sister’s home I got knocked down and my head was swimmin’ I wound up with the Dean of Women Yippee! I’m a poet, and I know it. Hope I don’t blow it. – Rick DeNatale Blog: [http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/](http://talklikeaduck.denhaven2.com/) Twitter: [http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale](http://twitter.com/RickDeNatale) WWR: [http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale](http://www.workingwithrails.com/person/9021-rick-denatale) LinkedIn: [http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale](http://www.linkedin.com/in/rickdenatale)