Iliad

higgledy piggledy
Peleus' progeny
filled up with Rage at his
army and king;

now of his canine- and
aviannutritive
multihellenicide
please, goddess, sing.

Odyssey

higgledy piggledy
wily Odysseus
versatile traveller
tricker of Troy

after two decades of
polytaraxia
finally came home to his
wife and his boy.

I'm enjoying working with this form, but I find that (despite my Texas education) I'm having a hard time being funny and obscene. So I ask myself: is this a gender thing? Is there something inherently masculine about the traditional obscene double dactyl?

Is the Double Dactyl an Essentially Male Genre?

higgledy piggledy
D. Arnson SVAR-li-en
finds that this genre just
isn't her thing;

is it because of its
phallocentricity--
most of hers seem to be
lacking their sting?

(insert emoticon here)

Diane Arnson Svarlien
dsvarli0@gtc.georgetown.ky.us
Georgetown College