Digital Poetry Needs a Key
Digital Poetry Needs a Key
When the muse is flogging you to write,
and ideas flow faster than your typing fight –
you are at one with the keyboard.
If you’ve gutted yourself to make truth ring,
and crafted just the right phrase to make it sing,
then blister for your craft with every keystroke.
Paperless poetry lives in a binary clutch,
brought to you by spiders and such,
when your heart has entered the right keyword.
Sing language as you type, despite your tears,
frame your magic so it lasts for years,
placing your point as the arch keystone.
The world needs poets, to keep the love dance.
Only they can scribble life’s magnificence,
stooped over peering through the keyhole.
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This poem is a Compound Word Verse, prompted by the compounded and complex folks over at DVerse.
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Cheers to the poets who sing the language. Getting that right word and stroke are the keys.
ReplyDeleteGood write Chris.
ReplyDeleteThe poem was sterling, but the syllable count was off-prompt; no biggie. Your message, flow, and rhyme scheme were bang-on. Good compound words too.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I kind of missed the fact that there was a syllable count until after I posted it . I jumped too quick, lol.
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ReplyDeleteLoved this line especially: "Paperless poetry lives in a binary clutch" which immediately reminded me that I've lost many a word that slipped those clutches into the ether. But yes, "The world needs poets, to keep the love dance./Only they can scribble life’s magnificence." Perfectly expressed.
pax,
dora
This is great - I really identify with your poem, as these days I prefer to type than handwrite. Love the idea of being 'at one with the keyboard' - sometimes it feels that way! And of course 'Only they can scribble life’s magnificence,' made me smile :-)
ReplyDeleteThis resonated. Wonderfully expressed.
ReplyDeleteThere's a lot of truth in this. I especially liked the last stanza. I enjoyed the poem, even if you didn't follow the word count. 😏
ReplyDeleteLove the compound words used, love it despite being a bit off on the syllable count.
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