Poetry Needs Paper
The long-bearded poets
who once defined what was poetry
scribbled onto paper,
vellum, parchment,
papyrus.
Today, poetry has leapt off the page;
now it rides 1's and 0's,
the electron trail,
ephemeral and yet everlasting.
But you can't take your laptop
into the bath.
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This paper inspired Quadrille (44 words) was pulped by those folks over at DVerse.
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Ha! Love it! That last line is a surprise. I LOVE paper, and often at least doodle poems that way first.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, poetry has to stay away from water these days (but paper doesn't take water well either)
ReplyDeleteI love your ending! And there's nothing quite like a slim volume of verse.
ReplyDeleteLike Punam commented on my poem, something is lost in the virtual aspect.
ReplyDeleteWell, you can, but you might very quickly regret it 😅
ReplyDeleteThat last line made me laugh--so unexpected! 😀
ReplyDeleteof course, if you write in invisible ink, you have to dampen it to read it.
ReplyDeleteyour last line tickled my funny bone-great.
ReplyDeleteI never do...ha..ha... Love that we now just type our words and keep them forever.
ReplyDeleteThat last line is so true. Nicely done quadrille.
ReplyDeleteIndeed. I love journaling. Sometimes things happen there that just wouldn't on my keyboard. Enjoyed this.
ReplyDeleteAhm where pencil and paper top pointers and pixels.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good point, Chris, but it's probably good to tear our eyes away from our screens for a few minutes every so often :)
ReplyDeleteSincerely,
David [ben Alexander]
I agree, we can't. Great one.
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