out with the old
in with the new
poetry doesn’t care
how it pours forth
just that it does
leave a message behind
this poet prefers
the clickety-clack of the
keyboard rather than
the silence of the pen
always been loud, so i’ve been told
out with the old
in with the new
poetry doesn’t care
how it pours forth
just that it does
leave a message behind
this poet prefers
the clickety-clack of the
keyboard rather than
the silence of the pen
always been loud, so i’ve been told
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Ahh, great post!! I like writing with pen (red ink) and paper but have moved over to the computer for 80% of my writing. Each has their attractions but I recently learned a very, very painful lesson from the computer – it crashes, restarts etc. and did so before I saved a completed poem!! I still feel like it was poetic manslaughter!!
xoxo
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Thanks, Chuck! Oh, no!! I would say so. Were you able to recollect much of it?
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For years, I wrote with pen and paper, not even using a typewriter until I had my poems (or occasional short story) in shape to send off to a would-be publisher. When computers came in, I still composed the old-fashioned way and only gradually graduated to keyboard, for the most part because poetry gave way to longer forms of expression (mostly humor and satire) which require frequent re-thinking/editing as I compose.
In short, I adapted primarily for efficiency’s sake. If I were to take up poetry again, I’d probably revert to transferring words from thought to depiction via pen and paper. Whatever works!
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Exactly! To each his own. 🙂
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Love it and sharing!
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Happy to hear you enjoyed it, Bette! 🙂 Thanks for sharing it.
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she comes forth
shedding
the old bedding
to a wedding
of lizard and snakes
frogs
and laces
freshly minted places!
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As long as you can write!
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Yes, ma’am!! 🙂
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🙏
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Love it!
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Thanks, Ruth! Glad you loved it! 🙂
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