Howard Tunick Poet Rhyme

Emma's Poem Lost

I wrote a poem about my mule
Emma is her name
The fact that this is not the one
My iPhone is to blame

One night while tired and somewhat bored
I looked in settings all functions stored
Many hidden most quite curious
I touched something quite injurious

When to Notes Emma’s poem to dwell on
There it was and then was gone!
Just for a moment all notes appeared
Then suddenly disappeared

iPhone what the hell did you do
Did I ever do anything to you
Why discard all my notes and thoughts 
Leaving me with such a loss

Emma’s poem was filled with love
Now all I want is to get rid of
This evil machine that’s caused me such grief
And taken my work like a blasted thief

So Emma’s poem is gone forever
And  I would so finally like to sever
My connection to this evil machine
That doesn’t really do anything 

Dante failed to create a place
Where Steve Jobs could face his fate
A virtual place where you and I 
Could digitally torment and make him cry
Then  maybe we could find some peace
From iPhone blues and Apple’s Fleece

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Poet Destroyer A May 9, 2015 at 8:46 PM Howard, Congratulations ~LINDA~ Howard Tunick May 10, 2015 at 4:16 PM Thank you Linda.

Skat A May 9, 2015 at 5:42 PM Howard, congratulations in the Knight Writer's Club contest. SKAT :) Howard Tunick May 10, 2015 at 4:17 PM Thank you SKAT. Kinda surprised me.

Jan Allison May 6, 2015 at 2:34 AM oh i can imagine your frustration losing your poem :-( I especially love the final stanza - very fitting! I do not possess an i phone just write and save on my laptop - :-) Hugs Jan xx 7 xx Jan Allison May 7, 2015 at 2:00 PM Thanks Howard - my heart was in my mouth yesterday - there was a technical 'glitch' on my page all my soup mail disappeared ... then ALL my poems - my heart nearly stopped! Thankfully it got resolved but made me appreciate backing up all my poems! hugs Jan xx Howard Tunick May 7, 2015 at 12:08 PM Hi Jan, That loss really hurt. I write on my laptop and my Android Phone now. Whatever I do on one... I repeat on the other. Little chance of total loss again (I Hope!) You seem to be well backed up here on PSoup. So much to read here. I tend to go for the Rhymes. You do rhyme very well. Stay well, H