Charles Babbage
The full package
His invention tidal bore
Led to computers galore!
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2nd place: ABCD Clerihew - 4 Lines contest; Sponsored by Joseph May
Categories:
babbage, computer, internet, science, technology,
Form: Clerihew
Lord Byron poet extraordinaire
lived life& loved sans a care
His daughter Augusta Ada King
programming Babbage Engines was her thing
Categories:
babbage, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew
As all poets will know, there are times
when it's difficult searching for rhymes.
What on earth can rhyme with 'cabbage.'
apart from 'ravage' and 'savage'?
Hmm, I dimly recall the name 'Babbage.'
Charles Babbage, I think, was a boffin
Pah! This path will lead to the coffin.
Hope undying yet springs.
There's much more that rhymes with 'kings'
with words such as 'brings,' 'sings' and 'wings,'
among other interesting things
So now is the time to toil
in the realm of much that is royal.
Categories:
babbage, poetry, words,
Form: Rhyme
Teacher
My teacher
When I bow before u I feel --
I bow before my parents
I kneel before God
And your hands like friends
Soon lift me;
So living and so moving a force
Browsing and exploring me
You compute me
I grow like a computer
From abacus to mainframe
To guard
The space, surface and sea
You are indeed
My
Charles Babbage
Without you
I am a body without soul
Like a monitor without CPU
I bow before you
Bow before you infinitely
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Categories:
babbage, devotion,
Form: Blank verse
This is a thought or an epiphany / but from how I see : confidence is lacking in thee / so I'll shift into gear /
she put the bug in my ear : denounce fear / pronounce a new style to pounce : opened mouthed claws out :
middle finger raised screaming hell yeah : here / eat this plate / when finished : wipe shame from face / walk
with swagga speed up pace / moving to quick to leave a trace / of anything haunting , n starting , or sparking
of the old tablet : to be erased / point in case / chess not checkers : fix my face / n change habits / kill
babbage : with flame-lit carriages filled with kerosene soaked mattresses / n stomach filled with c4 crack
addicts / with the driver chained downed named past tense / hold close the new reference / a decorative
veteran whose suplexing / souped up on goals and aggression : only stressing where the next victim to mess
with / never relaps on past acts just future facts / pemped up ready to attack any acrobat that'll get trapped ,
get slapped , get jacked 4 every piece of their scratch / every piece of dignity , humanity , organs , flesh nose
bones n back / so scratch that
Peace
Categories:
babbage, love,
Form: I do not know?