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Poetry Has Lost Its Pen

Blank is the paper for which I write
I write with a pen no more
You penned this well they say
But all I see is a blank piece of paper

In front of me
My pen has plenty of ink to write
Now they will say you compute this well
The well is empty of ink unless you need to print

Push a button then all shall see
My pen is a computer and not me
The written word no longer has flare
It has formatting and syllable checking

The pen is no longer there we have lost
Our Pen and Flare
© Bobby May  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: formatting, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Hard Drive

For months I’ve partitioned – sectored my strife
Trying to determine – wrong from the right
Clinging to bits – healing the bytes
Moving and changing – formatting new life

My career crashed – with it my dreams
Memory erased – circuits burned clean
Connection to love – garbled and crossed
Power was fading – all color lost

A new system needed – more power and thrill
New creativity – speed and the skill
Designing new backup – restoring my line
Application of will – turn tables on time

Tap my known current – discarding old woes
Erase obsolete system – vanquish all foes
Move to the center – empower self trust
Stun all the comers – lightning fast thrust

No longer lie down – and wait for the call
Stand up and fight – pin them to the wall
Knowing I’m better – than any machine
Time to arise – from a protracted dream

And so I forgo – all advice of claimed best
Listen inside – put myself to the test
It’s hard but I’m winning – getting better by day
Pain is less troubling – I’ll continue this way
Categories: formatting, computer-internet, inspirational, on work
Form:

Name of Art

A poet I was
‘Cause I wrote
Words so nice
Flowing lines
Easy and clear
Images that 
You could almost see
Paint with words
A world  so dear
Then I learned
To my horror
This is not
What poems should be
They need words
You've never seen
Linked together
Without a care
Blank lines


 


 
For no reason
 

               Formatting

  That   makes no sense

If you can them
Understand
The poet failed
It will never work
Now I know why
Poetry is dead
Poets killed it
In the name of art
Categories: formatting, poetry,
Form: Free verse

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Four Haiku Poems On Clouds

imagery, nature, sun, water, wind, word play



The mountains speak out
From under clouds soaring high
Light strikes down below!

Mountain ridges stick out
Crags and crevices shadow deep
Cloud cover adds frost!


Billowing white clouds
Rearrange themselves in groupings
Formatting anew!

The sun’s reflection 
Sparkling the rolling wave tips 
Sent by the strong breezes!
Categories: formatting, imagery, nature, sun, water,
Form: Haiku

Ilan Pang Tangka Sa Tanka

watching the leaves 
touching damp earth
I walk on, (pondering)—
how graceful they fall
     so unlike me

************************************************************

                                             feathered silence
                                                folded in paper
                                             tickled—
                                                 with the sound 
                                        of your laughter 


************************************************************


                                                                 holding the plum bowl
                                                          glass shatters
                                                                 as my fingers slip
                                                                  my heart
                                                                   along with it



************************************************************


listening 
in entomology class
I yawn….
swallowing
a mosquito


************************************************************

                                                  creased with silence
                                            letting go
                                                 of that paper boat—
                                                    I write your name
                                                in water 

************************************************************


a few (ilan) of my attempts (tangka) at writing some tanka some time ago, they 
probably don't even qualify as tanka? these aren't related with each other 
though...

Also me just trying to see if formatting will hold this time? The other day when 
I tried it, it did  (even from Word) now, even from notepad, the formatting is all 
aligned to the left? Lemme see center now if it stays as centered (ok, it actually 
does).  But aligning it to the right doesn't seem to stay though?
Categories: formatting, feelings, introspection, write,
Form: Tanka

Premium Member My Someday Pc

MY SOMEDAY PC

Someday when I’ll lose all my fading imagination
I’ll ask my PC to bring from the clipboard a poem for me.
It’ll inscribe a sonnet on the splendor of the rising sun
in programmed words formatting dreams I failed to see.

Someday when I’ll miss the melody of my mute music
I’ll ask my PC to play from its music store a sonata for me.
It’ll select and play Mozart’s ninth symphony, a classic,
my heart will pulsate in the tracked  tune of rhapsody.

Someday when I’ll feel desolate and forsaken
I’ll ask my PC to project on monitor a lively friend.
It’ll display an animated smiling face I’ve long forgotten,
the hyperlink to the photo archive it’ll instantly send.

Someday when I’ll be depressed and a loner
I’ll ask my PC to open the inspiring page of history.
It’ll decode the encrypted tale of life from an uploaded folder
to set me on a browsing journey of self-inventory.

Someday when all colors will disappear from my palette
I’ll ask my PC to show me a picture of sunset hued sky.
It’ll retrieve a Monet from the database searching the internet,
I’ll copy and paste on the blank canvas where my mind will lie.

Someday when it’ll be time to close window on the world to exit
I’ll ask my PC to delete my story it had saved in the binary code,
because I’ll never want to virtually exist bound by strings of digit
in the electronic memory that nobody would ever download.

October 3, 2018
Categories: formatting, analogy, computer, life,
Form: Rhyme


Control Panel

Excuse, may I perhaps suggest that you adjust your settings
Access my local area network by rebooting your memory
Restore it to our history, the mail, the messages we shared
The cache of stored work temporarily filed away remotely

Technically challenged by the format you display
Data of no gateways or connections in sync
Prompts the recalibration of my control panel
To search and review my settings reboot or even restore

Closing all windows and formatting firewalls
erasing the data, the history and their locations
troubleshooting the back pages encrypted
with messages no longer managed or stored

This media of you remains pasted on a clipboard 
Components that await configuration and review
Left to their own devices by default in my domain
Downloaded, bookmarked in favourite library files

I delete all prompts and search settings and all tools
Inheriting only drivers generic and with false attributes
I apply these settings, I delete the data sources
Denying permission to any external links of you.
Categories: formatting, imagery, metaphor, relationship,
Form: Light Verse

Premium Member Straight and Narrow -Formally Test

I have
Been
Relegated
Condemned
To follow
The straight
And narrow
Path
Of Poetic
Minimalism
I shall not 
Stray
From behaving
In this way
Its the straight
And narrow
All the way
From now on
For me


Straight Arrow

No more
Than a few
Words I can
Say
Its the new
Style
Of Poetry 
DONT stray
I shall abide
Keep things
Straight
Narrow
Like
The Indians
Arrow
I shoot this
Poem
Over your way
Do not laugh
Nor should you
Play
From now on
Its the straight 
And narrow
All the way


If you wish

Spaces

That’s ok too

As Long as

You know

Straight and

Narrow

Is still for

You

That’s the rule

So don’t be blue


If you cant beat them join them!!!!!!!!!!!!



Notes: The
formatting issues of
short lines and
double spaces seems
to be fixed, however
if anyone needs help
to fix their posts
feel free to email
me, be happy to
assist.

I stand corrected, there still seems to be issues. However, it seems if you post 
in the Chrome browser is ok. I have tried in in Firefox and sometimes it works, 
and sometimes not.
Categories: formatting, absence,
Form: ABC

Premium Member Tea Party

My love

                                      Pick some clothing

                                     Your very best will do

                                I've built a gossamer castle

                         Only you are welcome in my kingdom

                           Marvel at the light shining through

                                     You're invited to tea

                                        Will you join me

                                             My love



Just Nine Lines Contest. Sponsored by: Nette
Written by: Richard Lamoureux
September 5th, 2013

visual one was my choice
The dress and jacket are removed so it appears my party was a success.
My IPad doesn't let me use any of the formatting tools I hope this reads ok.
Categories: formatting, emotions,
Form: Rictameter

Deliberately Delivering Designed Deities

Twenty-three metres. An elephant leap. Vast leg spasms and sporadic duties to a tiled polished floor. Fire formatting finishing frames. And a pyrolysis of a purple strand of hair in a sinkhole waging war with a little flea. Never let it be said that a dynamic IP address will come from work as adjectives are not noted for complacency and judgement is formed from ordered shelves of peas. Lining up on the many shelves. In tins. Exact. Numbered. 00100 or 100900.000 is no name. It is no honour. It is a code. That is no way to treat and grow a core. Essences remain in a cosmically fired whirl. And goblin spinsters whirl backwards in moonlit flames. Flamenco feet then. Cha cha cha. How charismatic and charming. Radioactive beans. Hahahaha firing papayas' is fun. Hahahaha left angled triangular prisms. Deliberation z
Categories: formatting, arabic, basketball,
Form:

Premium Member Eye of a Hero

As    the    dust    settled
                              The     young      hero   was      badly 
                       beaten      and      bruised.     As   she   looked 
                  behind   her, she  saw   the   chaos and    devastation 
              she   had    emerged                      from. Deep in her heart 
           she    realized     that                          she   was    grateful for 
        all    the     tribulations                           that      the     battles   of
           yesterday            had                         brought.    Because    it 
             birthed the    strength,                   fortitude  and character 
               that heroes are       made  of.  From those       qualities 
                 the   bright    days   of    peace  and       prosperity 
                     came   to    be.   Her   heart   began  to  heal, 
                          she    looked    tomorrow   in  the eye,     
                                    and    smiled  from    within.


                                            Kale Brereton
                                              Sept  2018

www.thefreethinkinghuman.com
My apologies, the formatting on poetrysoup is not nearly the same as word.Poem will not show its intended form if viewed from a phone.
Categories: formatting, appreciation, heart, hero, inspirational,
Form: Concrete

I Dont Know What To Name This....For Nick

Unsure if Its a poem or a song, I meant it to be a poem but its kinda song formatting...so I 
dont know lol... 

We're both heart broken,
Our hearts hanging together by a few loose strands,
Our eyes over flowing where the river bends,
We're suffocating, without the air to breath,
I'm so sorry baby - please come back to me

I made a mistake, my choice was wrong,
I cant live without my love,
Like the birds cant sing without their song,
I broke both our hearts,
It wasnt my right,
The night cant shine without the stars, 
Like the day wont shine without the sunlight,

We're both heart broken,
Hiding our tears and hanging our heads,
Our lips aren't speaking the words that should be said,
Our blood runs cold, without the fire in our hearts,
I dont want this to happen - please dont depart,

I made a mistake, my choice was wrong,
I cant live without my love,
Like the birds cant sing without their song,
I broke both our hearts,
It wasnt my right,
The night cant shine without the stars,
Like the day wont shine without the sunlight,

You are my stars, and you are my sun,
I am your skies, and together we are one,
How can I sing, if ive lost my song,
How can I live if Ive lost my only one,

I made a mistake, my choice was wrong,
I cant live without my love,
Like the birds cant sing without their song,
I broke both our hearts,
It wasnt my right,
The night cant shine without the stars,
Like the day wont shine without the sunlight,

Please baby - forgive me, 
I know I was wrong,
Id do anything baby,
Just to hear our hearts song,

I made a mistake, my choice was wrong,
I cant live without my love,
Like the birds cant sing without their song,
I broke both our hearts,
And I know it wasnt my right,
I cant breath without your love,
I cant see without your light.
Categories: formatting, day, baby, heart, night,
Form:

Deadseascrollingbyecharlax

Who is Edgar Rice Cakes? What does HE have to do with John Burroughs. Jesus Crisis. a 
google search What is this? A novella nuevo bye charlaxandroidoneseven. CA17. Short for 
Para Cayce. I have read the DeadSeaScrolling. On the PDF machine. Let me inform on my 
brothers in the LORD there is seldom any evidenced.  These fragments of Aromaic Archaic 
would cause language EXPERTS in the field years of Formatting on a Word Processing 
machine. Butt Doctor Caycey has Decided it somehow pertains to Jesus.? Oye Vey.  I 
admitted in a Court Room of lawyers I have not studied all his problems yet I must admit I 
cannot read those fragments of isometric triangular wordage. You must admit these people 
did preserve it as iff it were a GOSPEL message. crisischronicles dot com A cave a bunch of 
yearns placed near the Monestary Remains to find considering the way Climatic Changes 
occur the evelation of the Earth is never level Seas rise where desert climes once failed to 
thrive. Perhaps a sub culture of Future Post Apolyptic Snow Men; all white and hairy like the 
Yeti. Abominable in every way with patches of glowing purple hair where the radiation has 
burned some of the fur away to reveal faults underneath no clothing there. They find a 
pristene City walk into the Revolving Door and fall back out until Discovering when to exit 
one. What fun. The lobby generator comes on. The Computor Hums. One Yeti moves the 
mouse Experimentally they gape at Windows song. Not one of them Yeti can get the 
Computor to do anything they are all just too old. A Robot walks up to the terminal. May I 
help you SIRS? and /or Madames? They step back agape at this hairless ape a tinsel steel 
replica of charlaxandroidoneseven. He types in poetrypoem dot com charlax7 Let me show 
you my website boys? Do you like poetry as prose? As they fall about the place guffawing 
they come out rolling the first time I ever saw a bunch of Yeti lawghing. So here we pause. 
As DeadSeaScrollingbyeCharlaX grows cold.
Categories: formatting, computer-internet, dedication, holiday, on
Form: Prose Poetry

Deadseascrollingbyecharlax

Who is Edgar Rice Cakes? What does HE have to do with John Burroughs. Jesus Crisis. a 
google search What is this? A novella nuevo bye charlaxandroidoneseven. CA17. Short for 
Para Cayce. I have read the DeadSeaScrolling. On the PDF machine. Let me inform on my 
brothers in the LORD there is seldom any evidenced.  These fragments of Aromaic Archaic 
would cause language EXPERTS in the field years of Formatting on a Word Processing 
machine. Butt Doctor Caycey has Decided it somehow pertains to Jesus.? Oye Vey.  I 
admitted in a Court Room of lawyers I have not studied all his problems yet I must admit I 
cannot read those fragments of isometric triangular wordage. You must admit these people 
did preserve it as iff it were a GOSPEL message. crisischronicles dot com A cave a bunch of 
yearns placed near the Monestary Remains to find considering the way Climatic Changes 
occur the evelation of the Earth is never level Seas rise where desert climes once failed to 
thrive. Perhaps a sub culture of Future Post Apolyptic Snow Men; all white and hairy like the 
Yeti. Abominable in every way with patches of glowing purple hair where the radiation has 
burned some of the fur away to reveal faults underneath no clothing there. They find a 
pristene City walk into the Revolving Door and fall back out until Discovering when to exit 
one. What fun. The lobby generator comes on. The Computor Hums. One Yeti moves the 
mouse Experimentally they gape at Windows song. Not one of them Yeti can get the 
Computor to do anything they are all just too old. A Robot walks up to the terminal. May I 
help you SIRS? and /or Madames? They step back agape at this hairless ape a tinsel steel 
replica of charlaxandroidoneseven. He types in poetrypoem dot com charlax7 Let me show 
you my website boys? Do you like poetry as prose? As they fall about the place guffawing 
they come out rolling the first time I ever saw a bunch of Yeti lawghing. So here we pause. 
As DeadSeaScrollingbyeCharlaX grows cold.
Categories: formatting, computer-internet, dedication, holiday, on
Form: Prose Poetry

A Ccumulative B Oquet--C Reative D Isplay

A CCUMULATIVE   B OQUET—C REATIVE   D ISPLAY

A nother poem—A different A isle

B olts of imagination that B eguile

C ollages formatting ABC C reativity

D escribing flights--visions-- D ifferently

E ntertainment, E njoyment to E ntice

F igures of illusion—F antacize

G olden lyrics G athering G ently

H idden meaning H alting H esitantly

I ncidental language with I ntent?

“K” marks my name—with “K” I’m “K” ontent
Categories: formatting,
Form: ABC
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