Nobody writes poems about e-mail
And of course they shouldn’t
No more than they should about snapping turtles or turtlenecks
Or life or love or the devil’s fiery droppings
But they do
Or I can imagine they do
I can imagine the shape of their poems like
A beautiful woman that exists only in the mind
So they might as well be real
And if they might as well be real, then so as well might be mine
The one about e-mail, I mean
So here it is
A Poem About e-mail To Disprove The Previous Title
They say there’s nothing beautiful about you
You’re the death of a former way of life
You’re a grimy little miser with your warty little fingers on the precious little hearththrob of our dear little world
They say you’re one more wedge we drive between ourselves
One more thing that separates us from each other
One more thing that makes us alone
They have a right to hate you
As they hate death and heartbreak and all those other insignificant things that make them feel
for a moment
unhappy
But they shouldn’t say there’s nothing beautiful about you
With each pulse-flow of ones and zeroes
You beat into the profound sadness of the 21st century
And there’s something beautiful in that.
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Good poem.
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Too good to not re-blog! Thank you.
That was a clever title! I was drawn in because I was expecting a discussion on why it is not a popular topic for poetry. Then, I chuckled when I realized that the post is really all about introducing your poem about emails. Nice work!
(However, I might suggest that you rethink the title of the poem since it’s too dependent on the title of the post. Ooops! I just did. :D)
email
You make us extraordinarily brave
This was wonderful! I enjoy your poetry.
Weird are the ways we find inspiration. So impressed with your poem!
I love poetry and I love this perspective.
Really awesome.
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Yep! you are right, there is no point in writing a poem about e-mail.
WOW
Why aren’t my post streaming on here 😧I’m new here can someone please explain
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Hey what’s good ? You have a good blog !
Julien
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awesome
Enjoyed this. Next challenge: Facebook.
Brilliant post. And there may not be many poems about email, but here’s a great one about texting from poet Sophie Hannah:
Blank spaces count as characters. It’s true.
I wasn’t sure. And then I thought of you.
There’s beauty in everything – even email! (Although sometimes it’s hard to see when you have over 700 in your inbox first thing in the morning!)
I’m really liking this.
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Very witty and smart!!!
Awesome!!
You’re a grimy little miser…love that line. Great poem. Thanks.
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I love this! 🙂
Excellent
I love it!
Below the accumulating male
lay the woman I wanted to know
Poised in perfection
lobbying for my throbbing heart
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Lol very nice, I guess people will never run short of unique ideas 🙂
You just wrote a poem about email so you must be a somebody! Thanks for sharing.
best. title. all. week.
Superbly done. Sublime read.
I have a blog too if anybody would like to pop by and take a look?
I would write the poem describing how email communicates, whether it’s good or bad, and you can’t really hear the person speaking.
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Awesome!!
Nice.
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An unthought aspect and you personified something as dead as this….your words gave it life and me breathing with it….lovely…”You’re the death of a former way of life” ….says so much….kudos! glad you got freshly pressed.
Its something out of the ordinary. Its extraodinary. Good job
Good one!
I have always thought that nothing was more sincere than a handwritten note. I guess we all have to go with the times, but something personally handwritten every now and then would be nice.
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hmmm
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Kind regards
Elly
Wow. First one to listen email poem. Fantastic buddy
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e-mail. You make us not so romantic, because our handwritten has been replaced by typing. But you make us more practical
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好
Inspired! How about SMS? =)
Nice poem..!a great one.
I too have started my blog by writing a poem,it is about us.If u get time then please go through it 🙂
Intelligent…following you as I love poems and I write myself and it was different….do check my poems if you gotta time…
Great!
Bravo! Awesome!
I think you have let yourself be inspired, and in doing so, you are inspiring others. BRAVO!
Bravo! Very enjoyable
Huzzah!
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e-mail do divorced people?
…I assume so.
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That was lovely..
Haha nice 🙂
Congratulations on being Freshly Pressed.
Thanks!
This was very clever. Appreciate it
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This, challenge accepted