lillian the home poet

power and magic and lilt
and creativity and rhythm and feelings
and making sense with words.
Rhyme scheme, haiku, free verse
and so much more.

WTF? NGL.
Will the flying thumbs of today
have the patience to spell it all out?
I’m just asking, will poetry survive?
FAWC, I’m SMH and wondering.
You may be BWL,
but this is FR.
SRSLY, PLZ tell me
how to write a sonnet,
create a rhythmic flow
or express my POV
using this shorthand chicanery?
IKR?
Maybe like Basho,
there’s an enterprising new poet
waiting in the wings
who will add RIZZ
to this new language.
Teach us oldsters to translate.
PAW. I’m watching.
I’ve got TFW
something new is on the horizon
and the actual problem is,
I’m just really over the hill.

TRANSLATION

What the fuck? Not gonna lie.
Will the flying thumbs of today
have the patience to spell it all out?
I’m just asking, will poetry survive?
For anyone who cares,
I’m shaking my head and wondering.
You may be bursting with laughter,
but this is for real.
Seriously, please tell me
how to write a sonnet,
create a rhythmic flow
or express my point of view
using this shorthand chicanery?
I know right?
Maybe like Basho,
there’s an enterprising new poet
waiting in the wings
who will add charisma and charm
to this new language.
Teach us oldsters to translate.
Parents are watching. I’m watching.
I’ve got that feeling when
something new is on the horizon
and the actual problem is,
I’m just really over the hill.

NAPOWRIMO Day 14. Prompt today is to “write a poem that bridges (whether smoothly or not) the seeming divide between poetry and technological advances.” AI image generated on Bing Create.