BlogHide Resteemsirvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoThe Newspaper FactoryCould robots make a newspaper? The question is timely and sage, for reporters may be obsolete, in this brave new computer age. Robot spelling is impeccable, their grammar without flaw, and…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoNano MorningSee the morning sunlight glinting on the nanobots dotting the roses like dew transformingirvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoTo be a poet (#6 in a possibly infinite series)Is it really a poem or is it prose with line breaks? Contrary to popular belief, poetry does not have to be unreadable, with random words thrown together in no apparent order. At the same time, if…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoIn the DarknessI'll give you a quarter to go into the cavern, to seek out the monsters in the plummeting black. Inch by inch pushing your feet to new regions, hands blindly feeling each invisible crag…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoA Halloween Poetry Treat!Every year the Science Fiction Poetry Association hosts a Halloween poetry page. The page contains audio files of poets reading their spookiest poems. Or in my case this year, it's not spooky so…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoRhapsody in RedIn a way it's like sitting in a jazz club late at night, after enough drinks to be mellow but not so many that you don't notice the shot. There's smoke in the room and smoky music. And you…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoTo be a poet (#5 in a possibly infinite series)Build a poem from start to finish. It's possible to just throw together words and get a decent poem but mostly it doesn't work well. It's better to have a beginning and an end, with changes or…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoThe Legend of the SwanGreen and yellow reeds sway beside the pond, broken by a few poplars and willows and the counter-swaying of snakes or weasels patrolling. The pond is wide and blue, like a mountain gem and on…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoTo be a poet (#4 in a possibly infinite series)It's a truism that poets keep notebooks. I keep mine on the computer but I used to have actual physical notebooks of mostly unfinished and unusable poetic work. Not everything can be a finished…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoThe GatheringHere is a mystery, felt in the bone, of spirits whose names should never be known of ancient wise men who've yet to atone, for crimes of blood splashed across white stone. How many swords did…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoTo be a poet (#3 in a possibly infinite series)There are many schools and types of poetry. Should a poet pick one and master it? Pros It gives structure to your practice. Being a master of something is a good feeling and can be good for…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoThe Caves of MenPeople laugh now at the lives of cavemen. But at the time, we loved those caves. A cave was safe, more or less, once you cleaned out the animals and built a gate at the entrance. It kept out…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoTo be a poet (#2 in a possibly infinite series)The heart of poetry is metaphor. They teach it wrong in school. They make you memorize the difference between metaphor and simile (like something vs is something) as if the names are what matter.…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoPilotThe stars pass like snowflakes driven by a silent hard wind. The crew dangle in their berths, flash frozen mannikins of engineers and explorers. In between such little maintenance as the…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoTo be a poet (#1 in a possibly infinite series)Art evokes. It causes the viewer to experience some emotion. Poetry uses sound, rhythm, rhyme and metaphor to point toward the intended emotion, so that it can be discovered and thereby have a…irvingprime (35)in originalpoem • 8 years agoGuardians at the EdgesThe Walkers in the Darkness have a duty they say, to never miss a turning but to walk the entire way, to follow paths and byways that are little seen by day, there behind the shadows where the…irvingprime (35)in poetry • 8 years agoLaunchLook up. What do you see? There once was a skyscraper, tall as the sky, bright as the ocean, in the midsummer sun. There once was a rocket, white as a glacier, strong as the wind, just…irvingprime (35)in introduceyourself • 8 years agoMy kingdom for a beerI've been a web developer for a few years, more or less falling into it by accident. It's good, interesting work and it mostly keeps me busy. The money tends to be better than average too (WAY…