in the past Writers would have thought long and hard before putting pen to paper...now we meander through our mindscape and jot as we go... but we prolly spend as much time backspacing and deleting as they did starting over.
I don't think that our inner Editors really care how we get there. We still need to do to get it right..or atleast close enough.
I really like the two lines: 'too revealing in their raw passion' I like the picture that some simple words, even just a few, can reveal all of your soul.
I know how that feels.
ReplyDeleteIt's a really good poem though.
I wonder what we'd have if the literary geniuses would have never tossed out their rough work.
We were thinking about this just yesterday, how the keyboard and computer have changed the art of writing. Better or worse? I don't know.
ReplyDeleteExterminated by backspace. Man, that resonates.
ReplyDeleteHey, do you know these people? One of the women in my book club met someone who works for them and I thought I'd ask you if you know anything.
in the past Writers would have thought long and hard before putting pen to paper...now we meander through our mindscape and jot as we go...
ReplyDeletebut we prolly spend as much time backspacing and deleting as they did starting over.
I don't think that our inner Editors really care how we get there. We still need to do to get it right..or atleast close enough.
discretion being the better part of valor, no?
ReplyDeleteI think there was a lot of crumpled paper tossed into the wastebasket before backspace was invented.
ReplyDeleteLove this:
'too revealing in their
raw passion
and honest fervor'
There's also a keyboard function where you can undo your expunge and, in fact, reveal those inner thoughts...
ReplyDeleteSo why don't you? Restore the fervor and paste back in the passion, Gautami!
A great poem. The title is very clever!
ReplyDeleteI'd like to read some of what you've deleted, if it's fervent and passionate!
I love the title of this poem! And the poem, too!
ReplyDeleteSaying it truly with words that are few sometimes steals the beauty away...expunging the beauty and leaving only the skeleton of the flower.
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If it wasn't for the keyboard I probably wouldn't write. I can't read my handwriting myself, so nobody else would stand a chance!
ReplyDeleteexterminated by backspace!!
ReplyDeletegreat!
very well said!! :)
ReplyDeletecan be a riddle. hehe thanks for smile :-)
ReplyDeleteA lot of trees have been saved by backspacing, if nothing else!
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's hard to tell when it's a good thing and when it's not. This poem is a good thing, though.
ReplyDeleteI'm with a lot of the other folks - I love "exterminated by backspace." nice piece.
ReplyDeleteI really like the two lines:
ReplyDelete'too revealing in their
raw passion'
I like the picture that some simple words, even just a few, can reveal all of your soul.
Great post!
ReplyDeleteThanks God for ctrl-alt-delete
and brand-new starts!
Blessings,
Linda
SIMPLY SNICKERS – weekly poetry prompts
Thanks for this poem....
ReplyDeleteI think it is your best so far
Cyn
you have created such a clear picture here...
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