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EDUCATED FOOLS

This is an experiment in using free verse form punctuation in a rhyming poem

Unsettling news just came my way
concerning a nearby library
that very soon would come the day
Of
. No
..More
...BOOKS!

All reading will be on flat screen
.no more rustling pages
..no covers smooth as velveteen
will aroma now be ozone
..............................................instead of leather?

At a major university,yet
where education reigns supreme
are students now doomed to forget
the feel of words between their fingers?

I guess their computer will never crash
...and power will never be cut out
....by snow or ice or lightning flash
FOOLS! I want to scream and shout

About This Poem

Style/Type: Structured: Western

Review Request Direction: What did you think of my title?
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Editing Stage: Editing - rough draft

About the Author

Region, Country: South Carolina, United States, USA

Favorite Poets: Frost, Burns, Longfellow, Poe, and Johnson. I guess you've noticed these are all past masters. Other than folks on site I don't read any contemporary poets .

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Comments

K

Kailashana2

14 years 1 month ago

Hahaha.

Hahaha.

Well,
at least
there won't be
any more book burnings
by the thought police.

~A

grin.

S

scribbler

14 years 1 month ago

hi

It would be kind of funny if it weren't true...............stan