Future Imperative

poem in rhyming quatrains

Future imperative.

 

 

Essential to efficiency.

When writing prose or poetry.

Elegant simplicity,

 will enhance the clarity.

 

Of what you’re trying to convey

 in the most artistic way

Although it makes me sad to say

Standards are slipping day by day.

 

Communicating at high speed.

Young people do not see the need.

For rules they think needs must impede.

The messages they want to read..

 

The youngsters use technology

 to sweep away the pedantry.

By far the vast majority

 adapted to it readily.

 

A small vocal minority

Bemoaned the loss of purity

And stubbornly refused to see.

That language changes constantly.

 

That in the future there would be

 a greater need potentially.

A switch towards simplicity

 and even less formality.

 

The flowery language of the past

 was very slowly overcast.

It was too cumbersome to last.

When change is due it happens fast.

 

The need for speed bound to increase.

That does not mean that we should cease.

To write in ways that please

 and make each work a masterpiece.

 

Communicating speedily

 a modern day necessity

But we don’t need to let it be

Destroyer of our literacy

 

We have free will so we can choose

What form of language we should use

What to accept or to refuse

We stand to gain more than we lose.

 

We can store electronically

 more books than any library

of any merit literally

 on one small chip quite easily

 

The nerds can txt phonetically

Where speed is a priority.

While scholars maintain purity

Of classic prose and poetry.

 

Sunday, 21 August 2011

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Reviews

[Poeticpiers]

My thanks for all your kind replies
I'm well aware that things must change
for me the old rules still apply
I am too old to re-arrange
my ways to gain more speed
That does not mean that I cannot
I am unwilling to concede
The need to change So I will not.
I stick to what is tried and true
the rules I learnt so long ago
What you will do is up to you.
though I prefer my words to flow
difficult to do in txt
I f you can cope with staccato.
I must wish you all the best

[John Jackson (El Juero)]

Wonderful, thoughtful, and careful look at both sides of a rapidly changing time.
In the end we must be true to ourselves, and in that you have my utmost respect and admiration.
A simply beautiful work!

[Donald Meikle]

Another try at sweet conformity
Alas it left with Willie
I have to say with like dismay I miss the rules that let us play
But Time is rushing by the door
And changes simply sweep the floor
That does not mean we cannot play
It simply means we choose to stay

[Greg the Bard]

I love the give and take of the message. It is a great write that needs to be read by everyone.

[Rene Velez]

A great message to the new writers and the writers with longevity, wise words that should be read by all.

[Robin]

elegant and eloquent , well said Sir .