WHY DONT PLASTICS DECOMPOSE? BRIAN ~ A DODECET

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  Michael Edwards March 11th, 2019 02:06

  Fine write and by coincidence puts me in mind of a shorty I have just written as a play on the word 'decompose':
  
  Unwrite the notes
  Of tunes once heard
  No more promote
  The songs now blurred
  As notes erode
  In decompose
  

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    ANGELA & BRIANMarch 11th, 2019 05:21

    TOUCHE UNCLE MIKE ~ There is tendancy in any systen for the ENTROPY (dissorder) to increase with time ~ buildings ~ cars ~ gradens etc "Change & Decay in all around I see ............. ! Natures Natural Cycles are programmed to decompose & recycle the chemical elements. There are organisms called DECOMPOSERS to do this. They (as we know) can cope with natural materials such as wood ~ cardboard ~ paper ~ natural fibres etc. Most of the synthetic polymers (polythene) etc are like glass (polysilicate) and remain non-biodegradable ! What was a great blessing is now seen as a curse ! My Grandparents remembered camping with CANVAS BUCKETS and METAL PLATES & MUGS before the 1950's and ALUMINIUM water bottles on their bikes which corroded etc ! Thanks for comment pleased you enjoyed ~ Blessings through Odd Odes ~ BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡

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  orchidee March 11th, 2019 02:30

  A fine write and explanation B&A. Meanwhile - that's why I'm so old. I'm a plastic, but living, dinosaur! Well, we get called dinosaurs these days if we won't use e-mail, or simple techy things even.

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    ANGELA & BRIANMarch 11th, 2019 05:27

    Thanks UNCLE STEVE ~ Pleased you enjoyed it. You will remember the pre-Plastic & pre-Synthetic Fibre days ~ How on Earth did you survive ? Blessings & Love through Poetry ~ BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡

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    orchideeMarch 11th, 2019 05:39

    Ohh modern-day dinosaurs - people refusing any sort of techy stuff. 'Ooh, I can't be messing about with pressing these buttons, etc'.... they say! And 'Will the computer make the tea too?'

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    ANGELA & BRIANMarch 11th, 2019 05:50

    Ahhhhh UNCLE STEVE ~ You may remember TEASMAIDS (Ive seen them in Folk Museums) I am told People installed them in their bedrooms ~ set them up the night before ~ Leaf Tea ~ silver strainer ~ milk & real sugar (SUCROSE) & a digestive ! Woken up by Alarm ~ prees the button & hey presto tea (or coffee) without a trip to the cold scullary ! it was in essence a COMPUTER that made Tea (on everyones wedding list !)
    Blessings through hightech !
    B & A 🧡🧡🧡🧡

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    orchideeMarch 11th, 2019 07:16

    Doh! We wanted the photocopier to make tea at work. But the manageress couldn't even wait for it to warm up, and was about to kick it. I had to say nice things to it, or it would be temperamental. They know, these machines. A bit anthropomorphic there - attributing human characteristics to non-living or non-human things. But only a 5 syllable word used - anthro-wotsit. Ahh bless! lol.

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  JaydeVictoria March 11th, 2019 03:54

  A very informative write! I've not attempted a blank verse dodecet before so thank you for that also!

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    ANGELA & BRIANMarch 11th, 2019 05:40

    Thanks JAYNE pleased you appreciated the explanations ! I get my students to bury (in damp soil) paper & cardboard and a variety of synthetic plastics and dig them upa year later ! We find the natural polymers have dedocmposed while the Polythene etc is still intact !
    I like dodecets (20) because for a subject like this a Sonnet (14) is too short ! They can Rhyme or be Free Verse (no meter) with Bank Verse each line should (if possible) have the same number of syllables. This gives the Poem structure & flow for recitation ~ OK Thanks for your encouraging comment !
    Blessings & Joy through Poetry
    BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡

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  Fay Slimm. March 11th, 2019 07:09

  An outcry which should be read at all outlets and drummed into every mind - - - more strength to your elbow with this posting my friend.