It used to be
Written on paper with pen
Letters, shopping lists, and notes
For centuries that’s how it’s been
And now it’s the 21st century
Computers are everywhere
Keyboards have replaced the pen
And Microsoft Word trades with paper there
The traditionalist in me is saddened
As the digital age is here
But the optimist in me of today
Finds it easier to turn my lyrical gears
So my paper and pen have gone digital
Saving my poetry into a holding pen
How ironic that the pen I used to hold
Now holds words I penned
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Good thoughts , I write with paper and a pencil and I read real books ....
Thanks Bill. I write in Microsoft Word and save it in a folder I call "Holding Pen". But reading a book is always a joy.
A fine write AP. All - or 95% - of me poems are written in pencil first. Not that I erase much! lol.
Thanks orchi. That's exactly why I write in Microsoft Word. Instead of erasing, I just backspace and rewrite it correctly.
Great write. I pop all my ideas down in a notebook as I go about the day wherever I am. When at home I put them on the computer and play around with them until something emerges often after many visits.
I'll do that too Michael. Thanks for reading and your compliment.
Digital pen is convenient but lacking personal touch, and character. Look at the handwriting from hundreds and thousand years ago, it told so much about the history.
Yes m&m, you're so right. The history of writing has progressed and changed over the course of time. And it's always interesting to see how it's changed.
I still use paper and pen to write the first draft of my poems then use the computer for the final draft. Great write
Thanks tepo, it's always nice to see that traditional forms of writing still exist today. Hopefully it will stay this way with a mixture of ways to write.
Welcome
Great penmanship!
Great notemanship.
Great poem, AP. I must be old fashioned with my binders of poems. But great ideas here--the new age has arrived!
No right or wrong ways to write Christina. Thanks for the read.
I have probably lost 500 poems because of digital expression to destroy, lose and even blow up. yet, I persist in with which the speed of a poetic keyboard. now I just normally create, store anything I want in my email account, which is always accessible so, no, I never pick a pen, pencil or an erasure up. good work, AP.
I've lost 100 or so too Kevin due to more than one duplicate folder depletion. But some survived of my oldest poems. But I do find the computer to be the easiest way to write and save work. I do print some of my most favorite poems and store them in a binder book. Thanks for reading Kevin.
I spent lots of years writing with pen and paper, but most of that has all faded into darkness. It is easier to save things now, but I too feel the pain of separation from those old writings.
It's easier with the computer Ed, but I agree that the old fashion ways I tend to want to always be there.
I make notes and write the odd poem in a notebook if I see something when I am out but all is put on a computer and then printed. All the published poems that I read are in books but I do admit to reading novels on a pad.
Good write and very true.
Thanks Goldie. And one day in the far off future someone will read your work and be enlightened to the wonderful world held dear to you. Thanks for reading and your comment Goldie.
I do like your poem AP. While I write everything on the computer, I do not like to read electronic books, but prefer the printed page.
Same here Fred. I have a large collection of Clive Cussler books. I've read almost all of the Dirk Pit series, and am still looking for a few of Cussler's newest titles. And I also have many other books of various subjects, many on photography.
I too do read a lot. Used to read many of Clive Cussler's books. Usually buy paperbacks at the used book stores, read them, then bring them back. Kind of like 'renting' the book.
AP, I love the way you end this poem.
Thanks Zizi. It was just that one day I'd noticed the dual meaning and purpose of "Holding Pen". Glad you like it.
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