Automatic Writing
A Writer's Challenge Rondel Prime
If from machines we learn to write
We will cease to create at all
In repetition we will stall
And generate cliches most trite
Machines have counterfeit insight
Created by their quick recall
If from machines we learn to write
We will cease to create at all
To preserve writing’s real delight
Spurn mechanical falderal:
Be sure your work’s original
And shows imagination’s might
If from machines we learn to write
We will cease to create at all
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------This is an attempt to create a "rondel supreme" or "rondel prime," in which the refrain is repeated a final time and therefore generates a fourteenth line, in response to this ingenious, Writer's Challenge:
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D. J. Reddall
I write because my time is limited and my imagination is not.
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Comments (8)
Wise words, well arranged! Congratulations!
I love your poem and hope it isn't a sign of things to come (or more likely, a sign of things already here). Great take on the challenge! Congratulations on third place!!
Very prophetic, I loved this poem!
Congrats! You won 3rd place in the challenge.
An interesting perspective about our future. Great!
Oooo, falderal, that's a new word for me! Your Rondel was so deep and true. I loved it!
You radiate positivity! Your energy uplifts everyone around you.
Yes we will cease to write, excellent writing.