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Parallel Processing--a Poem

A reverse sci(na)ku tanka

By Roxanne BarbourPublished 4 years ago 1 min read
Parallel Processing--a Poem
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Parallel Processing

message from space

connected networks

interact

parallel processing

expands language understanding

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This is a reverse sci(na)ku tanka, of the form:

3 words / 2 words / 1 word / 2 words / 3 words

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Written by Roxanne Barbour.

Previously published on Medium.

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The following poems are my most popular on Vocal.

Some of them surprised me, but a few did not.

Let me know what you think.

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Maps of Space

The Manual Lied



Living Domes



Light to Light



Martian Rover

And this story surprised me. It is not a poem, but it created the greatest number of reads in December 2021.

Thanks for everything.



surreal poetry

About the Creator

Roxanne Barbour

I have been reading science fiction since the age of eleven when I discovered 'Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars'. AN ALIEN COLLECTIVE, AN ALIEN CONFLUENCE, SACRED TRUST, REVOLUTIONS, ALIEN INNKEEPER, ALIEN INNKEEPER ON PARTICLE, KAIKU.

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