I don’t know if I’m too late with this, but I would love to test Google’s Cr-48. I think the cloud is where everything is heading and I want in. I don’t know if the folks at Google are interested in poetry, but I thought I’d give it a shot. So without further ado...
Sonnet in Search of a New Computer
(with apologies to Milton for the first line)
When I consider how my light is spent,
leaning in close to make out a small word,
constant updates that push my work backward,
I wonder if it's worth it, my back bent
in a question mark, my eyesight on the wane.
But I work away on my Google docs
and I know, whether typed in a house or tent,
they’re secure in the cloud, where I try to ford
the little river of my thoughts, my word.
But the old computer coughs and seems spent.
The new programs all cause such sweat and pain--
old feet are bloodied running on new rocks.
Restore speed and destroy the old paradigm
and create a new machine for old rhyme.
(I have to say that my computer at home is only about 2 ½ years old. It’s not falling apart like this might lead you to believe. I wanted to write something playing with the idea of why I think cloud computing (and the Google netbook) is a good thing.)
And on the more technical side, the rhyme scheme is based on the word “Google”, so instead of a traditional ABAB, CDCD, etc. scheme, it’s GOOGLE, GOOGLE, (or ABBACD, ABBACD, if you prefer) with a final couplet.
