This blog is devoted to a select group of poets. We're starting with poets from the Ann Arbor area, but, hey, if you're from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Saginaw or the Upper Peninsula, then that is okay, too.
Our goal is to provide you with a prompt every day from which you are to garner inspiration and submit a poem. How to submit will be very easy. Just put your poem or short story in the comments section and hit post. You may not immediately see your post, but it is there under the "Comments" section. You may need to click on "Comments" to see your poem. It is there on another page.
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Today's poem or short story prompt is the word "technology".
A DEVICE THAT CAN BE USED
ReplyDeleteWHILE YOU ARE WAITING
FOR THE REAL DEVICE
TO BE INVENTED
one day they will invent a device
that will allow you to erase
the last twenty seconds
of conversation
from your memory
it will probably be
very small
and will probably be activated
by some hand gesture
or maybe by a button
that sits just underneath
the surface of your skin
maybe right behind
your left ear
you could use it
very nonchalantly
you could pretend
you were just leaning
on your hand
i would use it
over and over
to erase those words
until they invent
another device
that would
erase the pain
the words
were causing
my heart
- Mike Fedel
June, 2013