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Really enjoyed your soliloquy on the 'kindle'...
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posted by
PoeticPoetry
on October 18, 2012 at 9:01 PM
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yes, that's what I meant to say.
posted by
Randir
on January 6, 2012 at 2:56 PM
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Nautikos
Catching up again....as you can tell from the late date! I just backed out and wrote a poem for you....that's how passionate I am about my Kindle....yes, I appear to be the lone dissenting voice here, so I had to be mouthy about it!! It's dedicated to you, sorry but I can't remember how to do links...it's been too long....but, hopefully, people will find their way back here if they read my poem.
posted by
Krisles
on February 13, 2011 at 10:42 PM
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Well done! I agree. I haven't much desire to Kindle. I'd rather cuddle with a book.
By the way, the love for the plum runs deep in my family. My grandfather was Joseph Jelinek, kin of Rudolph Jelinek of Vizovice, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) and master of the Slivovitz.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 15, 2010 at 10:30 PM
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I have resisted for ages against these
But there is a certain thrill of having the book INSTANTLY! I will always love hard copy books but the e-readers do have their advantages.
posted by
Bel_
on December 15, 2010 at 6:54 PM
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Nautikos
That's what I call a poem of arguments against - love it!
Haven't Kindled yet
Can't deny have been tempted
May fall into trap
posted by
dizzilizzi
on December 15, 2010 at 6:33 PM
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Fabulous poem Naut! I love books too... their smell, their touch... and like you I do believe they posess a soul. My favorite thing in the world is to touch things that have belonged to people I admire and are no longer here. I do believe some of their essense is left in what they touch, specially in those things they love, like a favorite scarf... a chair, a book even more so because their mind got lost in its words making them feel all kinds of emotions... Excellent work my talented friend, xoxoxo
posted by
Sinome
on December 15, 2010 at 6:41 AM
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Nautikos
T Surreal full of imagery and feeling makes this one awesome piece Naut. BC-A, Bill’s RJLst
posted by
BC-A
on December 15, 2010 at 4:14 AM
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apology accepted....oh sorry I thought you were talking to me...
I am not giving up my books either. I am too old.
posted by
Kabu
on December 14, 2010 at 10:48 PM
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Nautikos
A wonderful post and I certainly will never have one of those contraptions in my life after my life in the printing industry. Well done my friend.
posted by
WileyJohn
on December 14, 2010 at 9:59 PM
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Ah Nautikos - my views exactly! The Kindle will be for emergency only - during power outages when I have once again neglected to store gasoline for the generator, and the candles are but stumps - far too dim to light the page of a favorite tome. Very profilic, my poetic friend; so very accurate!
posted by
adnohr
on December 14, 2010 at 8:41 PM
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I'm liking this poem a lot. You have a very unique style, a style that fits well with the theme of this poem.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on December 14, 2010 at 7:17 PM
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i was thinking about getting one for xmas but i think it will be an ipad for me instead. I like the smell of my old books with their curled pages, mmmm i could not betray them. this poem is great...
posted by
spiderfly
on December 14, 2010 at 2:21 PM
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Excellent! I knew the voice of the poem was going to opt for the book, he was rather harsh on the kindle that does not kindle, indeed! What an awesome poem Naut; I thought of different types it could be as far as reciting it goes! It has great merit and such a fine statement when considering the position and how it was defended! Shelly
posted by
sam444
on December 14, 2010 at 10:34 AM
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Naut, this is hilarious, and most thought provoking..:)
Naww, never kindle, or should I say, kindle nevermore..
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posted by
Rumor
on December 14, 2010 at 10:20 AM
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Love it! Love it! Love it! And I think Will Shakespeare would applaud.
Where would we be without his "slings and arrows of outrageous fortune?" We'd be stumbling around in our own clumsy footprints, that's where... You just made my day!
posted by
Pat_B
on December 14, 2010 at 10:19 AM
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I love books too much to Kindle! good job!
posted by
Ariala
on December 14, 2010 at 9:22 AM
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