Author: Reena Saxena

I took yesterday off from blogging (in case you didn’t notice) and dedicated it, instead, to enjoying some alternative adventures with My Beloved Sandra.

I may be taking today off, too; we’ll see.

Meanwhile, I’m addressing today’s Writer’s Digest Prompt:  Write a “(Blank) Of The (Blank)” poem…

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The Trimming Of His Sales

The cover of his latest book
has no picture, no promo, no preview.

The cover of his latest book is blank
like all of its several hundred pages.

The editors of his latest book
had to make some tough choices:

nothing before or after nothing?
six blank pages after the blankest page 

or only five? (It’s important to
let the reader rest their eyes.)

The language in his latest book
seems like it’s for adults only.

The biggest fans of his latest book
stare menacingly at its critics, dismayed.

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Writer’s Digest Poem-A-Day April
PAD 04.16.2023

Written for https://reinventionsreena.wordpress.com/2023/04/13/reenas-xploration-challenge-276/

‘I’m stuck, what do I write next B Bot?’

‘I am not sure I understand the question.’

B Bot sat on the floor, next to his friend Stephen, his computer cells whirring. He would never understand a human. Writing, wasn’t that copying what you had read before. He read many things, could access the computer, other books. Why couldn’t his friend.

‘I have writer’s block.’

‘I cannot see anything blocking you. What do you want to write about?’

‘That’s it, I don’t know.’

‘Do you want to write a novel, poem or short story?’

‘Short story, it’s for my blog.’

‘What about writing about what you know, write about how we met. Your dad, the scientist, who made a robot friend for his son. So he wouldn’t be lonely any more. I would read that.’

‘B Bot, we met when I was two years old. He shook…

I decided to go with an image prompt again this week.

An additional push – you are free to use any AI tool to write your piece, though it is not a compulsion. If you are subscribed to Chatgpt, you may use to create anything you want.

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As we lean onto technology heavily

Gave up trying to think independently

Reach out for a smart device for help

Even simple sums are considered a chore

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Chatbots to answer the hard questions

AI to help with finding definitions

What was once an opportunity to gain knowledge

Discovery has been relegated to the category of a chore

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Multiple open tabs on your computer, confusing

Brain at war with the barrage of irrelevant information

What would bring a smile to the face or solace to the mind

Has technology become a crutch or a tool?

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From young to old, all…