Future Imperative Poem by ivor or ivor.e hogg

Essential to efficiency.
When writing prose or poetry.
Elegant simplicity,
will enhance the clarity.

Of what you’re trying to convey
in the most artistic way
Although it makes me sad to say
Standards are slipping day by day.

Communicating at high speed.
Young people do not see the need.
For rules they think needs must impede.
The messages they want to read..

The youngsters use technology
to sweep away the pedantry.
By far the vast majority
adapted to it readily.

A small vocal minority
Bemoaned the loss of purity
And stubbornly refused to see.
That language changes constantly.

That in the future there would be
a greater need potentially.
A switch towards simplicity
and even less formality.

The flowery language of the past
was very slowly overcast.
It was too cumbersome to last.
When change is due it happens fast.

The need for speed bound to increase.
That does not mean that we should cease.
To write in ways that please
and make each work a masterpiece.

Communicating speedily
a modern day necessity
But we don’t need to let it be
Destroyer of our literacy

We have free will so we can choose
What form of language we should use
What to accept or to refuse
We stand to gain more than we lose.

We can store electronically
more books than any library
of any merit literally
on one small chip quite easily

The nerds can txt phonetically
Where speed is a priority.
While scholars maintain purity
Of classic prose and poetry.

Sunday,21 August 2011
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