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Once upon a Transistor
by ~ModularBluesAs the drain and source approach steady state
Currents flicker, voltages wane
Up ahead, I’ll be waiting at the gate
Charges flow while particles conjugate
Meandering across the threshold pane
As the drain and source approach steady state
One by one the switches relate
Passing tales of motion, of gain
Up ahead, I’ll be waiting at the gate
For when parasitic energy does not abate
You might be stalled along the chain
As the drain and source approach steady state
Even if the current cannot saturate
And you, trapped in that nonlinear region of strain
Up ahead, I’ll be waiting at the gate
Resistance is futile, can’t escape the fate
Of binary duality speeding over the plane
As the drain and source approach steady state
Up ahead, I’ll be waiting at the gate
All the best,
Emma
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Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment. There is no why.
-- Kurt Vonnegut
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I also appreciate the clever "philosophical" edge - inventive. Impressive.
Yan
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And thanks for the advice, though I don't know if I can save it in "HTML" format.
The "rhythm" of your piece worked really well I thought - "like the sound of a train on the tracks". Because I used to be a drummer, rhythms are easy for me. When applied to writing poetry, just think of the "syllables" of each word as "beats". For example, in your "Once upon a transistor" piece, it feels like it's written with a "shuffle" feel (as if each beat was in "Triplet time").
It's difficult to explain without actually "notating" it on manuscript paper as "music", but best not worrying too much about all that anyway - the poem flowed well.
I agree about "angst". I think it's always better to let the words come out "naturally" when writing, then do the "analyzing" later.
"INSIDE" was written like that - spontaneously. It would sound best if I read it aloud, since it's an "ametric" piece (no fixed meter).
Yan
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It's just an idea. I tend to use "metric patterns" a lot in my writing. There are many other ways of course.
Yan
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