I love what you did here Brian. I wished I thought of this…cutting words and verses across the page. Love the dis- words specially: dis – count, dis taste, dis-may..dis band…..! And that ending is just superb ~
Thanks Kathy. You picked two lines that are opposite. The first our computer communication combined w/ surveillance cameras. The second the destruction of natural resources combined w/ relentless advertising that consumerism is patriotic.
I agree with Grace on this one, Brian. The format is spot on with the words chopped and strewn across the page. I particularly love the dis- wordplay..
Thanks Kim. This poem once more proves my thesis that what I think is a poor effort is praised the most. I choose the dis- because as a prefix is negative.
Thanks, I went through the entire list of dis-words and picked those that had completely different meanings rather than simply opposite. Harmony is really the only one that is not. Guise and lodge could be, but the definitions of dis- have shifted.
you’ve dissed the future for sure – love all your dis prefixes
“from Latin prefix meaning “apart,” “asunder,” “away,” “utterly,” or having a privative, negative, or reversing force”
Wow. As I read, some of the dis-‘s turned into this’s… pretty sure that was not your intent, but authorial intent isn’t everything. I find it very interesting how this poem reads me.
There Are More Poets than Stars in the Firmament 
I love what you did here Brian. I wished I thought of this…cutting words and verses across the page. Love the dis- words specially: dis – count, dis taste, dis-may..dis band…..! And that ending is just superb ~
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Slash and burn agri-culture reduced to sounds of six second deficits of attention.
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All the right things gloomy and dis- joint
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The future is more of the same crap shoveled from on high.
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I love “guile smile book of faces”,
prairie disaster blooms” “disharmony choir”…you hit the nail on the head, Brian!
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Thanks Kathy. You picked two lines that are opposite. The first our computer communication combined w/ surveillance cameras. The second the destruction of natural resources combined w/ relentless advertising that consumerism is patriotic.
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I agree with Grace on this one, Brian. The format is spot on with the words chopped and strewn across the page. I particularly love the dis- wordplay..
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Thanks Kim. This poem once more proves my thesis that what I think is a poor effort is praised the most. I choose the dis- because as a prefix is negative.
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Whistles!! This is bang on brilliant! 💜
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Thank you very much for your approval.
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Love how so many of your “dis” words mean something entirely different when you take off the “dis”
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Thanks, I went through the entire list of dis-words and picked those that had completely different meanings rather than simply opposite. Harmony is really the only one that is not. Guise and lodge could be, but the definitions of dis- have shifted.
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Oh I do like this… the dis-comfort and anger is apparent, just like the broken up typography… yes this met the challenge so well
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Thanks, the dis-connect and the dis-association of the internet has created a future of dis-sidents taking sides.
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Not shocking…damn good.
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Thanks, I really appreciate your support.
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you’ve dissed the future for sure – love all your dis prefixes
“from Latin prefix meaning “apart,” “asunder,” “away,” “utterly,” or having a privative, negative, or reversing force”
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Thanks for not dis-missing my poem. 🙂
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Wow. As I read, some of the dis-‘s turned into this’s… pretty sure that was not your intent, but authorial intent isn’t everything. I find it very interesting how this poem reads me.
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Thanks Uttley. I did not notice the this’s but poetry reads on many different levels to different readers.
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