Tonight's Poet Corner: Sonnet Solstice #373
Alas! The Algorithm
by Belinda Roddie
Alas! The algorithm has been changed,
altered, mutated so that my sweet works
of fiction do meet as wide a range
of readers as they once did. Aye, the jerks
of social media have put an end
to my monthly average, thousands of views,
sliced it in half - nay, more than that! Amend
this, I think they will not. It's all been skewed -
chronology be damned, order revoked,
and formula converted into ruin.
I know that any irritation stoked
by this shall be ignored, so I am doomed
to have my poetry bless no one's eye -
unless I'm forced to - gulp! - diversify.
by Belinda Roddie
Alas! The algorithm has been changed,
altered, mutated so that my sweet works
of fiction do meet as wide a range
of readers as they once did. Aye, the jerks
of social media have put an end
to my monthly average, thousands of views,
sliced it in half - nay, more than that! Amend
this, I think they will not. It's all been skewed -
chronology be damned, order revoked,
and formula converted into ruin.
I know that any irritation stoked
by this shall be ignored, so I am doomed
to have my poetry bless no one's eye -
unless I'm forced to - gulp! - diversify.
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