The Red Book
A Poem About The Strangeness Of The English Language.
I red a red book by a reed
Or did I reed a red book by a reed?
Oh, enough of syntax!
And pronunciation...
For I finished reading my red book by the reed.
About the Creator
Deasun T. Smyth
Eighteen years ago… I was born into the wind-swept lands of the prairies – where I regularly fly on dragons and battle goblin kings.
I'm a First Nation's wannabe writer, trying to survive college...
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I wanted to title this something different, but worried that my chosen title might cause problems entering the United States in the future so this is the new title. It's the greatest title. No one has ever written a title better than this. (All titles unrelated to content).
Let me be honest. I am finding this difficult. Now, I like a challenge, a stretch, a bit of an obstacle course. “Write about the decline of the British Empire in the form of a narrative poem in which your protagonist is an artichoke” I read, and flex my fingers. “Write a haiku to evoke the sensation of sibilance using only the first half of the alphabet.” “Well”, I think to myself, “this should be fun.” But “write about a system that isn’t working”? A system that isn’t working? Now? In 2026? ONE system? My favourite system that isn’t working? The sexiest system that isn’t working? The one giving me the most angst day to day? The one giving me the most existential dread? I am, as I say, finding this difficult. I will own that I have contemplated writing a thousand words on why the steady “all on” setting on my fairy lights is the EIGHTH of seven options which must be sequentially activated to get there, because that is a system that some fool came up with and it definitely doesn’t work, and now who is paying the price, eh? But how can I write about my fairy lights when…. When…. When….
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beautiful
I see that a sea change has been seen by your speaker!
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Please I’m from Nigeria I can’t set up a stripe account till I get my visa done but till then I need some money out my earning I don’t mind giving a percentage to help me get it out and send down to me I am really in need of it ( my grandma’s burial is coming up on the 22 please) I really need this so bad
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Congrats on your top story.
Sweet lines!
Good work Worth the top story!
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