January 18, 2006
A Cyber Resurrection
I wrote this poem in July when I thought that Abdul-Walid of Acerbia had been erased from cyberspace, but never published it. I did find some of his beautiful pieces preserved on the Way Back Machine -- though, sadly, his photos are missing. (Instruction to new explorers on the WBM - that's me - click on a date and then try to explore old entries through the archives that are shown on screen - you will be lavishly rewarded, however intermittently.)
Abdul-Walid
of Acerbia
is going
out of business
stopping
the blog.
boom
will all his words
precisely placed
before us
vanish?
considered thought
richly lived
densely seen
memory
reduced to
mere electrons
random
vaporous
or
will they hover
whole
in cyberspace
Wordluster
sampling
for wonderers
admirers
professors
preserved forever
somewhere
by the god
of google
Return to the present: And some of them were. Best of all, in news received from Blaugustine, (itself, a fascinating site) Abdul Walid of Acerbia has reemerged in a new location with a real name.... but the same sublime prose.
Photo note: Sweet, delicious, golden beets are available for only a short season. (THAT was my July photo note- here's the new one) What's Cookin?