dVerse Poetics – On myths and Legends
Image: Rogier van der Weyden 1432, Oil Painting. ‘Saint George and the Dragon’
‘saint’
Trojans lurking
evil was everywhere
and truth was not
George white hat
fired up the mainframe
password ‘saint’
and put up a shield
using plain C
located target
and typed,
ipconfig and
proceeded
-bgrun
the dragon’s lair,
now to execute,
simple shortcuts
-shutdown
-kill
©Paul Vincent Cannon
Paul, pvcann.com
Very imaginative Paul. Great take on slaying dragons in this cyber age.
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Many thanks Len, so appreciate your response.
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you really hold the readers well.
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Thank you for sharing that, much appreciated.
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So beautiful!❤️
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Thank you Richa, very much appreciated 🙂
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If only slaying the dragons were truly as easy as running the right code. Another original creatively thought out poem.
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Ah yes, I must admit I really do admire Hackers, for me they represent hope against oppressive systems, some make a strike or two.
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Very clever and concise!
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Thank you Lyn, appreciate your thoughts.
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my pleasure 🙂
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Apt comparison between software and dragons. They can have malicious intent for sure!
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Ah, one has to love cyberspeak! Applause from my corner of the world!
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Thank you Beverly, imagine a bow, and a “wow” look, appreciate your words.
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Didn’t know bgrun! Nice
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Yes, some quaint terminology in coding and even in HTML, thank you Ruth.
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absolutely love it a modern take on an ancient story .. but sadly too many get muddled in the online killing and real life, their boundaries become blurred
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This reminded me of how Paul Lenzi would write…with me relying on prior comments to figure it out 🙂 I swear, you are wearing his spirit-cape some days, and that is high compliment.
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That provides quite a mythical background to digital warriors — I really enjoyed your take! 🙂
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Thank you ammol, i had such fun with this, and so thank you for the challenge, I really enjoyed it very much.
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My, but wouldn’t that have been so much easier… 🙂 Inventuve write Psul.
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Indeed, and if only, thanks Rob.
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Interesting
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Something different.
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