iPoems

When one types notes into one's iPhone, one's phone ties to anticipate what one is going to say, and so it displays suggested words to pick from.

Well, I thought I'd try it out a la Emily Dickinson by typing in the initial words from the opening lines from some of her most famous poems. 

1. BECAUSE I COULD NOT....

When I typed in the first few words for "Because I could not stop for Death," the phone tried to get me down a completely different path with "Because I could not FIND"  (hmm...maybe for something like "Because I could not find my keys"?).  I went ahead and typed in "stop" and ended up with what I'm sure would have been a classic poem for Dickinson:  "Because I could not stop for lunch!"

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2. "HOPE"

With "'Hope' is the thing with Feathers," I tried starting with "'Hope' is the thing..." and first up, "Hope" ended up being the thing with "me." 

LOL -- but then I went with "the," and "Hope" became the thing with "people."

Well -- if you're a people person -- then I s'pose you might agree with that!  ; )

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3. AFTER GREAT PAIN...

Dickinson wrote, "After great pain, a formal feeling comes," but what would my iPhone say?  I typed in "After great pain, a..." and at first I chose "little" -- then came "more" -- and LOL, it ended up saying "After great pain a little more pain!"  

I s'pose all you pessimists out there will agree with this!  ; )

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4. THERE IS NO FRIGATE LIKE...

Of course, Dickinson said, "There is no Frigate like a Book."  My iPhone, on the other hand, said, "There is no Frigate like a...big...old...ship."  

Well, I s'pose my iPhone wasn't wrong!  LOL.  ; )