Elizabeth Barrette (ysabetwordsmith) wrote,
Elizabeth Barrette
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Poem: "The Invocation Protocol"

This poem was inspired by a prompt from ellenmillion and is the free poem for the July 2009 Poetry Fishbowl.


The Invocation Protocol


What our ancestors
accomplished with candles,
we accomplish with electronics.
Now the glowing screen
can yield not just light
but enlightenment.

With the discovery of
the Invocation Protocol,
we can summon deities into databanks,
no longer hindered by merely human stamina.

With a call to Thor
(and a bottomless supply of virtual beer)
we gained perfect control over the climate.
Put the right drum rhythm on infinite loop,
pipe in some hot peppers,
and Ogun will map all the iron deposits on Earth.
Ishtar, mighty Ishtar,
posted Her own image
and men everywhere bowed down in worship,
then took what they had learned to mortal women
and there was marital bliss.

It was all going great –
a new golden age –

until someone
invoked Eris and
the whole net unraveled
into glorious chaos.
Tags: cyberfunded creativity, cyberspace theory, fishbowl, magic, paganism, poem, poetry, reading, science fiction, spirituality, writing
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  • 14 comments
wyrmwwd

wyrmwwd

July 7 2009, 23:35:52 UTC 11 years ago

Beautiful poem.

And, actually pretty funny in it's uncomfortable truth as well.
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

July 7 2009, 23:53:31 UTC 11 years ago

Yes, it never pays to toy with the gods.

The fishbowl is still open if you want to give me a prompt.
wyrmwwd

Re: Thank you!

wyrmwwd

July 8 2009, 00:12:59 UTC 11 years ago

Thank you. Let me think about it. I am so panicked and freaked out at the moment by the whole needing-a-dentist-with-no-money thing that I am hard-pressed to come up with any creativity whatsoever. But, if something comes to me, I promise I will. :-)
robertlyon

robertlyon

July 7 2009, 23:36:44 UTC 11 years ago

I liked it! Nice job.
ysabetwordsmith

Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

July 8 2009, 02:15:31 UTC 11 years ago

The fishbowl is still open, if you want to give me a prompt.
robertlyon

Re: Thank you!

robertlyon

July 8 2009, 02:19:47 UTC 11 years ago

hmm...my prompt is "Loving you."
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Thank you!

ysabetwordsmith

July 8 2009, 05:13:26 UTC 11 years ago

From this I got "The Myth of Galatea." A brief description of the poem is here:http://ysabetwordsmith.livejournal.com/695008.html?thread=3577056#t3577056
jolantru

jolantru

July 8 2009, 01:14:10 UTC 11 years ago

Darkly humorous. :)

I like the fact that Ishar posted Her own image. :P
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

July 8 2009, 02:09:47 UTC 11 years ago

... something like an updated version of these:
http://www.logoi.com/pastimages/ishtar.html
jolantru

Re: Yes...

jolantru

July 8 2009, 02:58:15 UTC 11 years ago

*lol* Yep. For some strange reason, I see Her posting her own image(s) on Twitter, Facebook and all assorted social networking sites.
ysabetwordsmith

Re: Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

July 8 2009, 05:16:20 UTC 11 years ago

This actually turned into another poem, "How the Goddesses Invented Cyberspace."
fayanora

fayanora

July 8 2009, 12:08:52 UTC 11 years ago

XD

HAIL ERIS! ALL HAIL DISCORDIA!
ysabetwordsmith

Yes...

ysabetwordsmith

July 8 2009, 16:51:55 UTC 11 years ago

FNORD.
fayanora

Re: Yes...

fayanora

July 8 2009, 21:24:26 UTC 11 years ago

Gerald Fnord? :-)

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