Pocket Garden
by Rachel Hoyt
image by Maggie Smith via freedigitalphotos.net
She lost the garden in her pocket -
One which she loved to explore.
She lost the garden in her pocket.
It was not forgotten on some floor.
She lost the garden in her pocket.
The groundskeeper said that she was banned.
She lost the garden in her pocket -
Now her library is a vacant book stand.
She lost the garden in her pocket -
Guts stolen, replaced with pocket lint.
She lost the garden in her pocket -
Canned contract speak her only hints.
She lost the garden in her pocket
But didn't enjoy life by herself.
She lost the garden in her pocket -
So she grew a forest on her shelf.
© 2012
Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved
This chant poem was inspired by news of a woman whose Kindle was wiped
and whom Amazon banned without explanation (because she griped?).
Read more rhymes by Rachel at her new column, Clickety Clack -
poetic news about Santa Barbarians talking back
My cousin mentioned this on Facebook a couple of day ago.
ReplyDeleteQuite a stonewall this lady got from their customer service too.
Ridiculous!
I can't believe they didn't freeze her account while they investigated and aren't offering any information about what "the person she's connected to" did wrong or how they are connected. Pretty shocking how they handle things.
DeleteCompanies can sure be ridiculous and this is an outrage! Despite reserving the right to discontinue use, they should therefore offer a reason. Not giving one leaves the door open to such wide speculation. Racism? Sexism? Religionism? Rediculousism? Spamism?
ReplyDeleteWho knows? I guess we just have to wonder.
Love the poem, BTW.
I know their contract says they don't have to offer a reason, but it just seems like they should work with her more than they are. I'm glad I have stuck with the library and a small library of books at home... real paperback and hardbound books. :)
DeleteGlad you like the poem. :)
i like regular books better anyway....how weird on her being banned as well....guess they fear her griping enough?
ReplyDeleteI don't think they feared her griping enough since now the story is all over the internet... :P
DeleteThis was great. This is why one should strip the DRM off their purchased ebooks and keep copies on their hard drives. Just saying.
ReplyDeleteYeah, if I read ebooks I might know what you mean by that... I'm glad you liked the poem. :)
DeleteGreat poem Rachel!! That is just crazy. Hadn't heard about this. But I've had my own customer service issues with Amazon-their free delivery if you purchased "x" dollars of stuff was supposed to take a week and it took a month. What?those were Christmas gifts? Well, we never promised a delivery date, that was just an estimate..... thx guys.... big raspberry award :-)
ReplyDeleteOh man! I hope those weren't someone's ONLY Christmas presents!! That would have been sad. :o/
DeleteGreat poem Rachel and a shocking story (which I hadn't heard about until now). I take my Kindle everywhere, I'd be fuming if this happened to me, though I heard some crazy thing that they do books in paper versions as well :P
ReplyDeleteLOL. Yes, they do have paper versions, which I prefer, but we all deserve our preference and I would be super upset if they did this to me.
DeleteWhoa! Banned by Amazon? I am shocked.
ReplyDeleteI was pretty shocked when I read it myself. Thanks for visiting! :)
DeleteRachel, that was quite a story. Odd that she was banned by Amazon when it was nothing that she did to cause the problem. The repetition worked well in this poem, and the ending....growing a forest on her shelf was very clever. Seemed like she went back to hard copy books. Sigh.
ReplyDeleteThanks for taking part in Poetry Pantry. I appreciate your support, was a bit late in posting this week and also in making the rounds!
I'm glad you like how I worded the ending! I don't know that she went back to print books. I was also imagining the shelf as a metaphor for saving copies of the book digitally.
DeleteThanks for visiting. I really like the Poetry Pantry. :)
Clever and witty ans so very poignant--
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you Audrey. :)
DeleteLove love love this Rachel!!
ReplyDeleteThank you Carrie! :) :) :)
DeleteInteresting, i like the repeating line, great job.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed the chant. It was my first attempt at a chant poem. I spent quite a while coming up with that repeating line. :)
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