The twitter trolls implode from facts,
but grow in darkness and in dearth of tact
without attention they will soon deflate,
and melt like butter if you lack their hate.
The void they leave can swell and shine
and afterwards the world’s just fine
Julbocken by John Bauer
Second offering for Frank at dVerse.
March 25, 2019
Running in the slow lane
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“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
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I rarely go to Twitter but imagine it is troll kingdom there with the king of them being the worst of all. You’re right when you say he craves attention and if nobody paid him any he might just shrivel up and blow away (praying for just that).
I like this. 🙂
Very nice sound and meter and good advice.
I hope you’re right!!
Twitter trolls indeed! Can’t imagine anyone like that!
Twitter is certainly filled with trolls … a timely and brilliant write, Bjorn ❤️
So true. Nice quadrille.
Really? I have only encountered the sweetest people on Twitter. I love all the poetry and art shared there.
I read this one aloud and it sounds like a rap, Bjorn!
Great bouncing rhythm there, Bjorn. My twitter feed is a place of beauty and loveliness – I curate it fiercely.
Yes, don’t give air to them as you say.
Oh. wow! I love this, Bjorn!
Sound message with clever wordplay. Do not feed the trolls.
Ah, another poem alluding to Trump? Cute rhyme.
On my blog, Jade asks you, “Bjorn, not sure if you will see this or not, but please will you say more about the real troll?”
I actually didn’t think about Trump specially- I have real experience about trolls on a much more real and terrifying ways.
“Terrifying” ? Wow, you should share. My non-poetry blog has both theist and non-theist challengers — I’ve never called a challenger a troll, but I have comment guidelines that say no proselyting and no ad hominem attacks etc to keep the comment productive. Comments on poetry blogs are very unique to most blogs. Poetry folks rarely follow their own comments, and the poets are often very particular about what sort of feedback they want — most only preferring compliments exclusively. I always wish people would mark their poem with “only positive feedback please and no questions” — then I would avoid those poets. I think people’s criteria for what they consider a troll varies on what they want to hear or not hear.