Digital immigrant sitting
with iPhone 4s in her hand,
seriously thinks of quitting,
as if Siri can understand.
It misinterprets each command.
Its voice leaves her fit to be tied.
The clerk its praises should remand,
he opened his mouth and he lied.
Brenda Warren 2012
Shout out to Gemma who provided the prompt at Dverse Poets Pub. Here are the parameters for a Huitain:
It is a poem in a single Ballade stanza.
The verse form was most popular in the 16th century and was often used for epigrams in the 18th century. One source suggests the Huitain may have begun in Spain.
The basic layout is:
Line length: 8 (French) or 10 (English) syllables
Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc
Number of lines:8
undercaws 
LOL, Brenda. I have the 4s as well and find Siri absolutely useless. ( I am also with Gay on the auto-correct.) I wonder if Siri will still exist on the iPhone 5 when it appears, or whether Siri will be retired.
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It says one for being tech savvy! Very well crafted, brenda!
Hank
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Cute, and too true. I hate autocorrect too, but do I turn it off? Of course not, so maybe I am an idiot after all.
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Very clever and very well composed. I like autocorrect – I am an idiot!
Anna :o]
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Adore the wry humour in this! Especially love the expression “digital immigrant”!
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We just smile in our family and say to the redface struggle with the latest machine…but technology saves time so you can live.
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This is hilarious! Very, very clever!
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ha…when out technology outpaces us what good is it you know…i like this…flows well…an interesting subject choice but i like it….
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Really clever (I hate autocorrect..it makes everyone seem like an idiot)..I completely applaud your subject and the handling of the form. Very creative and brilliant!
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