Sonnet for Dennis Ritchie

Re:Sonnet for Dennis Ritchie by diiq on Friday November 11, 2011 @10:27AM (#3224866)

I clicked the link with my spine pre-cringed, ready for cheesy hacker poetry. Instead I found a lovingly crafted epitaph in stylish, uninterrupted verse. I immediately looked to see the other poetry. I was shocked that there were only two others posted --- I refuse to believe that someone who wrote this and The Little Bank of San Pietro dei Fiumi (also beautiful) has only written three poems. Post more, Mister Jorgensen!

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Re:Sonnet for Dennis Ritchie by tomheon on Friday November 11, 2011 @12:46PM (#3225420)

So glad you enjoyed this, and "The Little Bank"! I just started the process of moving things out of the drawer and onto the site. There's a big backlog but I'm posting every week or two to avoid a "verse bomb" effect. However there's an RSS feed if you're interested.

Thanks again for the response. It's great to see that there are other hackers out there interested in poetry.

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Re:Sonnet for Dennis Ritchie by diiq on Friday November 11, 2011 @01:15PM (#3225515)

Wonderful! Consider me subscribed.

I also just bought your book; I'm looking forward to it.

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Re:Sonnet for Dennis Ritchie by tomheon on Saturday November 12, 2011 @08:43AM (#3227804)

Great, would love to hear what you think...you can find my contact info on my site.

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Re:Sonnet for Dennis Ritchie by lsb on Friday November 11, 2011 @01:10PM (#3225501)

Both those poems make me excited at the quality of your Kindle book. Can't wait to read it!

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Re:Sonnet for Dennis Ritchie by tomheon on Saturday November 12, 2011 @08:44AM (#3227806)

Thanks! From your bio it looks like you're a classicist / hacker--which is pretty much the book's ideal audience.

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