Poetry Articles on TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog

Beat poet digs Macs

by Steven Sande (Jan 23rd, 2010)

New York Times columnist John Markoff recently interviewed Beat-era poet Gary Snyder, who usually writes about the American wilderness. Markoff found that the 79 year-old Snyder, who confesses to writing his poetry on "whatever was at hand," is an avid and devoted Mac user. According to Markoff, ...

First Look: Touch Poet lets anyone be a poet

by Cory Bohon (Feb 11th, 2009)

With Valentines Day right around the corner, it would seem that everyone is looking for something to get their loved ones. While most might settle on candy, or other holiday items, would you ever think of writing your special someone a poem? Even if you've never written a sentence in your life, you ...

Got rocks in your iPod box? Take unboxing pics!

by Michael Rose (Oct 12th, 2007)

Down at Target, the iPods they sell Aren't always what's seen on the shell One poor mother got socked Her two iPods were rocked And her daughter was P.O.'ed as well. Still, who knew that this product was real For just $0.99, such a steal? Go on, turn down the treble And unbox your iPebble Enjoy ...

Apple employee gets fired for hilarious standup/poetry routine

by David Chartier (Mar 19th, 2006)

I love the 'six degrees of everything' effect of the world wide web. I especially love it on a Sunday morning that is the second day of my spring break, as I have the time to check out this hilarious video of a standup/poetry routing from a talent show on the Apple Campus (thanks to TUAW commenter ...

Apple Seeks (Poetic) Justice

by Damien Barrett (Feb 15th, 2006)

Seems Apple has hidden a secret message to OSX86 hackers to find in the 10.4.4 build of Mac OS X for Intel. And this time it's in verse! Your karma check for today: There once was a user that whined his existing OS was so blind, he'd do better to pirate an OS that ran great but found his hardware ...

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