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Welcome to Li Bo's text inspector!
Li Bo's text inspector is a handy online syllable counter and rhyme finder - useful if you are writing haikus such like!
This should appear over there --> as a Java applet. If not, don't panic! Go to the about page for a few pointers on getting it going... libo You are also welcome to post a poem or have a look at and comment on other pieces of poetry people have submitted.
You can also open the text inspector in a resizable window.
Latest News:
Well we're really breaking boundaries now - I've rebuilt the site and added a registration element so you can keep track of your poems and receive email alerts when somebody posts a comment. You can watch other peoples poems too so hopefully we can get a bit of interest going in other peoples work.
As for the applet, I haven't done anything in ages but I hope to squash some of the bugs out once and for all to improve accuracy as much as possible.
If you're into your poetry, check out the everypoet.com - There's all sorts of interesting things there.
Here's the last three submitted poems, feel free to add one of your own!
Canned bean
the canned beans lie still
not a whisper, nor a sound
not a rustling until...
the tearing of the metal,
the staring hungry grin
the freedom of the haricot
they escape their prison tin
tumbling to a pot,
slowly growing hot
freedom is short lived,
for the poor canned haricot bean
my heart beat
Every time my heart throws up a pulse,
The sky shakes and the sea trembles,
The birds wonder if it is the falling moon,
Or a crimson star, being pulled by gravity.
The green leaves murmur to one another;
They fear that the Earth is having aftershocks.
The turquoise nights, petrified and silent,
The crimson days wade toward twilight, unaware.
Each of my organs takes turns to lick the tiny corpuscles,
Each artery beams as it quenches its thirst.
Every time my heart throws up a pulse,
A second whizzes by, and I know there is still tomorrow to come.
Lub, dub... lub, dub... lub, dub...
YOU CANNOT CHANGE ME
For I am not your blood,
You cannot change me,
I\'m too prescious and supersillious.
You cannot change me,
Because you don\'t own me,
YOu cannot change me,
For I am my own individual,
You cannot change me
Because I like the way I am,
YOu cannot, but it\'s up to me to do so.