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# Verbal
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/verbal/
- Published: 2026-10-19T17:29:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:04:21.000Z
- Description: "Verbal,”an agonizing discovery that a voice note dictated, poetry in motion, while driving did not result in a captured poem, written Monday, October 19, 2026 poem 292 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: "Full Brain, Empty Voice Note," by Diana Ludwick © 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Humor, Loosely Hinged, Maryland, Of Place, Poems, Rants, Snarky, travel, [empty], Apple Note, Autumn, Bold, Crystallzed Honey Pace, Dictated, Hey Siri, Kill the Engine, Lit-er-al-ly, No Words, Notes App, October, One Hundred Words, Poetry in Motion, Siri, Smart Device, Voice Note, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

One hundred words  
I spoke  
aloud  
in the car  
to a voice note  
that I'd *specifically*  
activated:  
“Hey Siri, capture a verbal note”  
  
I then pour my thoughts  
from my mind   
through my lips  
to the cabin of my car  
to my unseen copilot.  
  
From red light  
to right turn   
to residential  
I speak clearly,   
steady;  
crystalized honey pace,   
I   
en-*nun*\-see-ate.  
  
And then I park my car  
Kill the engine with a button   
Collect my work apparatuses  
Collapse on my sitting room settee.  
  
I open my notes app  
to find that  
my "one hundred words"  
Spoah-Ken a-loud   
were captured as  
an Apple note,   
Bold title:   
“Verbal”  
Body:   
  
  
\[empty\]  
  
  
\= = =   
  
So then  
this poem  
is about the poem  
I dictated into existence   
that you’ll never read  
  
Because   
Smart technology   
interpreted me   
lit-er-al-ly  
and now   
I have   
no words   
to show for it.