Occasionally I like to put together a ‘Found Poem’ based on things that other people have written or said. In this case it was something I heard while waiting to join quite an important meeting that I was dreading. It turned out not to be as bad as I feared it would but in those moments before it began, I was genuinely quite tense. It didn’t then help that technical difficulties delayed the start and I was stuck in a virtual waiting room listening to the same message being played over and over again. Perhaps I did lose the plot a little, because I began to find the repeating message strangely poetic. So I wrote it down and I would like to present it here as a found poem:
Virtual Purgatory
Waiting for the conference host to join. If you are the conference host please enter the conference pin number now.
(Long Pause)
Waiting for the conference host to join. If you are the conference host please enter the conference pin number now.
(Long Pause)
Waiting for the conference host to join. If you are the conference host please enter the conference pin number now.
(Long Pause)
Waiting for the conference host to join. If you are the conference host please enter the conference pin number now.
(Long Pause)
Waiting for the conference host to join. If you are the conference host please enter the conference pin number now.
James Proclaims! 
20 responses to “A Found Poem From A Frustrating Ten Minutes Waiting For A Virtual Meeting To Begin”
Reading this poem was truly a moment of wonder.
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As in “I wonder why he posted this”?
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They could spice up the message a little – Waiting for conference host to be released on bail. Waiting for conference host to be resuscitated. ..
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That would be fun!
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Well, it saves meetings in real time.
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The time wasted was still real but I did only have to dress smartly from the waist up.
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You’re muted………press the button……….you’re muted…………we can’t hear you!!!!
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Yes, that came up a fair bit too
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Algorithms and AI outdo us once again
Algorithms and AI outdo us once sgain
Algorithms and AI outdo us once again
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To be fair a substantial part of my ‘readership’ are algorithms so I’m loath to knock them
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knock them all you like, they won’t care, especially the mutant ones like those that upset out Gavin.
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our…..bloody auto check!
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See that’s what happens when you annoy an algorithm
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This speaks to me soul.
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It is powerful stuff
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Sure is.
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Just one question. Were you, per chance, the host??
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I can only dream of being the host
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This is amazingly deep. I cried I laughed I wet myself
Laughter Can be habit forming
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Virtual meetings have that effect on most people
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