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Anita wrote: "You could win a $50 gift certificate to the online bookstore of your choice.Simply post a farewell ode to Shelfari by February 29th. Administrators will narrow the choices down to three, and then..."
Please find below my ode to Shelfari (as a Haiku):
New Moon Play Book Tag
Friends nested among the stars
Goodnight Shelfari
Me: I'm so bad at thisAudience: How bad are you
Me: I'm so bad it would end up sounding like Tina Fey's impersonation of Sarah Palin's endorsement of Trump on last week's SNL. (That's how I would sound rhyming but it wouldn't be near as funny)
I will enjoy reading everyone else's and spare you all the agony of reading mine.
Are you sorry for breaking my heart?I want to forgive you, but where do I start?
All of my books are in disarray,
My favorite groups have moved away
While I sit here exiled, falling apart.
Olivermagnus wrote: "Are you sorry for breaking my heart?I want to forgive you, but where do I start?
All of my books are in disarray,
My favorite groups have moved away
While I sit here exiled, falling apart."
Nice!
Anita wrote: "You could win a $50 gift certificate to the online bookstore of your choice.Simply post a farewell ode to Shelfari by February 29th. Administrators will narrow the choices down to three, and then..."
So, even a sestina? Because even though I wrote many free verse poems in high school (almost all long destroyed, even the good ones), I have this personality quirk that makes me want to tackle something onerous and hard. But perhaps too long. I wrote one once long ago...
Or, can it be poetry set to music? Because I have another idea kicking about. If we provide a link or something?
Charlie wrote: Please find below my ode to Shelfari (as a Haiku):New Moon Play Book Tag
Friends nested among the stars
Goodnight Shelfari
Like very much!!
Karin wrote: "A.."So, even a sestina? Because even though I wrote many free verse poems in high school (almost all long destroyed, even the good ones), I have this personality quirk that makes me want to tackle something onerous and hard."Ok, I confess I know nothing about poetry. So I can't really guide you much. Just realize members will be voting on the winner so it probably needs to be something they will actually read and enjoy.
Translation: Use your best judgement.
Administrators will read whatever is posted, but can't promise members will.
One Minute Ago ... One minute ago
In the land of MySpace
A denizen whispered to me
Shelfari
One minute ago
My spreadsheet transformed
Rosewood shelves to see
Shelfari
One minute ago
I read 50 books then I read 50 more
Then 653
Shelfari
One minute ago
I made a new friend
and then I made two and then I made three
Shelfari
One minute ago
My TBR grew
So many have filled me with glee
Shelfari
One minute ago
Begat one minute ago
Amazon said 5 days to me
Shelfari
One minute ago
We knew it was coming
Denial was no longer to be
Shelfari
One minute ago
I moved to goodreads
It's you, not me
Shelfari
A Seussical Ode to ShelfariOne book
two books
Read book
Next book
This book
Next book?
Print book
Ebook?
This one fits the monthly tag
This one was a major drag
Say! What a lot
Of books there are
Yet, where to put them? And how to sort them?
How to date them? And how to tag them?
Some are sad
And some are rad
And some are very, very bad
Why are they
Sad and glad and bad?
I do not know
Go ask your admin
Some are short
And some are long
The long one has
A 10-page song
From there to here, from here to there
Too many books
No time to spare
Shelfari comes
to save the day
to keep my tbr at bay
starting friendships there to stay
Oh me! Oh my!
Oh me! Oh my!
I do not want
To say goodbye
It’s time to go
Time to move on
All this we owe
To Amazon
What happens next? I cannot say.
But I bet we'll go a long, long way
We’ll miss you now
We’ll shed some tears
But through it all
We stick with peers
Some may leave
But most will stay
To play book tag
Another day
Oh my goodness, I don't know how in the world we are going to narrow these down . . .they are so good!
Anita wrote: "Oh my goodness, I don't know how in the world we are going to narrow these down . . .they are so good!"So much talent in this group, I've enjoyed everyone of these.
A Shelfari Fib, in which the number of syllables per line follows the fibonacci sequenceMy
Shelf
Empty
Suddenly
Only it is not
Glitches foretold the sad future
In one minute my rosewood bookshelf will disappear
Though I followed my friends to another space, nothing will ever replace Shelfari
Oh my gosh, you won me over with Fibonacci!
Shelves are empty,Hearts are heavy,
Taps are playing,
Adieu, Shelfari, Adieu
Years past Shelfari gave to me the opportunity to be social around something I have loved since childhood- books. Play Book Tag was my first book club, giving me a voice online when I couldn't speak aloud. Inside Shelfari I found an identity, shared by people from around the world, coming together to celebrate the written word. It allowed me to take my love of books to a new, higher, and more immersive level. For that I will always be thankful, Shelfari. Shelfari, I bid you farewell. I do not want to let you go. You were a friend to me when making friends was difficult. I will always remember my beautifully organized shelf, my ability to pitch in and edit entries of books, but most of all the groups. Though I wasn't always active, they gave me a sense of belonging, knowing that I had friends whose sole reason for coming together was reading. That is a powerful statement, and I give thanks to Shelfari for being the catalyst of such a remarkable community. Goodbye, Shelfari. I will truly miss you.
Ok, you are literally bringing tears to my eyes with these odes. I'm such a mush, but these are so wonderful. I do not know how in the world we are going to select a winner or even narrow the field. Beautiful sentiments!!!
I don't envy the judges ---- we have some very talented folks here.
While I appreciate everyone's sentimental moments, I am more of the crazy ex who doesn't get sad, she gets even.To that end....
Break-up Ode to Shelfari
Shelfari, you were perfect,
Beautiful and kind.
But then you up and left,
With no glance behind.
At first I was devastated,
Sobbed like never before.
Begged you to come back,
Then decided to even the score.
So, you don’t want me
And my Nora Robert’s reviews?
Fine. Let’s end this ‘ship,
I never really loved you.
You lied to my face:
"I will never leave you for money!"
Then Amazon came along,
And you fell for its honey.
I hope you enjoyed
Your short-lived flame
You thought Bezos would take you places
But he left you in shame.
And now you have nothing
You are well past your prime.
Don’t try crawling back
You’re not worth my time.
I cleaned off my shelf,
Refuse to visit or write.
Stop sending me emails,
Go fly an f-ing kite.
I’m moving on to Goodreads,
Which is totes an upgrade.
It has more features and options,
And our love will not fade.
Remember when you mocked me
For wanting hyperlinks?
Well, Goodreads gave them to me
So take that you rat fink.
Pages load quickly
And messages actually post.
Unread labels work properly,
Which is what I love most.
So, I thought I loved you,
But I was dead wrong.
I will smile and wave
During your funeral procession song.
Love,
The crazy ex.
OMG LOL Nicole. In my relationship fashion, I will pine for Shelfari for years and hope that someday we run into each other at say a Major League Baseball game and end up back together.
And I will date Shelfari's best friend and unapologetically flaunt it in his face.
Nicole wrote: "While I appreciate everyone's sentimental moments, I am more of the crazy ex who doesn't get sad, she gets even.To that end..."
Oh my goodness this is truly hysterical! I absolutely love it! And given that I currently have Shelfari open in the other tab, I am clearly not of the same mindset. I will let it keep leading me along...
My haiku to Shelfari:Fellow bibliophiles
Bond in grief as we watch fall
Shelfari's sunset
Nicole wrote: "In my relationship fashion, I will pine for Shelfari for years and hope that someday we run into each other at say a Major League Baseball game and end up back together."This is me, too!
This is truly accurate and really hilarious.
Nicole wrote: "While I appreciate everyone's sentimental moments, I am more of the crazy ex who doesn't get sad, she gets even.To that end....
I love this. I will always miss Shelfari because it was my first online book group love. But I have to say GR is growing on me, lots of great tools here. However Shelfari is/was far more aesthetically pleasing.
Nicole wrote: "And I will date Shelfari's best friend and unapologetically flaunt it in his face."I'll take a picture and send it to my ex - we ain't going home tonight. Send it to me ex, send it to me ex.
Regina wrote: "Nicole wrote: "And I will date Shelfari's best friend and unapologetically flaunt it in his face."I'll take a picture and send it to my ex - we ain't going home tonight. Send it to me ex, send it..."
Bonus points to Regina for referencing a Luke Bryan song!
Nicole wrote: "Regina wrote: "Nicole wrote: "And I will date Shelfari's best friend and unapologetically flaunt it in his face."I'll take a picture and send it to my ex - we ain't going home tonight. Send it to..."
I knew you'd get if no one else did ;-)
What, no limmerick?There once was a site called Shelfari
Amazon axed it without being sorry.
Our tale of woe
When it had to go,
It was truly beyond compari.
LOL nice one Denizen! Never occurred to me to do a limerick. Hmm.... ideas....
Denizen inspired me to write a limerick too:Two rivals, Good Reads and Shelfari
Battled long for bookworm territory
Though not unexpected
GoodReads's death blow connected
Just as hard as Holms's head kick to Rousey.
Denizen wrote: "What, no limmerick?There once was a site called Shelfari
Amazon axed it without being sorry.
Our tale of woe
When it had to go,
It was truly beyond compari."
Well, now I won't write one since there are 2.. I thought of it, but hadn't come up with a third rhyme (didn't spent much time on it.) I'm still thinking about what I'll write.
I am most definitely a fan of Edwin Lear. I think of it as poetry for the masses.
Ha ha ha, love the limericks. Dreading trying to narrow this down though.
Anita wrote: "Ha ha ha, love the limericks. Dreading trying to narrow this down though."I know, they are all so good.
LibraryCin wrote: "Nicole wrote: "In my relationship fashion, I will pine for Shelfari for years and hope that someday we run into each other at say a Major League Baseball game and end up back together."This is me..."
And me too - I always have both open in their own tab - at least until mid-March! I'll hang on until it disappears or until I feel I've cleaned up my db.
Linda S wrote: "However Shelfari is/was far more aesthetically pleasing. ..."Absolutely!
Once upon a January drearyI learned the news. “Why”? I query
Could Amazon rip Shelfari from our core
There is no cause to treat us so
We’ve come to rely on it, you know
Can it be a rumor, only this and nothing more?
Alas, ‘tis true, and move we must
Shelfari left to gather dust
We sadly close the once welcoming door
But wait! Is there a chance yet
That we can save our groups? Get
Together somewhere else and gather as before?
Ah, to Goodreads we must go
Heave our shelves to and fro
Learn the new language, format, folders. What a chore!
We’ll survive all this and thrive
Can Shelfari every truly die?
Nevermore, quoth Shelfari, Nevermore.
Rene Reader frowned, looking at the Pink Banner of Death. It couldn’t be; and yet there it was. After two years of neglect and willful refusal to rectify the building problems, Amazon was officially closing Shelfari. Forever. It was bad enough that this was going to happen, but such a reminder of The Lord's Pink Ocean. “Amazon,” Rene thought, scratching a mosquito bite, “You're Breaking My Heart.”Rene sat back, paused to glance out the Rear Window and sighed ruefully. What was there to do? Where was there to go? It wasn’t that there weren’t alternatives out there. Booklikes, Leafmark, LibraryThing, Goodreads. All had things in common with Shelfari, of course. Readers who posted reviews, at least some semblance of groups, various sorts of organizing books on shelves, tags, even. But nothing like Shelfari.
Gone would be the days of tagging gleefully, searching the top 200 tags for Play Book Tag. Gone would be the elegant shelves, looking so much like the real ones. Gone would be the Librarian, Editor and Author banners across the Avatars of various members. Gone would be the visually appealing colours of the site so Easy on the Eyes. But most of all, gone would be the nested replies, so conducive to great discussions. It was the End of an Era.
It was time to face a Brave New World, to venture into the Final Frontier , to Leave the past behind and Time To Emigrate? Somewhere Else.
Rene Reader took some time, exporting shelves to Goodreads, frantically trying to see what happened to missing books, talking stock of what could be done. When the day arrived, Rene Reader left Shelfari, wiping away A Single Tear and moved on with The Brave.
Thank you so much to everyone who submitted an ode! These were absolutely delightful!Now, the administrators will take this week to get the options narrowed to our three favorites, and then the membership will vote for the one they think is most deserving of the prize.
Not looking forward to this narrowing process. At all.
Karin wrote: "Rene Reader frowned, looking at the Pink Banner of Death. It couldn’t be; and yet there it was. After two years of neglect and willful refusal to rectify the building problems, Amazon was officiall..."Love all the clever literary references you built into your ode!!
Anita wrote: "Karin wrote: "Rene Reader frowned, looking at the Pink Banner of Death. It couldn’t be; and yet there it was. After two years of neglect and willful refusal to rectify the building problems, Amazon..."Thanks. I barely made it on time. I kept forgetting, then when I tried all my ideas, they failed. Finally, close to the wire, I got this idea, then I thought of that first book, which I read as a young teen, etc.
But I am in awe of all the great odes that were written!!!! I had no idea how much literary talent we had among us.
Karin wrote: "I had no idea how much literary talent we had among us. "Seriously! I loved all of these so choosing is going to be an impossible task. Each one is just so clever and some brought tears to my eyes.
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Simply post a farewell ode to Shelfari by February 29th. Administrators will narrow the choices down to three, and then members will vote for the winning ode!
Post your odes as a reply to this message.
Prose or poetry are both acceptable!
Make us laugh, make us cry, say good-bye . . .Shelfari will live in our hearts and minds for a long, long time.