In 2009, hyperlinks started showing up within the body of the poem. This was my protest against it. <br /> <br />Hyperlinks that move from one word to a different word when you revisit the poem. <br /> <br />Hyperlinks are popping up <br />Within posted poems again <br />They are blue, underlined <br />And slightly bolder in <br />Text and that forces an <br />Artificial emphasis <br />On the hyperlinked word <br />Sometimes changing the <br />Perceived meaning of <br />The poem - very distracting <br />Like an ad being placed <br />On a sculpture or within <br />A painting - it changes the <br />Art in a way not approved <br />By the artist - the medium <br />Poets/writers use is not <br />Paint, charcoal, marble, etc. <br />But words and the words are being <br />Desecrated by these floating <br />Moving, unstable hyperlinks<br /><br />Alice Vedral Rivera<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/desecrated-poems-floating-hyperlink-invasion-ph-advertising-commentary-2009/