To Paper or Not to Paper

The Digital or Analog Question

Sitting on my balcony picked up my tablet and stylist. I have determined to once again begin writing digitally.

This poem is a quick quip on my struggle over to write digitally using a stylist and tablet, or good ol’ fashion pen and paper. Every six months, I switch to one or the other. I like the nostalgia of the old, but like the convenience of the new.

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To Paper or Not to Paper

To paper or not to paper,
    That's yet to be seen.
Which is nobler: pen to paper,
    stylist to screen?

Ah, but the weight of the pen in hand
    no stylist can match.
The drag of paper against pen
    a smooth screen lacks.
    
Though lost, lost, is written paper
    to wet, mold, and rot;
burried in notebooks' leaves piled
    high, shelv'd, and forgot.

Digital stands near forever,
    save the lights stay on;
"Syncable across devices";
    depths to search upon.

Still lost, lost is faux ink on screen,
    clouded bits and bytes.
The algorithm does not read
    my scrawl'd letters right.

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Below is the draft of the poem with changes noted, written on my tablet with a stylist. I like to see how other writers process and edit their works, mulling word choice, rephrasing lines, and working on the syllables. (This is why I like Envelope Poems by Emily Dickinson). Seeing how others work their craft helps me better my own.

Do you have the same struggle I have?

In what medium do you write? Digital or analog? Or do you prefer the keyboard?