tears of joy face – infuses tone beautifully
eggplant – phallus – eggplant
heart eyes smiley
friend but not yet bestie
tho’ friends for more than 2 days
here’s new friend
smile – grimace – smile
this means celebrate, stop or praise-hand (LG users)
& this means bliss unambiguously.
Written for Quadrille #39 at the Dverse pub (44 words including the key word – ‘bliss’) hosted by Björn Rudberg (brudberg)
and 10 new poems – one a week: this is week 8
* Some emoji characters display differently depending on which operating system is being used. This can lead to misunderstandings.
Image: All the Emojis, Drawn by Kathy MacLeod, The Hairpin
Fun! We really are back to hieroglyphics, aren’t we? 😉
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Are you serious with this extreme awesomeness?! I love it!!!
Especially this:
“eggplant – phallus – eggplant
heart eyes smiley
friend but not yet bestie”
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Ha. Glad you like it.
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That picture is just about the cutest thing ever.
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Have a look at the artist’s webpage – it goes on https://www.thehairpin.com/2013/03/all-the-emojis-drawn/
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Clever observations and ruminations on our… evolution? towards post-literacy! Truly a fun read.
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Glad you liked it.
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I normally stick to the familiar ones….if not, misunderstandings can result ~
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Me too – but it may explain some odd responses I’ve had 🙂
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I always like the cat emojis….so one day, the modern Egyptians will be digging through the rubble of America and go….wow, they used hieroglyphics! Personally, I think we need to go back to cuneiform. This was a most fun and clever write!
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Oh better be careful when sending emojis across operating system… it could be anything in the end. 🤗
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Like playing telephone. Those emojis can backfire. Autocorrect isn’t much better! Great write!
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My kids tell me I misuse certain emoji’s .. the googlie eyes for example I use to mean I’m watching them but they say I’m wrong. Oh well.
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