[Guest]

I whir I buzz,

I sometimes shriek,

I crave for power,

with none I'm bleak,

and die within an hour,

So new, and yet, so permanent,

yet ever archaic,

I am born,

I watch my brethren rise above,

and then I die,

as the cycle continues

What am I?

Please excuse my lack of rhymes,

The paper flows in such short times,

I write and crop what fits it best,

rhyming is simply after the rest.

Edited July 21, 2011 by Darth Legion

[Guest]

I whir I buzz,

I sometimes shriek,

I crave for power,

with none I'm bleak,

and die within an hour,

So new, and yet, so permanent,

yet ever archaic,

I am born,

I watch my brethren rise above,

and then I die,

as the cycle continues

What am I?

Please excuse my lack of rhymes,

The paper flows in such short times,

I write and crop what fits it best,

rhyming is simply after the rest.

either a photo copier, printer, fax or washing machine

[Guest]

I whir I buzz,

I sometimes shriek,

I crave for power,

with none I'm bleak,

and die within an hour,

So new, and yet, so permanent,

yet ever archaic,

I am born,

I watch my brethren rise above,

and then I die,

as the cycle continues

What am I?

Please excuse my lack of rhymes,

The paper flows in such short times,

I write and crop what fits it best,

rhyming is simply after the rest.

either a photo copier, printer, fax or washing machine

[Guest]

Close, but not quite.

[dyalDragon]

either a cd player or a computer

[MissKitten]

Any kind of machine? That's what I'm getting from this...

[fabpig]

The cuckoo in a cuckoo clock

[Guest]

Not as specific as I would like, but...

I'm thinking something computerized that continually renews itself. What comes to mind immediately is like a list of flights at an airport terminal, that cycle in a list on a screen, with new flights appearing at the top and old ones falling to the bottom. That's the best I've got!

[Guest]

a smart phone i.e. IPhone

[Guest]

Just a normal cell phone

[Thalia]

A laptop? I hope it would last a little longer though.

[Yodell]

I whir I buzz,

I sometimes shriek,

I crave for power,

with none I'm bleak,

and die within an hour,

So new, and yet, so permanent,

yet ever archaic,

I am born,

I watch my brethren rise above,

and then I die,

as the cycle continues

What am I?

Please excuse my lack of rhymes,

The paper flows in such short times,

I write and crop what fits it best,

rhyming is simply after the rest.

maybe

one carriage in London's Eye

[Guest]

either a cd player or a computer

Actually, this one is right, I had a computer in mind when writing this.

[Guest]

A laptop? I hope it would last a little longer though.

Without power? no, laptops don't last too long, not mine anyway

[Guest]

Well done all, I'll try to be more challenging with my next one.