Once you have written a poem, you don’t want to lose it accidentally. Losing it on purpose is covered in the Cremation section. Here are some suggested ways of storing copies of your poems and songs.

• Word-processing program document
• Electronic database
• HTML locally on your computer
• HTML on a Website
• Burned to a CD
• On a floppy disk
• On paper in a binder
• On a poetry bulletin board
• Off-site storage

If you share them with your friends, whether it’s via paper or computer, someone’s bound to have a copy. At least, in theory.