Mixed Signals
We wander this world with phones in hand
forever looking down, getting
lost inside the screen, afraid
to miss one message, we
never lift our eyes
to drink in the
scenery
drawn for
us.
(A nonet is composed of nine lines, where the first line has 9 syllables, the second line has 8 syllables, and so forth until the final line is only one syllable, so the poem appears to be slowly vanishing.)
When poetry paints reality so well.
Bravo!
This is really well said about reality. The form mirrors the disappearing of human contact. Well done!
I appreciate the imagery and the introduction to the form.
The image this creates is perfect.
yes i like how this one currently depicts the state of communication. its so impersonal and become so technological.
I can’t add a new idea to the comments, but I could not resist adding another, “good work!”
Thank you all so much! I didn’t see these comments for a whole year. Obviously I don’t spend quite as much time on my phone 😂