The Future is History
Technology has trained us to
depend upon
our devices
to remember.
Ev’rything we once knew has long
been forgotten,
parts of our past
lost forever.
It’s time to take our future back,
to remember
exactly who
we think we are.
****A traditional minute poem is composed of 60 syllables split among three stanzas, with each stanza having four lines where the syllabic count is 8/4/4/4. Traditional minute poems are written in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of aabb, ccdd, eeff. I couldn’t put a true traditional minute poem together in a day, let alone an hour. So for the sake of saving time as well as what remains of my so-called sanity, I eliminated the constraints of rhyme and meter, devolving into the nontraditional minute format seen above.****
I love your attention to form – and your devolution into the nontraditional minute format which allowed you to keep your sanity during the marathon! You utilise this stripped back form beautifully – there’s a directness and focus in each line which pierces the reader. Gorgeous work – and strong points well made.