Tag: naprowrimo

Digital Overdrive

#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 22

Book cover for George Eliot. Scenes of Clerical Life.

I am hurrying through life
No chance to stop and wait
To see moments unfurl
Relaxed, laid back, paced
For there is always
A new series to binge watch
Book review before the launch
Stories, poetry, Insta delight
Twitter wars, WhatsApp fight
Live Now on Facebook groups
Clubhouse, Discord, Spaces, too
Arts, crafts, podcasts, videos
Content overload, daily dose
Clutter, noise, brimming chaos
AI threatening to do our jobs
Pushing, pulling, stretching void
Competing with digital droids
An unreal life on a rushed clock
Clicking until time will stop!

Poetry inspired by the book cover for George Eliot. Scenes of Clerical Life. William Blackwood‎ & Sons, 1857 — Source.

Disguise

#NaPoWriMo #GloPoWriMo Day 12

Book cover for Arthur Stringer. The Loom of Destiny.

There was nothing before
The rundown mirror
Just a tired reflection
Of bored, dying eyes
That I chose to ignore
Instead, I imagined the grays
Were flecks of silver rain
The sagging skin, all the hills
I climbed with gleeful steps
Weariness is just a facade
To hide joy from prying eyes
And so I believed all the lies
That my image was a disguise

Poetry inspired by the book cover for Arthur Stringer. The Loom of Destiny. Boston: Small, Maynard & Company, 1899 — Source.