Notes About The Poem

Written, December 22, 2025
For The Contest, “New Rhyming Poem About 2026”
(Personal or Universal)
Sponsor, Hilo Poet

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2026 - Are We Ready

One quarter century will close its door
And twenty-twenty-six will then begin
A brand new year, a pristine slate to store
Fresh days of weeks and months that lie within

Compared to this first quarter, which has passed
The coming year will shape another phase
That new technology so fast amassed-
And hate or love it, it will change our ways

One aspect that is breaking many hearts
Unveiling recent powers of AI
Creating now, our written works and arts
As humanoid robots, our tasks comply

Twenty-twenty-six, our Pandora's Box-
Where are you heading that will rearrange
Next quarter century of building blocks
And are we ready for each unknown change

In twenty-five more years, what will we face
What else will new technology invent
As twenty-twenty-six joins in this race
To multiply AI's unknown torment
Copyright © | Year Posted 2025

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