Mark Stucky Poet Free verse

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Antisocial Media

Antisocial Media

By Mark D. Stucky
I remember the old days
when people only had friends
they’d actually met in person,
before “social media” seduced us,
and people became less social,
sitting alone and anonymous,
insulting strangers and neighbors,
tweeting threats and riotous rants,
multiplying misinformation,
damaging decency and democracy.

Antisocial media betrays us
and the original vision
of joining virtual hands
and singing “Kum Ba Yah.”

Did media change our culture
by clouding minds and hearts?
Or by unleashing demons
lurking among us all along?


(See also my poems "The Art of the Devilish Deal," "Tweeting the Truth in Love," "Hate Vacuuming?" and “What Would Jesus Tweet?")

(Image by geralt on Pixabay.com.)

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Franci Hoffman September 5, 2023 at 2:10 PM Face to face and voice to voice seems to be a thing of the past. How unfortunate. Superb and profound piece, my friend.

David Fisher June 20, 2023 at 5:27 PM Great title, and your poem raises some valid questions. Sadly, in days passed, I'd watch tv many evenings, but often with others in the room, if that means we're together doing something? It's hard to say.