Andrea Dietrich Poet Diminished Hexaverse

From Hieroglyphs To Holograms

Ancient hieroglyphs -
pictures of objects
that represented
words and syllables
centuries ago -

Seven hundred
signs (no vowels),
sacred carvings
of old Egypt

Left to right
right to left
or straight down   

thoughts like
 magic

shown!

Think

ahead 
of time

beyond mere
projections
in 3-D 

Material
encoded, then
diffracting light -
An image “shone.”

Today’s illusions
on tomorrow’s screens
means special glasses
won’t be required for 
modern holograms!


Written May 11, 2016

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Skat A July 17, 2016 at 6:05 PM Andrea, Congrats on your win in Anthony Slausen's contest." Luv **SKAT**

Karam Misra May 29, 2016 at 10:09 PM Congratulations, Andrea, on your win in this difficult themed contest. I completely agree with all the comments below. And like Becca I too found your today's illusion on tomorrows screens line striking. ~karam~

Jennifer Walker May 16, 2016 at 9:15 AM Not only do your word depict holograms and hieroglyphs but it also forms a picture.

Edlynn Nau May 14, 2016 at 4:09 PM GREAT! It can also be filed under the SHAPE genre since it resembles a Greek Vase. AWSOME. Kudos to this effort. A7

Becca Teagan May 14, 2016 at 3:52 PM "Today’s illusions on tomorrow’s screens" Well done!

John Fleming May 14, 2016 at 2:38 PM A profound theme for a poem, Andrea...And how very true. Food for thought indeed! My very best regards, as always...And my warmest wishes. :) john

Charmaine Chircop May 14, 2016 at 12:46 AM Technology keeps changing indeed..Everything changes.making yesterday seems so different than tomorrow...Lovely. Illusions will indeed be tomorrows ' reality.

Poet Destroyer A May 13, 2016 at 10:42 PM Andrea, you are the best... :) LINDA

Joseph May May 13, 2016 at 10:37 PM You did a fine job with the theme Andrea...best wishes

Frederic Parker May 13, 2016 at 9:22 PM from carving stone to the jetsons in a mere 4000 years..now if you could explain puma punka to me

Sara Kendrick May 13, 2016 at 2:26 PM I have heard about the no need for the glasses when watching 3-D innthe future..I enjoyed reading your work..Thanks for dropping by..Sara

Matthew Anish May 13, 2016 at 1:54 PM Pretty damn nice! Never tried that form. I hope you and yours are O.K. Matthew Anish