Mark Woods Poet Rhyme

Hieroglyphs To Holograms

You were once a small child 
With paper and crayon
Cacophony’s of colours 
Scribbles so crazily drawn.

Then Mummies and Daddies
Crafted with circles and lines.
Soon squiggles of sunbursts
Your world produced in design.

Princes and princesses
Flashy flowers on the moon.
A glimpse of imagining
A child’s dreams in cartoon.

Illusions of spirals
Sophistication of style.
A mind in awakening
Creating art also tactile.

Definitions of shade
Pencil, paintbrush, and pen.
Astounding refinement
A babe leaving the den.

Inventions and visions
Digitising maps of the skies.
Discovering new vistas
Fresh frontiers as the prize.

Technology projects.
Scheming trips to the stars.
For you are the future,
That’s how special you are.


28th April 2016
Hieroglyphs and Holograms - Poetry Contest
Sponsor - Anthony Slausen

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Skat A July 17, 2016 at 6:04 PM mark, Congrats on your win in Anthony Slausen's contest." Luv **SKAT** Mark Woods July 18, 2016 at 5:40 PM Thank you Skat, I loved the inspiration for this poem.

Connie Marcum Wong June 1, 2016 at 4:16 AM I really liked your entry Mark. Kids teach us as we teach them! #7. ; ) Mark Woods June 2, 2016 at 11:50 PM Thank you Connie. I enjoyed this one and remembering the kids as they were growing up (well mostly lol). 12 and 14 now so there was a bit of speculation on what they might become as well. : )

Eileen Manassian May 16, 2016 at 5:46 AM What a beautiful chronicle of a child's growth, Mark. Very special. I enjoyed it. Thanks for your lovely visit to my poem about my daughter. Hugs Mark Woods May 16, 2016 at 2:15 PM Thank you Eileen, I hope it's a story that any parent can relate to, it could apply to either of my daughters. I'm not sure it is concrete enough for the contest but I like it regardless.

Becca Teagan May 12, 2016 at 2:45 AM aw, cool! From Crayons to Technology... I love your unique take on the theme. I hope you'll be back writing more soon... but I have some catching up to do so I'll be back :) Mark Woods May 12, 2016 at 4:28 AM Welcome back to the Hotel California. lol : ). Funnily enough I want to write but I think I'm pushing it back because at the same time it will be an admission of failure. My time writing may soon increase if I relinquish my farming interests due to a nasty drought we are experiencing. In the meantime I've got to fight for my first passion. : ) Pleased to see you have stayed.

Andrea Dietrich April 30, 2016 at 6:17 PM GREAT thinking outside the box for this contest, my friend. I really like it. This is the future's child, making holograms for us all to enjoy!! Mark Woods May 1, 2016 at 1:56 PM And hopefully a metaphor for the way civilization has developed as well, in a way that everyone can associate with. My daughters are very artistic, so because I'm so definitely not, it absolutely fascinates me. Thats where the idea come from.