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In Support of Google's Self Drive Car

I know that I have called this a sonnet, and I recognise that it falls short of such an esteemed form, but it is my first attempt, please forgive me. in SUPPORT of GOOGLE'S SELF DRIVE CAR a black tarmac warrior a technology killing humanity worrier plotting a course at one hundred kilometres an hour his fatigued mind begins to wander they want to take away his freedom to replace his skills and wisdom superseding his brain with one of silicon technology supplanting humanity beyond his reason Isaac and I Robot showed the way when with technology protecting humanity we will rue the day while his mind remains resolute, his car begins to sway because humanity in control is the only way then in his old age, his is the first generation with no licence, but independent automated motion

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Richard Lamoureux

Date: 2/20/2017 8:11:00 AM

I do think the older driver will embrace this technology because with it they will maintain their independence and the rest of us will be safer in the process.

Skat A

Date: 11/14/2015 9:15:00 AM

Scott :) Congratulations on having your poem featured on the soups, Home Page. ~SKAT LOVE~

Joe Maverick

Date: 6/28/2015 11:50:00 PM

True comment on the way of people here Scott, I am satisfied In understanding that people are only happy when chasing satisfaction, as when they get the object they desire, they seem to find something else to want..' even if its what they traded in for what they 'will have' best to you..'

Lindsay Laurie

Date: 5/1/2015 7:13:00 PM

G'day Scott... as we distance ourselves from nature are we providing avenues to make us irrelevant and possibly extinct - thanks Scott for your insightful views - Lindsay

Arlene Smith

Date: 2/25/2015 5:03:00 PM

Agree with your very insightful message 100% my friend!! 7 for you.. Hugs.. Arlene

Robert Lindley

Date: 1/14/2015 10:06:00 AM

I love to write sonnets. This to me would be a modern sonnet. I like it and like the message and the flow of it. Content sometimes is greater than sticking rigidly to form my friend. A7....

Demetrios Trifiatis

Date: 1/5/2015 5:01:00 AM

Ringing the bell! Technology in the final analysis might become the graveyard of humanity rather his salvation! A profound poem with a plethora of interpretations! Excellently done, dear Scott!

David Williams

Date: 1/5/2015 2:51:00 AM

Scott I like this for what it is and the fact I am driving instructor, the visions you portray are not that far away in reality...Happy New Year....David

Andrea Dietrich

Date: 1/3/2015 7:14:00 PM

Good them, Scott. I would call this a modern sonnet. The modern ones do not care so much about syllable count or rhyme. that is funny you asked if my last post of a sonnet were a lesson. No, not any more than my other 400 sonnets are. hahaha.

Harry Horsman

Date: 1/3/2015 9:46:00 AM

Brilliant theme, continuous improvement are a pain in the automobile...in this poem Scott you hit the nail on the head regards the so called modern world.....Happy New Year to you....