Oblivious

The present generation 
spend most of their time 
staring at a screen. 
Either at work 
at play 
also inbetween.

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Duke Beaufort

November 29, 2024 at 3:34 AM

John, many of us have noticed this downside aspect of the electronic and data revolution. It's hard to imagine how this will end well. Maybe it will be something out of George Orwell's 1984. There's a lot of brainwashing going on. We might be closer than we think or perhaps past farther than thought.

John Read

November 29, 2024 at 8:28 AM

Hi Duke, on top of it all is we now have AI to contend with.

Gershon Wolf

November 27, 2024 at 7:07 PM

in between --- you mean the screen?... Always wondered how those people got into that little TV screen... lol. ~ gw

John Read

November 28, 2024 at 7:36 AM

Inbetween the cell phone and the computer your spot on Gershon the TV screen.

Paula Goldsmith

November 26, 2024 at 10:59 AM

What a write you have here. The phones/computers are Not good for the kids. No Phones In School Should Be The Rule. We had a play life/they do Not. Hate to see what they will turn into. Only the parents can stop it but they will Not..... Have a blessed day writing away...............

John Read

November 26, 2024 at 11:14 AM

Hi Paula, that would be a good idea but I can't see it happening. xx

Michael Tor

November 25, 2024 at 2:58 PM

So sad John. It is a reality we all have to deal with. They are lost without their cell phones... Thank you for sharing...

John Read

November 26, 2024 at 7:45 AM

Hi Michael, You can't walk down the streets in London now days, without some one glued to their cell phones bashing into you.

Panagiota Romios

November 25, 2024 at 2:10 PM

Young kids I knoe, meaning 18 or younger are noy doing that. What I see is ADULTS doing as you say and blaming kids. They spend hours on Facebook lsocial media, X, poetry soup you name it. Cancel I personally don’t like cell phones and one sentence replies or emails. People think they’re gonna disappear if they write one sentence.. what’s wrong with the paragraph? LOL no I don’t like the Internet age at all. People can’t even stay on the telephone longer than 10 minutes.. its sick. Pangie.

John Read

November 26, 2024 at 7:47 AM

Hi Pangie, I've never been a fan of Facebook or Twitter, I rather keep my private life private.

Ink Empress

November 25, 2024 at 1:35 PM

Dear John, so true and couldnt have said it any better, todays generation, we see so many finding distractions from reality. Youve delivered one that speaks the truth in few words so well. Pleasure always reading your work. Sending you light always

John Read

November 26, 2024 at 7:50 AM

Thank you Ink, it's become a joke, seeing children on their way to school engrossed in the cell phones.

Beryl Edmonds

November 25, 2024 at 2:39 AM

Brother John, folk spend a lot of time on their iPads too, young or old. When I got mine and found there was poetry sites one could take part in, I was delighted, at last there was a way to get one’s poems out there… Sis Beryl

John Read

November 25, 2024 at 7:42 AM

Hi sister Beryl, I'm referring to the old days when we never had mobile phones, now days people seemed glued to their phones, oblivious to who's around them, hence so many being stolen, I would never walk down a street in London starring at a screen.

Darlene De Beaulieu

November 24, 2024 at 11:34 AM

Hello John, yes they do stare at the screen no matter where they are. Enjohy your day my friend. xx

Darlene De Beaulieu

November 25, 2024 at 9:56 AM

Hello John, i do not have a I-phone nor do I want one. yes thes people that have them are glued to them. Enjoy your day my cfriend. xx

John Read

November 24, 2024 at 11:41 AM

Thank you Darlene, have a lovely evening God bless you. xx

Victor Buhagiar

November 24, 2024 at 8:56 AM

You are very observant. Lovely poem.

John Read

November 24, 2024 at 9:04 AM

Hi Victor, it's all you see now days, people glued to their phones, in London, over a 100 phones are stolen every day, people walking along oblivious to what's going on around them.