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

Date: 11/29/2024 3:34:00 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
Date: 11/29/2024 8:28:00 AM

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

Gershon Wolf

Date: 11/27/2024 7:07:00 PM

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

John Read
Date: 11/28/2024 7:36:00 AM

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

Paula Goldsmith

Date: 11/26/2024 10:59:00 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
Date: 11/26/2024 11:14:00 AM

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

Michael Tor

Date: 11/25/2024 2:58:00 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
Date: 11/26/2024 7:45:00 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

Date: 11/25/2024 2:10:00 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
Date: 11/26/2024 7:47:00 AM

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

Ink Empress

Date: 11/25/2024 1:35:00 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
Date: 11/26/2024 7:50:00 AM

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

Beryl Edmonds

Date: 11/25/2024 2:39:00 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
Date: 11/25/2024 7:42:00 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

Date: 11/24/2024 11:34:00 AM

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

Darlene De Beaulieu
Date: 11/25/2024 9:56:00 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
Date: 11/24/2024 11:41:00 AM

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

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 11/24/2024 8:56:00 AM

You are very observant. Lovely poem.

John Read
Date: 11/24/2024 9:04:00 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.

Anne-Lise Andresen

Date: 11/24/2024 7:10:00 AM

- So glad that my childhood and youth were not like this, John :) - Great written :) - hugs

John Read
Date: 11/24/2024 7:12:00 AM

Same here Anne we used to meet up more in the old days. Now days you see children glued to their phones on the way to school.

Regina Mcintosh

Date: 11/24/2024 5:05:00 AM

Yes we do... all of this is true. God bless you. love, Gina

John Read
Date: 11/24/2024 5:31:00 AM

Thank you Regina so please to catch you on line. Xx