Tom Cunningham Poet Rhyme

Notes About The Poem

Science Fiction

Some inventors and scientists, they have both said
That science fiction books put ideas in their head
A novel that was written by Arthur C Clarke
Gave Tim Berners Lee the necessary spark. 

The communicator in Star Trek that was fantasy
Martin Cooper of Motorola made it reality.
Beam me up Scotty, well that’s not here yet
Research is being done and they’ll crack it, you bet.

The news pads from the movie 2001
Now everyone has a tablet for online fun
Remember talking HAL, I’m sure you all do
Computer giants researched it and made it come true.

The movie Dick Tracy where they talk on their wrist
Now the smart watch is another to add to that list
Men dressed as robots in old movies you see
Now robots build cars, no longer fantasy.

Artificial intelligence now it can change your life
Any shape any colour, you can have one as your wife
But research and tech gadgets, are we moving too fast?
Mankind might become just a thing of the past.

Take for example a factory with two hundred men
Now all you need is a robot and a workforce of ten
But it’s not something new, just look at history
Job loss came with the intro of the Spinning Jenny.

Ray guns and flying saucers at area 51
They try to tell you that nothing is going on
No need to panic it’s a research facility
Whilst making space age weapons for the military.

And films have inspired the creation of drones
Controlled very easily from an app on your phones
X-Ray drones are the ones that bother me
Wear a swimsuit in the shower because they will see. 

Robots that can think will outwit us one day
We’ll just be a nuisance and be put out of the way
Science fiction for many is just fantasy
But it inspires the great minds in creativity.



March 7th 2018

For Science Fiction Contest sponsored by Deborah Guenther Beachboard

♡Like0

Share Poem

---

Post Comments

Poetrysoup is an environment of encouragement and growth so only provide specific positive comments that indicate what you appreciate about the poem. Negative comments will result your account being banned.

Please Login to post a comment

Lin Lane October 5, 2024 at 10:53 AM Oh, my goodness, Tom. 6 years ahead of today and you were writing about AI. It did and does inspire great minds and societies have gained many things from its advancements. Currently, we're experiencing the negative side of it with some humans passing off poetry as their own when it's the work of robots. Tom Cunningham October 5, 2024 at 11:15 AM Thank you very much Lin, you're so right, there's always a negative side as we're seeing now. Wars too bring new inventions, sadly for destruction. Mankind is too clever for his own good. Tom

Olufemi Oloye June 6, 2018 at 2:29 AM This is awesome Dome of us saw this coming But I doubt if we can stop it This is another revelation. .Good job from you sir. Tom Cunningham June 6, 2018 at 2:35 AM Thank you Olufemi, man is certainly becoming too clever for his own good. Tom

Reason A. Poteet March 24, 2018 at 10:04 PM An awesome entry, Tom. A welcome read in this digital age. Recognition well-deserved. Tom Cunningham March 25, 2018 at 12:11 AM Thanks very much Reason. Tom

Susan Gentry March 24, 2018 at 8:09 PM Congratulations on your win! I enjoyed this one very much and certainly find it all too much for me. You can't make stuff up anymore hardly, reality has passed fiction almost. A good write! Tom Cunningham March 24, 2018 at 8:16 PM Thank you very much Susan, I'm glad that you enjoyed it. Tom.

Eve Roper March 24, 2018 at 5:27 PM Back with congratulations on your win on this wonderful verse.. ! Hugs Eve~`* Tom Cunningham March 24, 2018 at 5:36 PM Thank you very much Eve. Tom

Line Gauthier March 24, 2018 at 3:05 PM Awesome Tom. Congrats on your winning poem. Tom Cunningham March 24, 2018 at 3:29 PM Thanks very much Line. Tom

Sandra Haight March 24, 2018 at 9:50 AM Tom, I thoroughly enjoyed your poem, since I am so interested in this subject. Yes, the fact that so many of our 'science fiction visions' have become reality, makes one wonder if we are being 'steered'. Very well-written! Sandra Tom Cunningham March 24, 2018 at 10:55 AM Thank you Sandra, it is indeed a fascinating subject, glad you enjoyed it. Tom

Joseph P. DiMino March 9, 2018 at 4:58 AM Great, profound writing! There's nothing anyone really invents. What we do is, make our minds ready, through thought and physical relationship, to accept Divine-spark from spirit-archetypes already in the mind of Creation. Anything we think, can become a physical reality. It is already invented. As you say: great possibilities, and great horrors. We need to guard our thoughts--they are never innocuous. We could not think it, if it were not already real substance on the plane of inspiration. Tom Cunningham March 9, 2018 at 5:39 AM Thank you Joe, love your comments. One thing I often think of is how the earth was a few hundred years ago with forests, lakes, rocks, etc ,and you look around and see Jets, cars, computers, the list is endless and as you say it was always here.Just needs a brilliant mind to discover it.

Laura Leiser March 8, 2018 at 9:05 AM Love your observations about they way science has taken over our lives in such an invasive way, Tom. Great job, and good luck in the contest:) Tom Cunningham March 8, 2018 at 9:52 AM Thank you Laura, It certainly has. Some for the better but I wonder do we rely on it too much. The computer was down at our local supermarket so they had to close as they couldn't function without it. It would have never happened years ago.

Amy Sell March 8, 2018 at 8:49 AM I love this one! One of my favorite things to do at the used bookstore where I work is look at old ads and think of how technology has changed, yet somehow we haven't changed much at all. Tom Cunningham March 8, 2018 at 9:59 AM Thank you Amy, When I was an air cadet they took us into a room to show us the computer, the room was the computer, big cabinets and flashing lights with a typewriter in a glass case in the middle, and now they fit in the palm of your hand.yes, your right we are still much the same.

Silent One March 8, 2018 at 8:05 AM It is a scary reality, and human needs to be careful before it creates something that destroys humanity.... Great entry for the contest.. Tom Cunningham March 8, 2018 at 8:13 AM Thank you S.O. i know, but every country is racing ahead in fear of what others are doing.What they've got now could destroy the world ten times over.

Kim Rodrigues March 7, 2018 at 9:17 PM What our mind imagines is possible! GL in contest! You for sure are a contender! Tom Cunningham March 8, 2018 at 5:04 AM Thanks very much Kim, I know wars and sci- fi inspire brilliant minds but where it will take us to nobody knows .

Cheryl Hoffman March 7, 2018 at 7:22 PM A stupendous creative science fiction write Tom! I chuckled at the x-ray drone verse about wearing a swimsuit in the shower lol! Good luck in the contest!~Che :) Tom Cunningham March 9, 2018 at 11:56 PM Thank you Cheryl, Just noticed my original response to your comment has gone, strange indeed, I remember seeing it. Tom Gremlins or something more sinister.

Eve Roper March 7, 2018 at 7:18 PM nicely done, Tom, good luck in the contest.. Tom Cunningham March 8, 2018 at 4:58 AM Thank you so much Eve.

Ilene Bauer March 7, 2018 at 3:00 PM great poem, tom! i enjoyed all of the examples you've come up with - it is pretty amazing, when you think of it... Tom Cunningham March 7, 2018 at 4:13 PM Thank you ilene, we have come a long way in such a short space of time and the list grows daily.

Anne-Lise Andresen March 7, 2018 at 11:57 AM - You're right, it's not a fantasy anymore - some of it is really amazing ... but, most of it scares me - What happens to humans ... should they be recycled or simply thrown into the trash ... (?) ... - An interesting writing, Tom - Best wishes in the contest :) - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Tom Cunningham March 7, 2018 at 12:06 PM Thank you Sunshine, I agree some of it is scary, where will it end , they seem to be developing doomsday weapons instead of doing things to help mankind

Mick Talbot March 7, 2018 at 11:50 AM Wow! If that doesn't take first place, I'll eat my words! Must confess I had thoughts on the same topics, always been a Startrek fan... Mick Mick Talbot March 24, 2018 at 8:09 PM Well just finishing off place! I forgot to fave this first time round, will soon straight after hitting send. Congrats on the, )oops, just choked on the e), honorable mention... Mick Tom Cunningham March 7, 2018 at 11:58 AM Thanks Mick, Like yourself I've always been a trekie. Live long and prosper.