Best Edison Poems
Tom sat there eating the last of his bread,
wondering if the next day he'd get fed,
felt like a dumb cluck,
down on his luck,
till a light went off the top of his head.
11-19-16
Thomas Alva Edison
was known to be reticent
but he decided to make the world bright
so he told them about his kitchen light
Clerihew Contest
Thomas Edison
diverged a lesson
It was awesomely bright
called incandescent light
Thomas Alva Edison
Drank milk instead of medicine.
He died of diabetes -
Should have had his milk with Wheaties!
I thought of a day sans the Sun
I thought of a night sans the light
All the times that I thought of the light
I thought of Edison!
Thomas Alva Edison-
The power house shed light in the direction of right
A total solution found dark to fight
Light, an innovation from the mind of a bright
A revolution only second to the Moon walk strait
All the times that,I look at the light
I see the tired face of the might
Edison bought time and time to come out of his plight
Light in the night-
In the way of Owl's and Bat's sight
Edison, a pupil the school refused to teach
Edison, a lessen the schools undertook to teach
Edison bore torch light to his mate,Henry Ford
To put his wheels of four on the road
On the day of TWO ELEVEN of his birth-
Don't switch off lights to bring dark
But switch on saying "EDISON" in honor to mark!
Thomas Edison couldn't sell the idea of selling electricity
to business or residence in any major state or city.
The biggest fear for seven years that was often being disputed
was that if one were to turn a light on, they could get electrocuted.
Thomas made the lightbulb, and Nikola made a coil,
each of them was brilliant over everything they'd toil.
And though they did amazing things with all their mind and heart,
neither liked the other one and so they worked apart.
They argued over processes and created quite a feud,
they berated and belittled and were both completely rude.
It's too bad that their pride got in the way right from the start;
they could have done much more together than they did apart.
My mother loved me into wonderfulness
An odd child, too unusual for school.
I was sent home the first day, with a note.
I watched my mother’s face, for nuances.
A small wavering cheek dimple would have
Confirmed my most horrid fears.
I could tell by the whisperings of the day
The teacher did not want me there
Would my mother feel shame?
Would she call me names too?
Like the children had?
Arms enfolded me.
Relief.
She still loved me.
My mother, the one person who
Believed in me when I was feeling like
No one else did.
You my blessed son, are too smart to go there.
I stared into her brown doe eyes.
She had never been more convincing.
And I was a child who needed to believe.
She is the reason I persevered.
No other teacher could have taught me
Resiliency and tenacity like my mother did.
She, and she alone, convinced me of my
Brilliance.
No one else would have failed nine thousand and nine hundred and ninety-nine times and still tried one more time, right?
So in a way I must dedicate the electric light-bulb to my mother.
God bless you, Mother.
You are my hero!
Edison
most of us think electric light bulb
it took him 10, 000 recorded tries
that is 9, 999 failures
but he did it.
Edison
did you know he also invented the motion picture camera?
in 1892?
he had such an amazing mind
I have no idea how many failures he had before he got it right.
He was a persistent genius.
Edison
This morning clouds filled the sky
Fighting back the patience of the sun
Just waiting, perchance with desire
In hopes that the wind would confuse the mist
And like me, waiting for you
An opportunity might arise
Offering a chance to shine
And feel your tenderness
Surround me
Making shadows useless
And electric heaters passé
Westinghouse won the currency war,
but here’s what nobody can ignore:
Edison’s fame forever burns bright
for his phonograph, film, and long-lasting light!
Nov. 6, 2019
for Maureen McGreavy's Pithy Pome Poetry Contest
N/A and very few reads or comments
Now for John Hamilton's N-A Rerun 4 Poetry Contest
EDISON LIVES!
-Dharga Nagar Safa
The last breath of Edison,
Refused to go to the grave in dark,
But in the vial of Henry Ford,
Under it's master's light!
Robert Sherriff 08/07/1954 - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer - Actor - American Historian – Photographer
Work by Robert Sherriff is protected by the Australian Federal Government Copyright Act 1968.
Thomas Edison - 'Fraud': The True Legacy of Thomas Edison
Innovator or Appropriator?
When we think of the incandescent light bulb, Thomas Edison's name inevitably comes to mind. However, the truth behind this iconic invention tells a more complex story that celebrates the power of collaboration in innovation. It challenges the notion of Edison as a lone genius and paints a picture of a collective process that has shaped our world.
The Light Bulb Saga
Edison is often credited with inventing the first commercially successful incandescent light bulb in 1879. However, his breakthrough leaned heavily on the prior work of others. Canadian inventors Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans developed a light bulb concept and sold their patent to Edison after struggling to secure funding.
Meanwhile, British inventor Joseph Swan had already filed a patent for a similar technology and successfully sued Edison for patent infringement. American engineer William Sawyer's contributions were also significant enough that eventually, U.S. authorities cancelled Edison's patents.
This layered history reveals that the creation of the light bulb was less about singular brilliance and more about the synthesis of various ideas, many of which came from lesser-known inventors.
Beyond the Bulb
Edison's story of appropriation extends beyond the light bulb. Consider the movie projector, a technology that Charles Francis Jenkins and Thomas Armat initially demonstrated as the Phantoscope.
They sold their invention to Edison's company, where it was further developed and commercialized into the Kinetoscope. Similarly, Edison is often lauded for inventing the phonograph, but French printer Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville had created the phonautograph two decades earlier. Charles Cros, another French inventor, had also devised a method for recording sound before Edison's company improved upon these ideas and brought them to the public.
People feared of darkness
Edison brought his light
People feared of daylight
Franklin brought his Vision
Tesla the inventor
an eccentric Serbian
once worked for a businessman
an entrepreneurial USAnian
when Edison had an idea bright
saw the light
and invented DC electricity
positive and ground
as found in a battery
then Nikola created AC
as used in the home
by the whole family
a contest still
a power struggle
if you will
however
Tesla the car
employs both forms of energy
as does the phonograph
so tho' posthumously
looks like Thomas had the last laugh