Mayhem in the hen house
The fox just sneaked in
Cyber security kept him at bay
A broken fence let him in
Before, love letter
Now, through chat box or texting
So high tech courtship.
Imagine, if you possibly can,
The primate called orangutan.
A great many people admire his cuteness;
They don't even seem to mind his hirsuteness.
His arms are too long so his shirts never fit right,
And his legs are so bowed that he scarcely can sit right.
But for honey or figs high up in a tree,
Those long arms are perfect for plucking, you see.
So unless you're a barber or tailor man,
There's no need to pity orangutan.
He's been seen on the news with his latest fad,
He was learning to use an Apple iPad*.
So if you wanna find out what he's gonna do next,
You can friend him on Facebook or send him a text.
*Per the Smithsonian Zoo, Jan. 2013. Obviously, dear readers, this piece was written a few years ago. Don't know why it took so long to make it to the PS site.
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
o o
o we live in a world o
o ruled by technology o
o we stare at our screens o
o till our eyes can take no more o
o screens screens everywhere o
o they’re on our walls o
o extensions of our hand o
o they’re how we communicate o
o the messages we send receive o
o they give us news flashes o
o we search we watch we listen o
o we surf we read we play o
o screens rule our lives o
o we don’t know our neighbors o
o why bother talk to anyone o
o hardly get up from our chairs o
o we have everything we need o
o right here on our screens o
o o
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
High Tech
In the Silicon Valley the sit the tsars of high tech
producing stuff, you didn`t know you needed
They know the Armageddon is coming but try
not to stop it, as it will obstruct their profit.
When the world resources are depleted and
nuclear war beckons, they are too busy to find
a secure place to survive the upcoming wars.
With all their intelligence combined, they see
not the indefinite human mind, their survival
will be a vast nothingness
Screw google, and their big birds chicks....
Switching gears as her united nations wishing
Italy's vatican to change it's stance upon abortion ?
Santa Goes High Tech
By Elton Camp
It was foggy one Christmas eve
He’d get lost, Santa did believe
To a bright-nosed deer he did say
Rudolph, won’t you lead the way?
So there was a new member of his team
With permanent employment it did seem
When Santa got himself an iPhone
Rudolph’s job was very soon gone
An app he found his sleigh to guide
So poor Rudolph was pushed aside
My computer is congested
With all the stuff it's ingested -
The silly poems that I've devised
And the inane things I've surmised.
Yes indeedy, it's been force-fed
All my foolish nonsense instead
Of important things and the like,
Now it's told me to take a hike.
All I asked was for it to print,
It said, "Listen, bub, take a hint,
I can't answer when you call.
I'm not responding. That is all."
A really a lovely way to celebrate, the Most
Dear one’s birthday, in a high-tech mode, sure
Thanks to the modern technology in IT field
That enabled all of us to participate, joyously.
It is no ordinary persons’ birthday indeed!
But of a very unassuming and a gentle soul
Which, is the very embodiment of sincerity
And whose only concern is welfare of all.
She is very tough but I wrongly describe her
For we are yet to see a more kinder spirit
In human shape except for saintly people
She is the crest-jewel of our family legacy.
Simple to the core with absolutely no airs
Always concerned with the plight of poor
A hand that is generous to the fault, with
A heart, that abounds in care and virtue.
Such is the persona of our niece, dear to us
Not a word I write here is an overstatement
But an unpretentious outpouring of our heart
That ever beats for our niece; Aruna the dear.
lower-skilled workers
are plentiful, but are no
match for high-tech jobs
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