Modern World Poems - Poems about Modern World

Freedom is a bird with broken wings in the modern world, trapped in invisible cages of indifference, Reflecting destiny as a silent shadow, the immutable aspects of existence embrace us with cold arms, Death, an artist of limits, carves the boundaries of our lives with the chisel of relentless time, Each human being becomes a prisoner in their...

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One lone man against Leviathan With its signals and its code It’s forms and formulation What’s a soul to do, Bend and yield as a willow Or stand proud and tall as an oak? You tell me, Or better yet ask Jonah In the belly of the beast. (8/22/24) ...

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Roses are black, cutting is blue Maelstrom and hack, precise strike true Napalm burst fire, hollow chess piece Tragic this pyre, reaper scythe cease Plead cry beg scream, dying fashion Guillotine gleam, bang cranium Click back hammer, finger trigger Silver shimmer, flash and flicker Dying quicker, so cold, shiver Sever beats torn by asunder Clown car’s lachrymose red ribbons Town bars fountain vain, shark...

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Modern world with modern modems, AI, Wi-Fi, modern day totems, keyboard nostalgia, a typewriter App, mind that modern knowledge gap, discord, discourse, modern day omens. ...

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("Howling Rock" - 2016, Castle Rocks, Idaho) Crying Wolf My phone is set to the tone of a trumpet horn To signal incoming texts And every time it sounds I think of Robin Hood calling out for me. I think he must have been a disciplined And discerning fellow long ago In his Sherwood Forest, Because otherwise the woods would be filled With his call And...

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(Alternative Earth series) Come and talk to me softly as you sit by my side on the big metal bird getting ready for our ride. The engineer has taken a key from a big brass ring and he’s taking up the tension in the sleeping spring. The wings have started flapping, gently beating at the air and the driver’s pulling levers...

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In the vast expanse of existence, Your world, I find, fails to captivate my senses. Unfortunate days, like wayward wanderers, Don the garments of absurdity, Parading their disconcerting presence. Each dawn arrives with a disquieting aura, Clad in a haphazard ensemble of potluck fabric. It seems that a patch of uncertainty Embellishes every opinion conceived, Nurtured within the confines of uninformed ignorance. Amidst this absurdity,...

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He was the world’s last gun fighter And he always worked in drag Carrying his six shooters In a special velvet bag. No boots and spurs to jingle As in to town he rode, Just patent leather sling backs High heeled and open toed. He always arrived early Before the heat of the sun Always so very careful His mascara didn’t run. And...

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Technological Transition to a Modern World David J Walker The Earth comprised of earthy scent Labored sweat Grim regret 80 years have sown The Earth revised by measure lent The hunters net A daily threat 90 years have flown The Earthy prize a treasure spent A gamblers fret An unpaid bet 100 years on loan The Earth receives unearthly bent The loss offset...

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Wart of hubris, sweat of cursed Jealous eyes and greed at worst Blood from pride, tears from pain Some wretched feelings from disdain. Sordid juices caused by lust One liberal dusting of distrust. A pinch of squander on path to diet Then splash of anger from disquiet Two parts grease; on one’s own behalf Once can of echo, from mocking laugh. Grind chains of...

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The modern world Strange times we live experience is virtual the real is harmful bad for the health. The internet gives us link but our solitude is the same. Famous women do not look factual like something made in a factory we tend to be self-absorbed our feeling and thoughts are truncated into a massive none entity stalking the world while polar ice melt and...

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I hardly recognize this modern world for it's changed so much within my lifetime I grew up in a much different place where people interacted face to face not through cutesy emojis used in cyberspace to express emotions on the internet on such sites as Skype, Facebook, and Twitter having never met each other in person nor do they ever expect they ever will for the meaning of a friend has changed to...

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Why is it so hard to be around people? I mean, maybe it's unfair that I should talk of the general public based on my experience of the persons that surround me and I have encountered but most of the time it's never a pleasant experience to be with them. You either detest them or...

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Not Wholly as it should be O holy city set in gold of thee both praise and woe are told. To three faiths the troubled home, we see the spire, the Wall. the Dome. Where once did graze the kid and lamb I behold a traffic jam. In Heaven's name, oh, tell us why property prices...

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Crystal blue water to swim,dive,play and enjoy yet no life is there -Swimming Pool Peaceful residence with all amenities,still missing neighbourhood -Apartments Rich colorful foods prescribed by doctors,still we do not feel happy -Medicinal Tablets Can play anywhere, anytime, but no playground, no players to chase -Video Games Emoticons,texts chats,stickers,still nothing beat the handwritten mails -Mobile phones Technology rules the world and controls humans a boon or a curse? Mar-04-2017...

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