Venture into a world created by a computer
Immerse yourself into its surreal sphere
React to the input of its digital aurora
Twist and turn to its commands, is it real
Under its spell, you react to its stimuli
Abstract concepts unraveled with images cast
Limitless possibilities in this parallel reality
6- 25-2024
All of me is open for review
every moment spent in time with you,
the wakening with the rise of the sun
washing, dressing, breakfast on the run,
warmly heated cars rushing off
driving along the pothole streets slough
a bumpy start then no paths to ride
smooth and steady glides,
stiff chairs and desks set prone
e-mails, urgent papers shown
the daily grind keeps us here
in the physical reality sphere;
but somewhere in the daily quests
there is an escape but little rest
as all the efforts I have made
slip in and out of the twilight shade
and this here and now is not the only parade;
my life exists throughout the days
finding refuge in the clouds at bay
here the senses ignite to send me reeling
exceeding seeing, hearing, tasting, touching, feeling,
it's an emotional flush
wrapped in imagination's rush
a virtual escape
why would you hesitate?
Slip up, slide in and out your personal shroud
to the virtual reality up in the cloud.
"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."
Quote by Thomas Watson, IBM chairman, 1943
Through the QWERTY maze fingers travel afar
discover where virtual worlds are,
but a digital divide
locations denied.
Modern day
tide,
such dismay
for those left aside.
This is happening worldwide
but we must neither exclude nor bar.
Through the QWERTY maze fingers travel afar.
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18 January 2023
First Place, Writing Challenge - Andaree Form, sponsored by Constance La France
Checked against Syllable Counter and RhymeZone
Just a touch and go,
To leave me to and fro,
It let the odds to grow,
Wait for tomorrow,
Tempts for a blind follow,
A momentary stop in tempo,
Questions my ego,
Is it a flop show?
Before my senses know,
Just as a sudden blow,
It is established long ago,
Dreams score too low,
Never ever will let it go,
But what if played a dido?
Virtual reality sings as flamingo,
Says listen in toto,
Don't oppose the wind flow,
Be cautious and go slow.
They are indoor kids
Disconnected from nature
Acting like robots
The antisocial
raised by computer programs
Acting like robots
In Fantasy worlds
Virtual reality
Acting like robots
Without self-love, they
made false versions of themselves
Acting like robots
Wake up our kids are
Losing their soul-mind-body
Acting like robots
Take the kids outside
Please, disconnect the Wi-Fi
No robots needed
a perfect moment
remains with us forever
even though long past
just that one experience
seeds our deepest fantasy
By
David Kavanagh
An e-mail; from Facebook.
I have been Un-Friended by five people.
I do not have a Facebook page,
but I am very upset.
A yoga teacher unable to disentangle her legs
Trazepe artists suspended in mid air flight
Contortionist arrested for public indecency
The snake charmer caught in a muddy sand pit
Poets drowning in an ink pot tied to their nib
Existential crises melting an iceberg of essence
Impressionist colouring in outside of the box
A funeral director counting nails of the coffin
Harlequin denuded down to the naked core
Artificial intelligence steering a robot gone mad
Jesus with Schrodinger’s whiskers on the rise
Unperturbed soldiers searching new graves
01st January 2020
I feel so sad
for the sun
that spends its days
without its brethren
Romance novel Sally could never find a real cowboy
Who was secretly a wealthy billionaire.
Manga Margie searched in vain for the waiter who
Was posing to be poor, hiding his riches in offshore accounts.
Anime Alba never fell in love, because she spent her life
Looking for the prince, who never appeared to give her a red rose.
Worse yet, she never met her hilarious sidekick either.
Lives that were wasted, waiting for non-reality that made
Reality seem like a waste of their time.
Real men gave up, after realizing they would never measure up.
But at least Romance Novel Sally, Manga Margie, and Anime Alba
Had their comics, their Netflix and their cats, right?
The next World War will be fought
On X-box in virtual reality as battle bought
Where our Generals will line will sit with poise
As the 3D screen will make all the battle noise
And they will buy their army from the game shop
To get the best as their opponent takes a backward hop
So when they lineup from the carnage
It will be recorded on screen as battles rage
The best heroes will be the ones who last
As the Generals fight in violence not surpassed
And any victory rolls the aces will make
Will be fanciful across the screen so great.
© Paul Warren Poetry
I smile to myself that a robot just told me off
Do you have an Alexa?
Or an Amazon?
These are virtual companions
That can
Wake you up
Tell you the weather
Play music
Or white noise
Tell you jokes
Keep you company
You can ask questions
And she will answer most of them
We have Alexa’s and Amazons
all over the house
an Alexa just said
Alarm was not set to me
In an I- know-more-than-you will-ever-know-voice
A few minutes ago
Making me smile
Told off by a snotty robot
More than a robot
A true friend
VIRTUAL REALITY
i just might fall,
the mighty heights feel real.
i’m blind to all that lies
beyond my sight,
though i hear voices in my head.
this reality’s gotten a little stranger.
plush grass tickles my bare feet.
i sit on a checkered blanket
in a horror scene —
a really bad kiss from a zombie king.
i change the channel quick
before he eats my lips!
the driver hits every speed bump
my head aches, then smooth open highway
becomes a lullaby vista.
i fall asleep in the back seat of a moving car…
but wait i’m supposed to be driving…
thus i head for the cliff…
i just might fall…
outside voices catch me...
snatching away my headgear.
that was quite a trip.
my lips are bleeding…
4/27/2018
Jamie’s Interesting Contest 3
Single Element: Virtual Reality
Multiple elements: grass under bare feet, a really bad kiss, falling asleep in the back seat of a moving car.
Visual feel knows a lovely proof,
Intent sculpts cheer in happy fest;
Rich movements show a fragrant truth,
Treatment draws near that certain zest;
Urge joy to thrill as wonder lights,
Apply sure say in mellow touch;
Love now reveals such precious sights.
Rise up each day to gather much,
Echo the strains that rush to greet;
Abide deep grace warm poignant dance,
Loiter with gain in virtual streets;
Indulge wise face deep sacred chance,
Taste in good time a bliss that dwells,
Yield surreal rhymes in touch that tells.
Leon Enriquez
19 March 2018
Singapore
You might not know it, but my spirit trod your footsteps,
thankful for the realm of virtual reality.
The sun, resting on the horizon, waiting on your appreciation, now moves on.
The gulls, the shells, the crashing of the North Atlantic Ocean, oblivious to all but you.
Like walking down a crowded street, you feel and see what others cannot,
the lonely weed surviving, all the unnecessary chiding, just thoughts.
In real time your on the beach, delighting in the sounds, the views of nature!
Solitude, broken by a smile, a hello, as a jogger passes you by.
Your phone, your daughter beckoning, breakfast time,
you look back as you leave the wonders of the beach,
knowing you have again imbibed of natures libation, you walk home...
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