Zoom In
Make change.
Emotions drain.
Don’t compromise.
The world is demanding.
Down in the valley.
Roadblocks, there are many.
Pessimistic are they.
Too much anxiety.
Have a purpose.
Zoom in.
Make a difference.
This journey is yours.
Dream past the horizon.
Stay motivated.
Block out all of the naysayers.
Fight for what you believe in.
Your shadow is beside you.
Focus on the goal.
Disconnect the negative people around ya.
Observing from afar,
Experiencing who You are,
A star in the universe,
Writing your own verse,
In a story you rehearse,
Reversing the roles,
Filling in all the holes,
As the chapter unfolds,
You know what it holds,
You're the creator of the mold,
It's doing just as its told,
As you unload emotions,
Airwaves are full of commotion,
Sending Adams in motion,
Their devotion to you,
Is creating The view,
You're telling them what to do,
While you're vibrating through,
A stew of energy,
Building an entity to feel this reality,
So you can step back and see,
You are a gift to The Galaxy.
Wild electrification whizzed through the room
It was the celebrity beauty, and not merely on zoom
She had brought her witch hat and flying straw broom
Vah vah voom, vah vah voom, vah vah voom said the room.
Inspired by that Unseeking Seeker
I zoom into fantasy
I zoom into the m(eye)nd
I zoom into the Light
Or was it the darkness of thyme?
Parsley or Sage? Or was it some other Age?
Where I zoomed into bliss
What is all this?
Endlessness's beyond the zone ...
Zooooooooooooooooooom!
ARt ME
p.s. ... all the way home.
Lots of mindless prattle and giggles from Cindy’s room
She was sweet-talking our next-door-neighbor Biff on Zoom
Some future Saturday they may become bride and groom
At ten, they are happy to laugh about silly things on Zoom
Let’s have a family powwow on zoom.
That way we’ll get to see the new bride and groom.
Six households were ready to teleconference that day.
A dancing parrot with a nasty mouth kind of got in the way.
We had no idea this spoiled bird would be along.
He wore a pirate hat and sang an awfully bawdy song.
The kids thought groom’s bird was hilarious, laughed their tongues out.
What did he say? Grandpa asked, with an enormously loud shout.
The bride was embarrassed by her new husband’s nasty pet.
She said “put him away!” but Grandma Garland yelled “Not quite yet!”
Grandpa's not been interested in anything new since nineteen sixty-three.
A unanimous vote from the rest of us said “let the bawdy parrot be.”
When getting together on Zoom,
It seems like we’re in the same room.
You might say just a face
Could in no way replace
Someone’s presence or warmth or perfume.
Yet, to me, the connection appeals,
For, though such a small picture conceals
The whole body below
What that square gets to show
Is enough to know how someone feels.
Sure, it’s better when hugs are exchanged,
But a Zoom can, with ease, be arranged.
There’s no travel involved
So such problems are solved
And the latest news gets interchanged.
After last year slow night ride~after all the millions of miles,
Santa's sled needed a check-up with smiles.
Last year his sled went way too slow,
it needed a ton of power with some more go~go.
He wants to make sure all the good girls~boys,
would get all of their many deserving toys.
His mechanic worked many hours then said~take it for a ride,
Santa whizzed through the sky then came back and cried.
His sled now had power with plenty of Zoom,
coming out the back of this sled was a huge fiery plume.
Santa had his jolly big laugh,
a million thanks to you and to your staff.
In Zoom
In Zoom you’re so far away
In Zoom I don’t know what to say
You lower your eyes and shift in your seat
I shudder from my shoulders to my feet
In Zoom the world’s upside down
In Zoom you smile hides your frown
And I wonder if you’re going out tonight
The city lights are shining, so very bright
Then the internet is goes off
Time with you is not enough
Suddenly alone in the gloom
All alone in this empty room.
Next day.
I wait but you just didn’t show
I watch as my insecurities grow
Can’t concentrate till we speak again
Love transforms into a physical pain.
In Zoom the screen is jet black
In Zoom you’re never coming back
In Zoom, my heart was broken online.
In Zoom, the screen becomes a shrine.
David Cox 03/08/23
(Author’s note: This poem is a humorous look at how the pandemic changed our technology, our relationships, and maybe even our spiritual quests.)
God’s on Mute
By Mark D. Stucky
We forgot how to talk
during the pandemic.
Glitches often bedeviled us,
and we erratically conversed.
Technology was cursed
but also godsent.
We had to learn new words
and new meanings of words
when Zoom burst from obscurity
to overnight ubiquity,
helping to (almost) satisfy
our lonely souls inside.
And now I want to Zoom with God,
typing questions in the chat box
because He seems to be on mute
and His camera is turned off.
But I want to see the face of God
and take screen selfies of Him with me
to start a Facebook killer meme
and blow up Instagram and Twitter.
Pray tell where I can find and click
a divine invitation link!
(First published with the title “On Mute” in Bearings Online, 30 Nov. 2022. See also my poems “Missing: God Incarnate,” “The Ascension (with Rewrites),” and “God Around the Corner.”)
(Photo by Chris Montgomery on Unsplash.com.)
Have a Bullmastiff named Zoom,
When he farts you leave the room
Chewed toy- poop has red in it
It’s yuk when you tread in it
We have great need for perfume
I let it slip away
That interrupted zoom meeting
Because of night loardshedding
On last saturday.
I let it slip away
My computer went off immediately
My phone lost network automatically
As power went away.
I let it slip away
I was so confused trying to find connection
Here and there to come back in supervision.
I failed and my stress gone away on that day.
April 02/2023
Written for poetry contest
sponsored by John lawless
In these days of Zoom and Gloom
'round every bend, crises loom
Paranoid extremists holding sway
all the streets, they are one-way
My friend today's my foe tomorrow
his infinitesimalist joy, my gravest sorrow
Trolls and losers spook the young
bullies silence their tender tongues...
Now, as for what is to be done
Patience, please ~ Long live the Sun!
When you’re talking on Zoom
You are in the same room
Or at least you believe you could be,
Though you shouldn’t assume
You can quickly resume
Conversations from previously.
Though it has its appeal
And it seems pretty real,
There’s a distance that you must traverse
And you just have to deal
With the way that you feel
When from various spots you converse.
Still, it’s better than naught
If connections you’ve sought
And you get to see everyone’s face,
For if most of us bought
Lessons we have been taught,
Long time friendships are hard to replace.
Zoom meetings can be educational
giving you the chance to
meet people with exceptional
verses like you
Each person takes their time to read aloud
words written from their heart
enraptured in a tented shroud
steeped in the art
The poetics of your soul soon take aim
and give the reader joy
it may not bring you sudden fame
but you'll enjoy
the company of those who love like you
the gentle words that cling
like vines upon your soul's sinew
you link, they bring....
Sponsor Constance La France
Contest Name Writing Challenge -
December 28, 2022.
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