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Robot Wars - POTD

Transistors fizz
Electrons bustle
As robots claim
The daily hustle

The hinges creak
The oil of words
Is missing from
The mindless herds

They oft parade
With heads bowed low
Quite frankly, 
Nowhere else to go

As hooked in tasks
In ruts with traction
Replace the normal 
Human faction

Robots make robots
Or so I'm told
They replicate
The lies they're sold

Perpetuating
All that manic
In ways that seem
Somewhat satanic

The robot wars
Are not to fear
Just realise that they
Are here

Dispense with screen
Release your mind
In un-robotic ways
You'll find

The beauty of
The world around
When eyes you lift
Will soon be found;

Through trees and rain
Bare feet on grass
A world machines
Can ne'er surpass

The pores of life
Should breathe it in
Beguiled no more
By wars of tin.

Copyright © Sam Scott | Year Posted 2026

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Date: 9/9/2026 5:56:00 AM

Belated Congratulations Sam on your thought provoking POTD! Debx
Date: 9/8/2026 2:52:00 PM

Think back to the Santa Clause movie where they pump out an army of robots. Crazy world!
Date: 9/8/2026 2:49:00 PM

Congrats on POTD!
Date: 9/6/2026 6:46:00 AM

Sam, wonderfully penned and congratulation on receiving the POTD honor ⭐
Date: 9/5/2026 8:09:00 PM

As we embrace ' the beauty of the world around, ' robots are being made every day. Not always in the way that's needed. Well said Sam, and Congratulations on Poem of the Day. My best to you. Hugs, Brandy
Date: 9/5/2026 7:45:00 PM

I like the concise style a lot, as well as the idea... Just hope we're not entering the 'War of the Worlds' phase! Congrats on Potd, gw
Date: 9/5/2026 2:06:00 PM

A compelling, tightly rhymed meditation on modern automation and screen-bound living. The short quatrains create a relentless, mechanical momentum that beautifully contrasts with the poem’s closing invitation to reconnect with rain, grass, trees, and the breathing “pores of life.” The final image of freedom from “wars of tin” is especially resonant. Congratulations on POTD 🥳🎊👏
Date: 9/5/2026 10:37:00 AM

Congratulations on your POTD win. I enjoyed reading your creative/wonderful  "Robot Wars" write. A writer has a heart to write with. A robot (AI) has No heart to write with. Have a blessed day with your wonderful win...............
Date: 9/5/2026 9:52:00 AM

A fine write, well deserving POTD. Congratulations. Though robots will surpass human performance...and will become sentient. What are robots? Programed. What are humans? Divinely programed. Or are we potentially omnipotent? Beyond making limited choices, does Free Will really exist? I believe it does, but not within commonly accepted context.
Date: 9/5/2026 8:41:00 AM

Congratulations on your potd write, Sam. This morning, my mind traveled in the same direction as yours with regard to AI.
Date: 9/5/2026 6:19:00 AM

if they ever discover chocolate, Jim Beam, and waffles..... they'll be at the Waffle House at 2AM...WONDERING.....WTF....like the rest of us
Date: 9/5/2026 5:28:00 AM

Sam, it seems like robots and AI are taking over the world. Nicely penned with a great ending. Congratulations on POTD.
Date: 9/5/2026 4:06:00 AM

engaging poem...the ending was perfect. congrats on your POTD designation.
Date: 9/5/2026 1:04:00 AM

- ... the future ....(?@?) - Congratulations on your p.o.t.d., Sam :) - hugs
Date: 9/5/2026 12:51:00 AM

Congratulations on your potd honor!
Date: 9/5/2026 12:49:00 AM

Congratulations Sam on having received Poem of the day. Robots will never have a heart, not even a poetic art… Beryl
Date: 9/5/2026 12:49:00 AM

Congratulations on your POTD Sam enjoy your honour and have a blessed weekend ✍️😎
Date: 9/5/2026 12:46:00 AM

Date: 9/4/2026 10:21:00 AM

I asked ChatGPT to provide me a quote after describing the essence of my poem. It inadvertently provided me with a 'thought' (and a quote) that could legitimately not have been fully contrived*
Date: 9/4/2026 10:20:00 AM

* “If "Robot Wars" ultimately makes someone put their phone down, look out of the window, notice a bee on a flower, hear the rain, or look properly at another human being… then perhaps the robot has lost the war.” - ChatGPT

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