Tag: Modern Life
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Are We Building a Lonelier World, One Convenience at a Time?
A haunting free‑verse meditation on how modern convenience has replaced genuine connection. Through shifting voices, the poem journeys from personal isolation to collective silence, ending with a powerful image of a delivery boy—humanity’s last knock on a digital world that forgot to answer. #ModernLoneliness #DigitalAge #FreeVerse #PoetryOfNow #HumanConnection #TechAndSoul #ContemporaryPoetry #SolitudeAndSociety #ConnectionCrisis #ReflectiveVerse
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Those Years Must Have Been Really Challenging
The earth seems to be spinning faster these days— you can feel it too, can’t you? Hours slip through our fingers like dry sand we were once foolish enough to try catching in the wind.We are running for time now, not with it. The pact we made in our youth— to balance ambition against peace—…
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What Brands Do You Associate With?
An exploration of how brands intertwine with our memories, emotions, and identities—inviting deep introspection on what we truly choose to become beyond commerce.
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Tell Me Sweet Little Lies
Tell me the coffee will be ready in five minutes / when we both know the machine is broken, / tell me the train is only running late / and not that I’ve been standing on the wrong platform / for the better part of my reasonable mind… Tell me these sweet little lies /…
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Keep Your Gills to Yourself (A Hilarious Tale of Mouthy Fish and Talkative Humans)
Even a fish wouldn’t get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut— but humans? Oh, we dive right in, mouth first, blabbering our way into awkward parties, accidental confessions, and the unemployment line. A riotous poetic journey through oversharing, silence, and why parrots are smarter than we think.
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for the Disconnected Self
No funeral marked the moment I lost myself, no eulogy read as I dissolved into scrolls, swipes, pings, alerts— digital rosaries I clutched more tightly than prayer.
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Labels on My Tongue, Logos in My Dreams #poetry
A lyrical journey through memory, identity, and consumerism—this poem dissects our intimate relationship with brands, where love smells like Nivea, dreams buffer through Apple, and nostalgia is bottled by Paper Boat. What do we consume, and what consumes us?
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Blue-Lit Abyss: How Do I Use Social Media? #poetry
A hauntingly lyrical plunge into the paradox of social media—this poem blends various voices to explore how we curate, connect, and sometimes collapse online. Dwelling between the constructive and the destructive, it ultimately offers an unexpected gesture of raw humanity.
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The Quiet Tyranny of Innovation: Life Without Certain Technologies
In a world increasingly shaped by technology, what would life be like without the devices that dominate our daily existence? This meditation explores the quiet tyranny of modern innovations—smartphones, automation, and social media—and challenges us to consider who we might become in their absence. Can we reclaim the moments, the connections, and the authenticity we’ve…
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The Vanishing Art of Patience: What the Next Generation Will Never Experience
As technology races forward, the next generation will never know the joys of analog life, from the simple art of waiting to the freedom of being unfindable. In a world without friction or pauses, what will we lose? Explore the vanishing moments of patience, mystery, and creativity that once enriched our lives.
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