They sit side by side
With their hand held devices
Patiently reading
Of virtues and vices
Exploring the world with
A questioning finger
Philosophy, politics,
Long will they linger
They speak to each other
And share their conclusions
Discounting the myths and
Dispelling confusions
Comparing statistics
Or searching for clues
Assessing investments
Or reading the news
They glance at each other
On leaving the train
Then walk away, lost
In the screen world again.
<Deleted User> (13762)
Sat 6th Aug 2016 23:14
Nicely put Freda but I wonder what those same travellers would have done before the advent of hand held devices. Buried their heads in newspapers maybe? Btw, I'm sitting in a small pizza restaurant in Florida on my own and reading your poem on my smart phone. They have their uses. And I enjoyed reading your words.
Freda,
Just staring at each other on a train is not exactly run amok sociability, but I sometimes wonder if all this tablet stuff is a form of isolation (I mean `in` and `from`) ?
Agree with TA's comment. Excellent "take" on today's
mobile screen gazers.
Like this - a nicely observed piece.
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Freda Davis
Sun 7th Aug 2016 10:38
There is a background of irony to this. My husband and I would have been similarly buried in screens if my battery had not run out, which made me pull out my notebook to use pen and paper. Hence the poem. How much more would I write if I had no device?
Some years back I wrote one about facebook. I wrote it on the Memo on my phone. Certainky they have many uses. Memo lends itself to haiku type length, but I find pencil and paper gets the creative juices going.