11/19/2025
A sonnet/snippet for you!
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Pandora’s Digital Gift?
The wired world, a wonder to behold,
Where knowledge flows and voices find their way.
Connections bloom, a story to be told,
And distant kin are closer, day by day.
Yet in this gleam, a shadow starts to creep,
For shallow feeds replace the deeper bond,
And constant pings disturb our precious sleep,
While truth itself is twisted and beyond.
Our minds now race, bombarded, never still,
As screens enchant with their unending lure.
A tool for good, or master of our will?
Both liberating force and binding cure.
So, as we build this future, bright and vast,
May wisdom guide, before our essence's cast.
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From the book:
"The World We Leave Behind" is a sweeping poetic chronicle of the Baby Boomer generation's journey through decades of triumph, turmoil, innovation, and introspection. Spanning post-WWII optimism to the digital age, these verses trace the emotional and cultural heartbeat of a generation...
