I ... entered the poem of life, whose purpose is ... simply to witness the beauties of the world,
to discover the many forms that love can take. (Barabara Blackman in 'Glass After Glass')

This blog is not, 'Here are my very best poems'. It's for work in progress, subject to revision.
Posts may be updated without notice at any time. Completed work appears in my books.

Announcement (19 May 2013)

I won’t be writing so many new poems for a while. I want to spend more time on revision, and more time working on memoir (in prose!). I do plan to continue participating in my online poetic communities, by sharing poems I’ve already written.

30 May 2009

Inner Workings

Prompt: looking below the surface

My electronic washing machine
sings to me when it’s finished a load.
My doorbell too, when pressed,
regales me with a tune.
And every mobile phone
sounds its personal music.

What does this express –
a pleasant conceit, or hubris?
To what do we aspire
in making our digital world?
Was not the Universe
created by a tone?
Posted by at
Labels: ,
Reactions: 

2 comments:

  1. Nice. I like how the musicality of the poem suits the music being discussed.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)