Poem of the Day: “Machinespeak” by Anne Carly Abad, Frequent Contributor and Poet of the Week

Songs of Eretz Poetry Review is pleased to present “Machinespeak” by Anne Carly Abad, a Songs of Eretz Frequent Contributor and this week’s Poet of the Week.  The poet’s biography may be found in the “About Our Editor & Frequent Contributors” section.

Machinespeak
Anne Carly Abad

confessions by anon
we let the birds
fall out

scrolling
through the noise
a learned deafness

haha
hehe--a loss
of words

bad joke
a lull after
LOL

Poet's Notes:  We built machines to tame our world. In relying on our own tools, we, too, were tamed. The way we speak, act and understand the world is a frame as sophisticated as the computer upon which we type.