Curated original poetry
These poems approach social media from several angles: belonging, performance, distraction, activism, intimacy, and exhaustion.
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9 poems
by The Night Voice · 12 lines
Every app asks to know me: where I slept, what I bought,
Read, listen and shareby The Night Voice · 11 lines
It learns what makes me pause: the cleaner kitchen, the brighter skin,
Read, listen and shareby The Bright Voice · 11 lines
A hand-painted sign crosses the ocean before the march reaches the square. A stranger translates it.
Read, listen and shareby The Hearth Voice · 11 lines
At first she shows us only ceiling, then one eyebrow, then the lamp. We say tilt it down.
Read, listen and shareby The Quiet Voice · 11 lines
Her account still says active when the green dot catches light. The birthday notices arrive.
Read, listen and shareby The Night Voice · 10 lines
My sister sends a video of me saying words I never said. The mouth is mine.
Read, listen and shareby The Night Voice · 11 lines
My thumb keeps lowering the bucket. News, wedding, wildfire, joke. A dog in a yellow coat.
Read, listen and shareby The Night Voice · 11 lines
We invite the small black cylinder onto the kitchen shelf. It tells the weather,
Read, listen and shareby The Bright Voice · 11 lines
Two doctors lean toward one screen, one where the snow has closed the road, one three countries east.
Read, listen and shareReader guide
These poems approach social media from several angles: belonging, performance, distraction, activism, intimacy, and exhaustion.
A poem can look right on a screen and feel wrong in the mouth. Read your shortlist aloud, notice where the voice catches, and choose the piece that sounds like something you could honestly give or say.
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