Wednesday’s Verse—Children, Machines, Human

This week’s verse moves from fantasy to speculation in the form of a garland cinquain. It is taken from 365 Days of Poetry, a collection of mixed-genre poetry released in 2014.

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Children, Machines, Human

Children.

Small, determined

bundles of fire, well-kept,

learning. Imaginations burn.

They watch

They watch,

absorbing all,

both the good and the bad,

monitoring their growing world.

Learning.

Learning

and adapting,

adopting behaviours,

fearlessly copying the grown.

Wanting.

Wanting

to know secrets,

the hidden keys to life,

wanting to succeed when they’re grown.

Machines.

Machines,

learning machines,

computers in their heads

processing experiences.

Human.

Children,

absorbing all,

adopting behaviours,

wanting to succeed when they’re grown.

Human

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You can find the first two poetry collections at the links below - although there are plans to reissue them with more genre-appropriate covers in the future. The third collection will be released later in the year.

books2read.com/u/mVLQZb

books2read.com/u/bxgyLd