Poetry competition CLOSED 31st July 2020 10:25pm
WINNER
Anonymous
Anonymous
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THE SWITCH OFF EXPERIMENT
Anonymous
Poetry Contest Description
A Tech-less thinking experiment
Greetings, poets, writers, thinkers, voyagers into the abyss, satirists, sadists, fetishists, occultists, ists of all description, and humans that don't want to be labelled.
I have devised an experiment that explores the effects and affects of technology on the dormant mind. It is open to everyone. I aim to use a mixture of science, meditation and simple instructions to generate spontaneous prose and poetry.
How it works:
1. THE DEAD HOUR
Take one hour over the next three weeks, switch off all your tech, phone, laptop, T.V, computer, music, and dare I say it the WIFI.
Sit, stand or lay, with your eyes open or closed for a full hour. Use a watch, clock, or timer, (but not your phone or tech watch.)
When the hour is up write the first thing that comes to your head as prose or poetry. Submit it to the competition. I will participate and I am interested to see what emerges.
It isn't supposed to be competitive but I put everything to a public vote. For the love of democracy, whatever democracy is.
2. A FEW RULES
It has to be an hour, as any less or any more will damage the scientific integrity of the exercise.
It has to be a full hour
Also there is a polite agreement that no one cheat, or submit something they have written prior or before. New write only please.
Anonymous
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Anonymous
That was a very intense read, and humorous. Thanks for starting this off.
Anonymous
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Pimp2ThaFuture04
Wise Conscious
Forum Posts: 62
Wise Conscious
Fire of Insight
6
Joined 3rd June 2020Forum Posts: 62
Desensitize minds (Message)
Welcome back to another
Show and thanks for
Tuning in 🎬📺
It's a thin line between
A painful memory and
The conscious mind
It's a lot of negligent
Homicide going on
In the world right now
People are starving
People are dying
People are happy
People are sad
People are suicidal
And…
What are we doing to help?
Not a damn thing!
Are you ok?
Did someone greet you with
A warm smile today?
Probably not.
Have you ever been
Used or setup?
It might as well be some
Brain splattering Carnage
Going on since no one
Cares about their children
Glued to the TV screen
Playing Fortnite…
Meanwhile,
Your Grandparents are
Eating fast food getting poisoned,
High blood pressure ,swollen ankles
And dying from covid-19
At a local nursing home
COMMERCIAL BREAK...
Your ex has gained an extra 120 lb and Has to rock herself out of the car to get
From the parking garage to her office Building, however while at work she sits behind a desk typing and stalking you on Instagram all-day
WE'RE BACK!
There's simply someone
You can share this grief on
The Most high but you don't
Even try and that's
Probably why your world
Is all messed up..
Time to unplug yourselves
These wicked devices
Have changed you
And programmed your
Mind with Lust and wishful thinking
Smart phones
iPads
Robotic sex dolls
Virtual gaming
Bitcoin
These people have really
lost their minds
Nowadays you believe
More lies than you believe
The truth then you make
Up excuse after excuse and asked
Me Wise what am I
Supposed to do?
Change your way of thinking
You were misled into thinking that a lot
Of things on earth is worth this much Money and you'll be rich overnight
If you collect this or that item
You say it's to die for
Stop!
You ain't doing nothing but hoarding
A whole bunch of garbage
To later sell in the future from
Your yard or the let-go app
Society has you all screwed up
The radiated electromagnetic frequency
And snow from the flat screen has sucked You into a poltergeist
Give up the ghost you said
You wanted my advice
The hospital is almost like
A easy form of kill it's less barbaric
And traumatizing
They can put you to sleep after you've count from 1 to 3 then you flatline __________________________
And then they just pull
The plug on you
No more issues
See how much we have accepted death
Notice that's all we've been seeing lately Is death so they're trying to prepare you for Your own death do you want to die that Way? Of course not
After all you were told to stay in your Homes right? All day and all night.
Don't be afraid to go outside
I'm just saying , females getting slapped
In the face with skateboards
Cops killing people, 5G causes
Cancer, bath salts are turning people
Into zombies, telephone poles
Be collapsing trees be falling down
It's like final destination outside
Stray bullets are flying in the air
From drones you can't touch anything your running out of hand sanitizer you gotta wear a face mask some people's health is declining ,you don't know who's sick or who is well and nobody finds
Any of this disturbing?
Nope of course not
it's completely normal
Or walking late in the evening
Through the bushes down
A short cut on your way to the
Corner store only to see a body
Hanging and swinging back and
Forth from a tall ass tree
You still there???
Ok moving on
So you run into one of
The homies and he's covered
In blood, and tells you that
He accidentally shot someone
Do you? A. Help him hide the body?
B. Anonymously call 911?
C. Get the hell out of there?
I choose C because if I help I am
Witness and affiliated with the crime
And if I call 911 that makes me a snitch
What would you do?
Death becomes normal
When that's all you see and
Hear on the News every day
So don't say what you might
Do because this could be
Your experience as well as it
Was mines.
On some Jordan Peel meets Stephen King type shit!
Just days ago some chick
Throws her bestie out of a
Moving car in on coming traffic
Only to discover
She gets hit moments
Later by another vehicle
Subconsciously this is
Making us " Desensitize"
It is bad and reckless
And it's taking away our
Empathy it's like we don't
Care anymore what happens
Because it's every man or woman
For themselves out here
It's a memorial on every
Corner where we live
Sometimes you just can't
Cry anymore death
Has became something
BEAUTIFUL….
Not saying that we glorify
Death we are so close
To it of having a sixth Sense
You think that's intensed?
Just go jump off that bridge
And all your problems will be solved
Just kidding!
I still have a connection
With other humans I still feel things
The warm and the cold
The Necro and the soul
BALANCED…
After all we still have
To remain focused
Because when death becomes him
It becomes her and it becomes us
Like a domino effect
All My Friends are Dead
Sorry for your loss
When people say things
Like that does that mean anything to you?
Or have you become
Numb and less sensitive
Like the people that run this world
They're control freaks they produce the Anger that you feel they produce the Protest they produce the hatred
They produce the rage and
The uproar in the city
And they produce the death
You complain about the cost of living
Do you have money for your funeral?
They are trying to
Desensitize you..
G.E.T.O.U.T.
Show and thanks for
Tuning in 🎬📺
It's a thin line between
A painful memory and
The conscious mind
It's a lot of negligent
Homicide going on
In the world right now
People are starving
People are dying
People are happy
People are sad
People are suicidal
And…
What are we doing to help?
Not a damn thing!
Are you ok?
Did someone greet you with
A warm smile today?
Probably not.
Have you ever been
Used or setup?
It might as well be some
Brain splattering Carnage
Going on since no one
Cares about their children
Glued to the TV screen
Playing Fortnite…
Meanwhile,
Your Grandparents are
Eating fast food getting poisoned,
High blood pressure ,swollen ankles
And dying from covid-19
At a local nursing home
COMMERCIAL BREAK...
Your ex has gained an extra 120 lb and Has to rock herself out of the car to get
From the parking garage to her office Building, however while at work she sits behind a desk typing and stalking you on Instagram all-day
WE'RE BACK!
There's simply someone
You can share this grief on
The Most high but you don't
Even try and that's
Probably why your world
Is all messed up..
Time to unplug yourselves
These wicked devices
Have changed you
And programmed your
Mind with Lust and wishful thinking
Smart phones
iPads
Robotic sex dolls
Virtual gaming
Bitcoin
These people have really
lost their minds
Nowadays you believe
More lies than you believe
The truth then you make
Up excuse after excuse and asked
Me Wise what am I
Supposed to do?
Change your way of thinking
You were misled into thinking that a lot
Of things on earth is worth this much Money and you'll be rich overnight
If you collect this or that item
You say it's to die for
Stop!
You ain't doing nothing but hoarding
A whole bunch of garbage
To later sell in the future from
Your yard or the let-go app
Society has you all screwed up
The radiated electromagnetic frequency
And snow from the flat screen has sucked You into a poltergeist
Give up the ghost you said
You wanted my advice
The hospital is almost like
A easy form of kill it's less barbaric
And traumatizing
They can put you to sleep after you've count from 1 to 3 then you flatline __________________________
And then they just pull
The plug on you
No more issues
See how much we have accepted death
Notice that's all we've been seeing lately Is death so they're trying to prepare you for Your own death do you want to die that Way? Of course not
After all you were told to stay in your Homes right? All day and all night.
Don't be afraid to go outside
I'm just saying , females getting slapped
In the face with skateboards
Cops killing people, 5G causes
Cancer, bath salts are turning people
Into zombies, telephone poles
Be collapsing trees be falling down
It's like final destination outside
Stray bullets are flying in the air
From drones you can't touch anything your running out of hand sanitizer you gotta wear a face mask some people's health is declining ,you don't know who's sick or who is well and nobody finds
Any of this disturbing?
Nope of course not
it's completely normal
Or walking late in the evening
Through the bushes down
A short cut on your way to the
Corner store only to see a body
Hanging and swinging back and
Forth from a tall ass tree
You still there???
Ok moving on
So you run into one of
The homies and he's covered
In blood, and tells you that
He accidentally shot someone
Do you? A. Help him hide the body?
B. Anonymously call 911?
C. Get the hell out of there?
I choose C because if I help I am
Witness and affiliated with the crime
And if I call 911 that makes me a snitch
What would you do?
Death becomes normal
When that's all you see and
Hear on the News every day
So don't say what you might
Do because this could be
Your experience as well as it
Was mines.
On some Jordan Peel meets Stephen King type shit!
Just days ago some chick
Throws her bestie out of a
Moving car in on coming traffic
Only to discover
She gets hit moments
Later by another vehicle
Subconsciously this is
Making us " Desensitize"
It is bad and reckless
And it's taking away our
Empathy it's like we don't
Care anymore what happens
Because it's every man or woman
For themselves out here
It's a memorial on every
Corner where we live
Sometimes you just can't
Cry anymore death
Has became something
BEAUTIFUL….
Not saying that we glorify
Death we are so close
To it of having a sixth Sense
You think that's intensed?
Just go jump off that bridge
And all your problems will be solved
Just kidding!
I still have a connection
With other humans I still feel things
The warm and the cold
The Necro and the soul
BALANCED…
After all we still have
To remain focused
Because when death becomes him
It becomes her and it becomes us
Like a domino effect
All My Friends are Dead
Sorry for your loss
When people say things
Like that does that mean anything to you?
Or have you become
Numb and less sensitive
Like the people that run this world
They're control freaks they produce the Anger that you feel they produce the Protest they produce the hatred
They produce the rage and
The uproar in the city
And they produce the death
You complain about the cost of living
Do you have money for your funeral?
They are trying to
Desensitize you..
G.E.T.O.U.T.
Written by Pimp2ThaFuture04
(Wise Conscious)
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Anonymous
“The Switch Off Experiment”
The world has always been falling apart
what else is there to write?
~~~
Simple and straight to the point.
The world has always been falling apart
what else is there to write?
~~~
Simple and straight to the point.
Anonymous
dustyJournals thanks for your succinct words
Pimp2ThaFuture04 Those were some bold statements one after the other like watching T.V, very fitting and pertinent
Pimp2ThaFuture04 Those were some bold statements one after the other like watching T.V, very fitting and pertinent
Anonymous
Honoured to have shared some minimalist stuff. Quite enjoyed.
I don’t look forward to a medal. I know I smashed this one.
I don’t look forward to a medal. I know I smashed this one.
Pimp2ThaFuture04
Wise Conscious
Forum Posts: 62
Wise Conscious
Fire of Insight
6
Joined 3rd June 2020Forum Posts: 62
But sire what should I do?
wallyroo92
Forum Posts: 1858
Tyrant of Words
153
Joined 11th July 2012Forum Posts: 1858
Bare Feet
I found myself inside a large dome,
And strolled through a long corridor,
The walls and ceiling were dark as night,
Until I came to a red elevator door.
Inside the lift I could see my reflection,
White dress shirt, vest and dress slacks, navy blues,
Head still shaved but I had a longer beard,
But when I looked down, I had no shoes.
On the panel there were three buttons,
Two of them white and one was red,
The two white were marked C and S,
While the third had markings I couldn’t read.
Down to the S level it was,
The elevator seemed to be pressurized,
And when the doors finally opened up,
I couldn’t believe my eyes.
There where so many of me,
I was there in all range of ages,
Young me, kids me, teens me,
Through all the different stages.
A twenty something year old me came up to me,
Looked at my bald head and said “you shaved!”
While a thirty something me came up to me,
And yelled “hey, have you misbehaved?”
Seventeen year old me came running up to me,
Frantic “Quick! Where do these files go”
And as I looked at around the entire room,
We were all filing papers like a tornado.
Fourteen year old me passes by and says hi,
“We’re filing and retrieving all these memories”,
While one year old me with cake in his (my) hands,
Holds mine triggering some many reveries.
Other me’s run around pulling pages from cabinets,
While more me’s walk by discussing moments,
Another me stands guarding some classified ones,
When I hear “those are the ones you wanted frozen”.
And though I still can’t see the walls or ceiling,
A mysterious mist flies by in the dark,
“Don’t be afraid to get your feet wet”
A familiar voice from the beyond, hark!
All of me stop for a second and stare at me,
While I’m still holding one year old me’s hand,
The office buzz returns as memories file away,
But I retrieve forgotten promises I now understand.
“Don’t go down to the lower levels” twenty year old me says,
While one year old me (still eating cake) nods in agreement,
And as my bare feet walk in the cool marble floor,
I begin to ponder on the pages of my true fulfillment.
Thirty year old me straightens my shirt collar,
“Don’t stop” a bunch of me say as if on repeat,
Ten year old me smiles and says “you look nice”
Smiling at me when he sees my bare feet…
“Put them on the grass or dig them into the sand,
Don’t be afraid because we’re sure you’ll find gold,
We are here to hear and pull the lessons you learned,
No matter how long it takes, no matter how old.”
And strolled through a long corridor,
The walls and ceiling were dark as night,
Until I came to a red elevator door.
Inside the lift I could see my reflection,
White dress shirt, vest and dress slacks, navy blues,
Head still shaved but I had a longer beard,
But when I looked down, I had no shoes.
On the panel there were three buttons,
Two of them white and one was red,
The two white were marked C and S,
While the third had markings I couldn’t read.
Down to the S level it was,
The elevator seemed to be pressurized,
And when the doors finally opened up,
I couldn’t believe my eyes.
There where so many of me,
I was there in all range of ages,
Young me, kids me, teens me,
Through all the different stages.
A twenty something year old me came up to me,
Looked at my bald head and said “you shaved!”
While a thirty something me came up to me,
And yelled “hey, have you misbehaved?”
Seventeen year old me came running up to me,
Frantic “Quick! Where do these files go”
And as I looked at around the entire room,
We were all filing papers like a tornado.
Fourteen year old me passes by and says hi,
“We’re filing and retrieving all these memories”,
While one year old me with cake in his (my) hands,
Holds mine triggering some many reveries.
Other me’s run around pulling pages from cabinets,
While more me’s walk by discussing moments,
Another me stands guarding some classified ones,
When I hear “those are the ones you wanted frozen”.
And though I still can’t see the walls or ceiling,
A mysterious mist flies by in the dark,
“Don’t be afraid to get your feet wet”
A familiar voice from the beyond, hark!
All of me stop for a second and stare at me,
While I’m still holding one year old me’s hand,
The office buzz returns as memories file away,
But I retrieve forgotten promises I now understand.
“Don’t go down to the lower levels” twenty year old me says,
While one year old me (still eating cake) nods in agreement,
And as my bare feet walk in the cool marble floor,
I begin to ponder on the pages of my true fulfillment.
Thirty year old me straightens my shirt collar,
“Don’t stop” a bunch of me say as if on repeat,
Ten year old me smiles and says “you look nice”
Smiling at me when he sees my bare feet…
“Put them on the grass or dig them into the sand,
Don’t be afraid because we’re sure you’ll find gold,
We are here to hear and pull the lessons you learned,
No matter how long it takes, no matter how old.”
Written by wallyroo92
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wallyroo92
That was a trip into the surreal - thanks
That was a trip into the surreal - thanks
Anonymous
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The winner of this competition and any runners up were decided by public vote.
Thank you to the following members for voting:
AspergerPoet56, MadameLavender, RiAN, Bluevelvete, Kissyaface29, _boybrains, Poems4me, Tallen, Kinkpoet, lepperochan, Phantom2426, Stoney223, Josh, Jade-Pandora, case28, TCLilly
Thank you to the following members for voting:
AspergerPoet56, MadameLavender, RiAN, Bluevelvete, Kissyaface29, _boybrains, Poems4me, Tallen, Kinkpoet, lepperochan, Phantom2426, Stoney223, Josh, Jade-Pandora, case28, TCLilly
Anonymous
I dedicate this trophy to the fine music of the North ✌🏻
Thank you 😊
Thank you 😊