The Ballad of Philo T. Farnsworth

A little history lesson, the result of another assignment given to my class...

On his family farm in 1921

An idea began to take shape

In the mind of Philo T. Farnsworth

Inventor of our favorite escape

The young farm boy who loved science

Had a notion at age fourteen

While gazing at a freshly plowed field

He foresaw many dots on a screen

Testing his theory with electricity

His picture-box worked six years later

This bright young man who loved to read

Was television's true creator

Then inventor Vladimir Zworykin, 

Of the company RCA

Visited Philo Farnsworth - 

And took his ideas away

Philo fought for many months

A process called litigation

The legal system would decide

Who created TVs foundation

Though our young genius won the case

And held the patent for the first TV

He made no fortune, just grateful drones - 

Thank you, Philo T.

Author's Note

Again, just for fun - a way to look at history's little-known characters

Reviews

[Robert James Parfett]

Well I've learned somthing new today! A nice flow to it and teaches you something as well. What more could you ask for?

[Trigorin]

Not bad. I feel like some of your word choice is a little bland and uninspired, but you tell the story well, and you manage to keep the reader's attention through the whole piece. Well done.

[Girl Friday (Sarah W.)]

This is quite fun...history in poetic form, I quite enjoyed it. I have to say the flow is very good, and even though I'm not usually one for rhyming or very strict verse, I was very enchanted by this one. Nicely done!