My Friends

How did I get so popular?

On Facebook and on Google

I have so many friends

On Pintrest, Linked in,

Tumblr and Vox; the list just never ends

 

I love to talk to all my buds;

Well, text or PM or Tweet

I relish the chat rooms and forums

Where a group of us can meet

 

And yet I wish quite wistfully

Though it’s to no avail

For real encounters, face to face,

No IMs, blogs or emails.

 

Yes, I surely realize

This approach is too conventional;

Still, I really liked it when

My friends were three dimensional. 

Author's Note

Another silly thought

Reviews

[Eddie Phillips]

The poem may seem silly but it was good! -Eddie

[Rita L. Sev]

Thank you very much, Eddie!

[Michael G. Smith]

I enjoy your thoughts are always pure and precise. I like interacting online it's fun. I've always been more of a loner, but my wife is the friend I like hanging with the most. Ever since WC I rarely go on FB.

[Rita L. Sev]

I like interacting online too (obviously) - and it's true that I have more in common with my friends here at WC than many of my facebook friends - few of whom ever want to discuss poetry... :) Thanks, Mike!

[Michael G. Smith]

We are more sophisticated than Facebookers.

[Azure Montessa (Blue)]

Your "silly thought" is excellent, Rita. This is a bliss to read, quite a break from those serious, where's-the-dictionary pieces. The rhymes are good, and the content is interesting, and quite funny (of course, without sacrificing truth.) I imagine seeing you with a smile while you're "reading this out loud" like a speech to all of us here. :)

[Rita L. Sev]

Ha! I like that, Blue! Yes, this was written with a smile, and hopefully all who read it will smile too! Thanks!

[Dr. Wood ?]

ha ha....YES.....Of course with Skype, we are getting there....the holograms will be next.....I suppose there are those of us who prefer the two dimensional approach.....But I'm with YOU Rita...Loved this

[Rita L. Sev]

The two-dimensional approach may come with less baggage - though I suppose there are "bytes" then, too... Thanks, Doc.

[Dr. Wood ?]

ooooh.,....Yes......I have to say that I LOVE this contact we all have on here...I don't bother with facebook or any others....I have always wanted a pen friend and now I have many

[rutherford]

A fun read and cleverly done but you raise significant questions like what does it mean to be a "friend" in a digital age.

[Rita L. Sev]

Yes, that's true - perhaps we need a new term for internet friends... Thanks, John.

[Pryde Foltz]

Three dimensional friends are the best. Lovely write, Rita.

[Rita L. Sev]

As nice as these online friends are, I agree... Thanks, Pryde.

[Angi]

If the interenet goes down, I am feeling so let down. I have made so many friends around the world throught this hunk of metal and plastic in front of me. How wonderful to sit with friends in 3d, but I will take this version, too!

[Rita L. Sev]

I certainly enjoy the friendships online, but I worry that the next generations will never know the joy of a real flesh and blood connection.

[Angi]

Oh, you see it every day. My husband and I have been out on a date and there will be young couples out on dates. They both have their faces in a phone. No one writes letters anymore! I could go on and on. My kids write letters and they have limits on texting and such. I never text, people have to call me if they need something. Geesh, don't get me started.

[Rita L. Sev]

I know. We have a fledgling "BYOD" program at our school - the 7th and 8th grades bring their own devices to use in the classroom. We have SO many rules - and they are NOT allowed on at recess times - you MUST socialize face to face! :)

[Baby Ricochet]

ain't nothing like friends in person. Good rhymes. Great poem.

[Rita L. Sev]

Amen to that! Thanks, Mark.

[Jack...]

Funny, it used to be a bit upsetting when you found a friend was not home when you knocked on their door...now a bad connection will do the same. Very cool Rita.

[Rita L. Sev]

Ha! True, Jack! Thanks!

[Frieda P]

Ha a sign of the times...such a modern poem, you'd have never seen this not too many moons ago, amazing how modern technology has changed the way we interact, some ways not so good, it's too easy to switch on a computer and connect. Contemporary and timely one Rita.

[Rita L. Sev]

Thanks, Frieda - I have a "love it - hate it" relationship with technology.

[Frieda P]

I hear you....the kids at school are addicted, can't imagine what they'll be like when they're all grown.