This composition ignites the dynamo of wisdom. Through its mellifluous voice "By His Own Hand" whisper on my ears: The wise man lives on boat, but he is building another one.
I have learned through the lines of "By His Own Hand".
One of the big brains of the past century/millennium once said that it would be needed only three computers in the world. Anybody told him yet?
Georg
Reviewed by Jerry Bolton (Reader)
Reviewed on November 4, 2009
I relate big time to this poem, Mark. I was a linotype operator foor many years. I loved the linotype and the smell of printer's ink which I still have running through my veins. When the computer's began to take over the typesetting business I fought it tooth and nail and, like the man above, refused to touch one much less trade my typesetting skills into a newfangled computer. I refused. That began my career offshore as a cook. It was only after I finally began to write my stories and poems that I broke down and joined the rest of the world and bought a computer. I've kicked my ass for not doing it sooner. Good poem. There are still those like this man today.
We sure do have to accept and adapt to change in life, or it will leave us behind. I often wonder what the ninety year olds must think of all the technological advances that have come about in the past century. The world is spinning a lot faster now. Good write, Mark.
It is a sad but real truth that computers have broken but also made many people. I started my career as a draftsman doing Navigational Chart work by hand and watched it go full circle to completely automated system with a staff that decrease from 20 down to about 5. Some embraced the technolgy...some shied away from it but you can be sure the ones that embraced it were in those five. I also look back and wonder if not for computers would I have the books published today that I do..
Fee
Very chilling.
I'm sure it hits close to the mark for some.
Maybe if he knew about AD he'd give it a try.
This is the best use of a computer I've found.
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
The songs and art in this book are about our collective emergence after the pandemic and trauma of the last few years - comprised of 5 collections: World as Refuge, Where We Live, In Our Hands, Rhythms of Change and What We See & Sow.
A further collection of poems, many from years in the Middle East, but also the California San Francisco and Central Coast areas (Santa Cruz, Carmel, Big Sur, Berkeley, etc.).
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This composition ignites the dynamo of wisdom. Through its mellifluous voice "By His Own Hand" whisper on my ears: The wise man lives on boat, but he is building another one.
I have learned through the lines of "By His Own Hand".
In respect and admiration,
Andre Emmanuel Bendavi ben-YEHU
Georg
Anna
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in Tx., Karen Lynn. :(
Fee
Be always safe,
Karen
I'm sure it hits close to the mark for some.
Maybe if he knew about AD he'd give it a try.
This is the best use of a computer I've found.
John