the world is getting
terrifyingly small
he said, the immediacy
of data exchanges
& satellited conversations
compress it
perhaps
perhaps, we lessen the planet
somehow to our scale
when we do not measure distances
in miles or kilometers
but rather span it
in vision faster than thought
scattering
across this globe
wired, we can forget
how fragile we are, or how small
with our eyes fixed
not on the earth
or the sun and moon reeling
indifferent to our perception
but on screens
that tell us we are the new gods
of these synthetic worlds we shape
but still breaking
where we meet the dirt
Susan Daniels Poetry 
Okay, this is powerful and so insightful.
Thank you–what happens when I listen to NPR 🙂
The title created yet another earworm…. http://youtu.be/EfAhpX_wIBk
Oh, that’s a good one… Thanks for sharing it.:)
Yeah… it’s been a favourite for a long time.
Have not heard that for a while.
great poem susan – i think, if the world is getting smaller (and it is) then we are getting bigger
Thanks, Kyle. It is at the very least getting smaller in perspective, if not distances 🙂
But, lovely how you and I can have a chat like this, nearly 5800 kilometers away from each other is AWESOME!
so many people take for granted just how miraculous that is, i’m glad you do
Yes–I am that little kid, saying–wow–holy crap–look what we can do!
Lovely, Susan.
That is why some of us try and get to the mountains, the edge of the desert(s), and into the mountains.
To hell with the illusions of omnipotence and omniscience: we are still soft-skinned beings who have to tool ourselves.
Yes we are! We need those reminders.
Funny how this reminds me, that they said ‘the world just got a whole lot bigger’ when they decommissioned the concord. Blimey how many years ago was that
Wow, been a while.
The tension between wireless connection and physical connection will never end. It’s getting harder to remain afloat in a world pursuing more and more efficient ways to communicate while denying the need for physical touch.
Yes, Joe, it is. And I am as wired as the rest, while trying to stay connected physically too 🙂