Where the Butterflies Go

Heather Grace Stewart: Author, Poet, Photographer

A poem about social networking

Social networking

I’d grow wiser if I watched
webcasts of the Dalai Lama.
But, no way I’m leaving Twitter:
I’m being followed by Obama.

What am I doing?
Do you really care to know?
I’m eating lemon pie
And dancing to “Jai, Ho!”

How’d you stumble upon me?
All these passwords; I’m confused.
They own all my content?
We’re the Users and the used.

Now, I won’t be a hypocrite;
I Tweet my time away,
change my status often;
check my blog stats every day.

But if people gave a dollar
for every single Tweet,
homes could be built
and cancer could be beat.

I like to be connected.
I’m not saying that it’s wrong.
But how’d we switch from
talking to texting all day long?

No, I don’t need to know
who your peeps are porkin’
but, no way I’m leaving Facebook:
I’m friends with Aaron Sorkin.

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June 9, 2009 - Posted by heather grace stewart | Aaron Sorkin on Facebook, Friendship, Obama on Twitter, Online Relationships, Online penpals, Poems about Facebook, Poems about Twitter, Poems about technology, Poems that rhyme, Poetry, Relationships, Social Networking, poems about social networking | , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 8 Comments

8 Comments »

  1. sheer sheer brilliance!

    you wrote:
    No, I don’t need to know
    who your peeps are porkin’
    but, no way I’m leaving Facebook:
    I’m friends with Aaron Sorkin.

    Comment by nate the admirer | June 9, 2009 | Reply

  2. I told you privately and I’m repeating it here. It has a perfect balance of serious and humor. The last 3 verses just work so well together after being set up by the first 4.

    Larry

    Comment by Larry | June 10, 2009 | Reply

  3. Love it! lol

    Comment by Sarah | June 10, 2009 | Reply

  4. Yup, this is great and i echo Larry’s every word (well, in this context anyway). This morning i saw a blogpost http://constructivegrumpiness.squarespace.com/home/2009/6/9/10-irrational-behaviors-on-twitter-thatd-make-you-look-crazy.html making the same point but rather less entertainingly (though i love some of their list, esp their point 4).

    Comment by mand | June 10, 2009 | Reply

  5. That is supercool.

    Comment by Paul | July 8, 2009 | Reply

    • Thanks so much for the visit and the comment. I love writing about what’s real and what’s happening right now. Should
      be interesting to see what happens with social networking in the next year or so.

      Comment by heather grace stewart | July 8, 2009 | Reply

  6. Loving it Heather! Its always fun to check in on your life :)

    Comment by Kim | July 17, 2009 | Reply

  7. You me and Twitter. I love it!

    Comment by sboles | July 17, 2009 | Reply


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