here at the coven of controversial virtues
we are iconoclasts welcoming betrayal
gone the old Grand Master, gender born gurus
the silk prophetess handing wisdoms out to all 

far above board now and risen from beneath
heads without quarters in a social media virtual sphere
tongues all-a-twitter behind faceless lasered teeth 

whisperers will pass around the crowd's timepiece history
fake news and herd views for modern pamphleteers
wipe away eternally the fading face of memory
those grinning generations of silent yesteryears 

fathom all these details in minutiae of milky stars
shadows in the water make people paramount
if you have a lone voice trash it with your memoirs
one is not a number and only numbers count

27 thoughts on “Write on number one”

1. “twittering tongued and faceless baring laser teeth”, “fake news”…this is the post truth world which the lone voice must tire of…sigh…I like that Orwell quote…

   1. Nearly 70 years since Orwell’s vision and it gets less and less dated. From a child I was encouraged not to follow the crowd – now I do not even want to!
      p.s. had to modify the meter of that line

2. Your last line makes me want to run out to my terrace and shout, “Yes!” So much truth in those words, in the sentiment that feeds them, in the implications…

   1. Thank you Magaly – I too want to shout 😉

3. “fake news and herd views”…. that is the everlasting truth – I’m so sick of it. What a great message you have with all these titles.

   1. Good to have resonation even in sickness!

4. In this day of fake news and herd views, there’s so much wisdom in your poem, which is filled with such clever turn of words!

   1. Thank you Beverly for such a lovely comment 🙂

5. A clever poem – well penned

   1. ❤

6. This is wonderfully written. You outdid yourself with this one!

   1. You will be familiar by now with my view of social media Sherry!

7. You used all the titles in a powerful statement about the world that surrounds us now.

   1. An indictment of our world in lines

      1. Yes.

8. One is not a number and number counts… that’s the social dangers, has always been, it’s just moving so much faster these days…

   1. And worryingly we collude in becoming one with the masses nowadays

9. Indeed, with “fake news and herd views for modern pamphleteers” prevalent in our world.. it’s up to us to raise our voice!

   1. Shout it out Sanaa

10. what a wordy poem. i love how you integrated such a collection. i will have to check this prompt out.

    1. Thank you -always good to have a prompt to prod the Muse

11. Oooh….that last line!

    1. Let’s make one count!

12. Very well said – love it! Mirrors my feelings about today’s (media) world.

    1. We are the silenced!

13. I love ‘the coven of controversial virtues’, and many another telling phrase – even while shivering a little at the prospects before us.

    1. Than you Rosemary – Many phrases from the prompt woven into a dystopian view of modern times

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