Electric Light, Oh What A Sight – The Amazing Power of Invention
Electric light, oh what a sight!
Dark as pitch, just turn the switch
No more candles on the mantle
Farmer’s dream, to harness steam
Idle cows watch metal plows
No oxen team to carve the seams
New invention, like the engine
Full of smiles, drive for miles
Nothing finer than a drive-in diner
Or the dreams on silver screens
Video players; invite the neighbors
Have a brew and barbeque
Discover treasure in backyard pleasure
No more chores, just head outdoors
Clothes are cleaned in washing machines
Time is saved by microwaves
And oh the coming of indoor plumbing
Amazing power from a real hot shower
No more freezing with central heating
And a love affair with central air
Both microscope and telescope
Now our eyes can scan the skies
Write new stories in laboratories
And by all means, those flight machines
High above, just like a dove
Time to dabble in some travel
Railway lines, we’re feeling fine
Clickety-clack of the tracks
Ride in style across the miles
Power sources, some enormous
Coal and gas, atomic mass
It’s no surprise we’re mechanized
Word access with the printing press
Beat the blues, just read the news
Or learn to cook, just read the book
Antibiotics and medical robotics
Extending our lives with fewer knives
Our growing wealth of better health
Missing home, pick up the phone
Or better yet, there’s the internet
College courses from on-line sources
Innovation across the nation
We’re all inventors and experimenters
Ignore the critics and push the limits
New solutions with executions
Goals sublime are not a crime
Leaves me with more time to rhyme
R J Schwartz
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Oh, cheers for the joys of modernization and technology. I love to read your unique style, Ralph, and your clever rhyme skills. This poem is delightful.
Thanks – This one started with a simple rhyme that I just could not get out of my head – Electric Light, Oh What a Sight!
Imagine what will change in the next 100 years. Nicely rendered Ralph.
Your a master of the rhyme Ralph. It’s truly amazing how technology has enhanced all of our lives within even the past 30 years, can’t imagine what more lays ahead, I will be long gone by then, but I hope my Muse allows me to peek through the curtain of time on occasion to see what our Alien friends will pass on to humankind. I truly believe they walk among us and from the past have taught humans much of the technology we have today. Genius people like Leonardo DaVinci, Einstein, Tesla and others were gifted minds, could Aliens have implanted their visions and inventions purposely to pass them on to future generations? Well penned Ralph, I enjoyed it immensely.
Great job, Ralph, both in the rhyme scheme, and taking us on a journey through the history of technology. I enjoyed this.