Published September 15th, 2025
by Leanne Hunt
Secularism
Scientific, focused
Forging freeways with technology
Towards enlightenment and beyond.
Vanished
The grace at table
The well-thumbed prayer book
The dewdrop tug at the willow frond.
Entertainment
Computer graphics
Stunning viewers into consumption
Like munching shredders, overstuffed.
Silent
The thoughtful alien
Rare as a comet, a pearl-bearing peasant
Withholding insight to avoid being rebuffed.
Power surge
The nations erupt
The screens turn red, the controls fall down
Instant-formula celebrity ceases.
Meanwhile
In the bewildering aftermath
Where transmitters spark and compasses spin
The ancient faculty of vision increases.
About the Poet
Leanne Hunt resides in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa.
Read the poet's biography on Leanne Hunt's Artist Page.
This poem is also featured in Comet no. 6,
published in the Wax Poetry and Art Library.
Previously published in Africa Poetry Magazine:
Petals, Cracks, Exit, Glacier, Mercury
by Sid
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