My next preview poem from Digital Divide is about the tension in experiencing events while trying to capture them with our technology. Have you tried to record a music performance you’re watching? Taken a photo? Have you looked at that video or photo again after that? I think too often we try to capture time, sound,
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My chapbook “Digital Divide: Poems“ releases this Friday, April 6th. For the next few days I’ll be previewing poems from this collection of poetry related to my observations and experiences with technology – many of which involve our use social media and the Internet. I start this preview with the chapbook’s title poem Digital Divide. Often
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A co-worker sent me this New York Magazine article Pvt. Danny Chen, 1992-2011 which moved me to write this poem. Pvt. Chen was 19-years-old when he committed suicide after terrible hazing and racism. It is sad when lives are cut short, especially under such means. An Invisible Handshake by Charity C. Tran a poem for
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