Postmodernism

We are witnessing the fall of mankind beyond the scavengers ............

POSTMODERNISM

Welcome to post modernism

Welcome to the soulless delight

 

Here marriage is an old fad

Live with no strings attached

 

Casual sex is nothing to hide

Being gay is a matter of pride

 

Past eighteen children must leave

Old parents in old homes we keep

 

Friendship with benefits day or night

Carnal pleasure is every ones right

 

Teenage mothers need not to worry

Abortion clinics are there, just scurry

 

Children may not know their father

State is there to look them after

 

Single mothers having angry childs

No wonder then crime’s on the rise

 

Values are sold cheap like gaiter

Money is all that really matters

 

Welcome to post modernism

Welcome to the soulless delight

 

 

Reviews

[barleygirl]

You are clearly judging everything that's listed here as being a NOT GOOD aspect of modern life. Your poem starts & ends with sarcasm, our main indication that this commentary is a critical one. Frankly, I don't enjoy broad generalizations that seem to draw a line between certain condemned behaviors and the downfall of civilized living, so to speak. To make such a point more meaningful, I believe its better to take one thing at a time, write a poem that shows us in detail why the one specific scenario feels NOT RIGHT to you personally, so even if we don't agree with your viewpoints, we can at least connect on a human level, knowing why this is important to you. As it stands in this poem, you've condemned so much about modern life, why don't we all just kill ourselves, then? Nobody likes the feeling of being judged.

[WILDERNESS]

I write as I please and as I feel, not make others comfortable or otherwise. Its my take on modern life and all the absurdities it now offers as normal and acceptable. The poem grazes over the ills acquired in the name of modernism and the consequent sufferings of humans. And the reviews are pretty nice too ..........................

PS. The more the ego the more the feeling of being judged.

[barleygirl]

Good points.

[Davidgeo]

"Postmodernism" is one word so you might want to change your title to reflect that.

There is such a thing as taking postmodern approaches too far into the territory of normlessness (anomie) and the devaluing of basic meaning. But the way you frame it expresses the more intolerant and cliched aspects of an antiquated society.

Forcing a broken marriage to stay intact is not a good thing, it devalues emotional comfort and happiness for the sake of appearances.


Casual sex is not a bad thing when practiced responsibly. We all have natural urges and forcing yourself to suppress them only causes frustration and sexual immaturity. For example, most social scientists and psychologists believe that celibacy is the primary driver for the widespread sexual abuse within the clergy.

And sexual preference is a matter of personal freedom and choice. Being gay or straight or anywhere in between isn't something to be ashamed of. Shaming people for not being what you believe they should be is just plain intolerant for the sake of moral vanity.

I'm not sure what being 18 and living on your own has to do with the evils of postmodernism. We no longer live in an agricultural society where offspring can find work within the household as a adults, it is important for a person to be self sufficient beyond the family home now because that's just how the modern economy has progressed. And I don't think that's a bad thing.

Abortion is about a women having control over her body and her future. While after a certain amount of time, about 4 months, I believe abortion becomes a little creepy it is no more or less moral than sending tens of thousands of 18 year old kids to war.

And judging a mother for being single is very narrow minded and presumptuous. Crime may be correlated to single parent households but it is not caused by it. There are a lot more factors that go into it... being a single parent is a symptom of a much broader socioeconomic set of problems.

This poem is less about postmodernism and more about an antiquated "morality" based on intolerance. This is probably the best time to be alive throughout all of human history. Of course it's not perfect and it never will be because nothing ever is... but everyone lives longer, happier, more productive, more comfortable, and far less violent lives than at any point in human history. The examples you used in this poem are more about social regression, moral repression and generally forcing your beliefs on and judging complete strangers because it makes you feel morally superior. I am not impressed.

[WILDERNESS]

A poet is not supposed to explain his thoughts. But then a poem that draws such response is itself worthy of high merit, one would say, so I am inclined to express my outlook.
Man has made more progress in technology in the last century than all of its previous history combined, arguably. Resulting in a better lifestyle in terms of healthcare, living standard, transportation, communication, education, utilities etc. However, the price that we have paid for this advancement is in the form of elements I have mentioned in the poem. Abortion clinics, single mothers, crime rate, porn are the downside of humanity and the heavy price for the so-called freedom that came with modernisation. The single factor responsible for all peace i.e., home, has been destroyed by doing away with marriages, embracing homosexuality, and other wrongful norms that were prohibited just a hundred years ago. No wonder then, that the two regions with highest standard of living, Japan and Scandinavia, also have the highest suicide rate. This is not progress in my view.
The free will is not free to lead a life of a beast, but to purify its soul and find its purpose in this life. “Do as thou wilt shall be the whole of the law,” is not freedom. It is a recipe for disaster for a society that is increasingly becoming soulless and animalistic; where everything is for the body and nothing for the soul.

[Davidgeo]

Porn is awesome. You really need to stop judging other people for doing things that have nothing to do with you one way or the other. Porn really is awesome.

[WILDERNESS]

I think porn is a defining moment in our lives where we debase ourselves to the level or lower than animals. It alienates the possibility of any type of enlightenment of the soul.. It ultimately becomes an addiction......

[Davidgeo]

So, are you trying to tell me that you're not a fan of porn? I wasn't sure.

[TL Boehm]

Well penned couplets here - you covered a lot of ground with this one.

[WILDERNESS]

Thanks TL, the poem's quite naked............... i agree. hope you like it...........

[J. J. Nightingale]

GOOD SOLID STATEMENTS HERE..

THIS WORLD IS GOING TO HELL.. LITERALLY

Jazz

[WILDERNESS]

Has the devil finally won us over. and turned us into beasts................. thankyou Jazz

[Baby Ricochet]

I once saw a movie that said in the waning years of an empire the population becomes obsessed with pleasure and chefs become famous. I don't know how true that actually is but every empire that's ever existed has had it's place in the sun and then faded from glory. Sometimes extremely violently and sometimes they just go broke holding off the hordes. Then the hordes become citizens. So much for the empire

[WILDERNESS]

thats indeed how they fade away................. thanks for the review.

[Marie]

Well, pre-modernism wasn't that great either...

[WILDERNESS]

Thanks for the review