"influencer" poems
You pose and pout,
Seduction by superficial sauciness.
You tell me of your day
With that simpering voice,
Raising each last word
Long and loud.
You show me your flash cars,
Your sumptuous wardrobe
And who knows what else?
You and your kin call yourselves “Influencers” –
A great word,
But all you do is make people:
People who have grafted long and hard
For a little spare cash,
Go buy things they
Do not really need.
Right Said Fred was Right:
The global catwalk
Is a sham.
I too would love to be an “Influencer”,
Such a fine word,
But I would be one to encourage folk
To Love others,
Stop all this Conflict
Between polar opposites and extremes,
Fight only for the Common Good,
And make the world a better place
For All.
Paul Butters
© PB 15\1\2021.
Jan 15, 2021
Jan 15, 2021 at 5:21 PM UTC
If you want to be a true influencer
you should put in some actual work
****** the Archduke of Austria and his wife
The Duchess of Hohenberg
Gavrilo Princip did not have many followers
He did not have any discount codes for his online store
He had a simple dream to break off Austria-Hungary's South Slav provinces so they could be combined into a Yugoslavia, and instead he started a world war
If you want to influence society
for centuries to come
Stop being a coward posting vacation pics online
Go out and get yourself a gun
Jan 7, 2021
Jan 7, 2021 at 7:02 PM UTC
One look at you—
And Time to me, seems a follower of yours,
For your mesmerizing, comely appearance
Which enraptures every ticking heart
For sure has ensnared Time's—
For it so seems that
He's stopped the march of advancing age
From reaching your youthful mien
So you may parade your timeless beauty
Across this globe inspiring life,
Showcasing the victory you hold over time.
Aug 9, 2022
Aug 9, 2022 at 5:15 PM UTC
Rules without rulers - here today
With money coded the Bitcoin way
Transparent - and stronger than gold
Open source - can’t be controlled
Accountable, restrained by code
Issued by work, and not bestowed
Bitcoin does not “favorites” play
No influencer can coding sway
A global money with certain supply
Which rulers can’t change or modify
Bitcoin is neutral - for all - for YOU
A verified record - transparent too
Rules without rulers - come and join
The accurate ledger, the alpha coin
Decentralized, yet governed by rules
One of humanity’s most useful tools
Jan 15, 2022
Jan 15, 2022 at 2:34 PM UTC
There will be a many reasons why, he is really suited to be a good leader to his views on church reform, poverty, climate change and divorce that had shaken up the world opinion. A leader who is an influencer to other people like just Pope Francis that he want a real leader does not shy away from crisis and debate, but embraces them as part of finding a solution.
As a follower of Pope Francis, I really admire his characteristics that he is reaching out to non-customers or non Catholic. That is why Francis makes sure to reach out to non-Catholics as well, for instance by declaring that God has redeemed all of us, not just Catholics. He embraces the risk he did like when he was young, he became very ill, and the nun who tended him disobeyed the doctor's instructions and tripled his dose of antibiotics, because she knew from experience that without that higher dose he would die. We can't be an effective leader if you're always playing it safe. Last is to listen in diverse voices. He is listening to his cardinals all over the world they consult with him to help him make decisions. He wants to get other people's opinions that he can gather ideas about their own experience.
That is why I choose the Pope Francis a good leader for me because I am a religious person and a follower to our dear Pope. To help all the people in need of guidance of God and a world needs leaders who are just compassionate and merciful.
Apr 15, 2019
Apr 15, 2019 at 10:05 PM UTC
I will not conform to your ideal.
I will not follow the footsteps of those ahead of me or those behind me.
I will not copy the beliefs of my peers
Unless I agree of course.
For I have my own mind, my own style, my own grace,
My own pace.
I walk the way I wanna walk
And I talk the way I wanna talk.
And I feel the only way I know how to feel,
With passion, power and a delicate strength.
If you are so lucky to see...
I will not groove to the sound of your music,
If it’s not to my beat.
I will not laugh at your jokes
To be in your good seat.
I will not play in your colours,
If you’re not in my team.
Because I can jump and kick about,
Or stay silent in my dreams.
I am not trying to be a rebel, renegade or revolutionist
Being different is all the same.
I’m not going out of my way to defy, disregard or disagree.
I am an influencer, influencee, influenced.
I am a piece of all of you
And I am a picture of no one
I believe everyone makes mistakes.
I believe we can all be a disgrace .
I believe we can all fall into the same trap.
I believe once and a while we can all snap.
What I believe you may not agree.
What I say you may not relay.
But you might just remember this,
I believe being wrong is a right.
Apr 17, 2010
Apr 17, 2010 at 4:18 PM UTC
Tessellation & Interstices
**”A tessellation or tiling is the covering of a surface,
often a plane, using one or more geometric shapes,
called tiles, with no overlaps and no gaps…In mathematics, tessellation can be generalized to higher dimensions and a variety of geometries.”**
the insistent need to be distinguished
means many are not,
indeed,
this hunger
to be an influencer
and never just an influencé.
creeply creates a linear surface,
a flooring to be trod upon,
a tessellated plane,
were we each fit in
right-tight juxtaposition
and we are noticeable for our
uniformity and
the scuff marks of having been trod upon,
well used.
it is in the chips of irregularities,
the overlaps and the gaps
where we touch and connect
with our individual Ah Ha’s,
where our Venn Diagram Lives
intersect, infect, interfere, inject,
in the tiny
interstices
tween us,
the jagged, irritatingly edgy
rubbings
that the friction of creativity
is comedically inseminated.
I love a good tense sweat,
that invasive, deep boring burring,
that demands
instant creative solutions lest the angst of
an unwritten-in-the-moment-poem
is even more annoying,
before it is annoyingly,
befogged, lost forever.
that is why with old age,
fearsome fast
short term memory loss,
some turn to the speedy freedom of
free verse,
unconstrained by socks
and well fitting shoes,
and the slip on sneakers
of rhyming,
so insistent on perfection,
that the
burr is absorbed,
the irritant rubbing is creamed away,
and that loss of
a pouring of the soul’s *********** of
Done!
is
our exclamatory mutual curse
Mar 23, 2024
Mar 23, 2024 at 10:26 AM UTC
16 years behind prison bars -- you came home
and not once did you show your scars...
from the fights and sleepless nights, man
it must be hard, to survive a system so inhumane, so corrupt, and flawed...
Barely 20 back in '98 -- you ever wish
you can go back and take that day away? Wondering what life would be like if, at home, you stayed? Now pain echos in your brain since the past can't be changed... (but its ok)
You're a son - you sat in a cage
while your 3 year old son was home getting ***** trained; missed out on ceremonies, birthdays, and holidays. Relationships with friends and family faded as you aged - it
gave you lonely days...
But I remember the joy that overcame you
when we went up to visit - those days were our fave too -- We couldn't hug but you expressed your never-ending love, with 22 inch biceps, telling us to read books and stay tough...
(for that we thank you...)
We longed for the day you'd be free.
But we never understood or considered the damage done underneath. 16 years of pain, struggle, and suffering. Yet, your story doesn't end with you drowning in defeat.
Certificates and college degrees.
Clinical Social Work and counselor for psychology. Leader, influencer, mentor, husband, and father of three.
I can't be any more proud of you, your healing, and the people you impact and reach (like me).
There are unknown scars that may never heal;
Holes in your soul that are ever real,
16 years behind prison bars -- you came home
and not once did you show your scars...
Instead, you showed the world how to
stay strong and be successful,
and for that, I am ever grateful.
Love you, tio.
@desire.is.dope
20190619
0316HRS
Jun 19, 2019
Jun 19, 2019 at 3:16 AM UTC
What has become of us?
What have we, as humans, done to ourselves?
We blame society for the downfall of us,
that it isn't our fault we've done this to each other,
to our brothers,
our sisters --
it's society.
But we are society.
We determine what is or isn't beautiful.
We dictate over how things should be,
whether it's a stereotype,
a simple judgement,
or just a simple spoken word.
We have destroyed this world.
We have killed the beauty of living.
We have done this.
It wasn't the government, or the other political party --
it's us.
Can't you see it?
You have done this, whether you knew it or not.
You are society.
You are the influencer or your peers,
your family,
yourself.
You have done this.
We have done this.
We have killed ourselves.
Feb 3, 2013
Feb 3, 2013 at 12:27 AM UTC
Don't name the baby Arya.
It's such a lie to do that now.
Name her after pornstars.
Name your daughter Stoya.
That's named after a real influencer
Named after a somebody
Glittered name of shiny bodies
Named after the highest view count online and off.
A muse name, someone everybody wants.
Let us not let **** names die.
It's ok to breed a Rocco
A name that wears a jive
Keeps art of namegiving alive
Just dont name them after politicians
Prostitutes and Liars
Dont name your kid after journalists
Drug dealers or musicians.
Let's stop those names popping up
George, Michael, Paul.
Quit the whole Beatles charade
Never were someone to look up to afterall.
Stop this rain of assh**e names
Like Boris, Donald, David, Ian.
Give the kids a wider range.
Jun 16, 2019
Jun 16, 2019 at 12:27 PM UTC
You said I couldn't be successful.
You made me break down in tears.
You're supposed to be an influencer;
someone who will shape me for years.
Aren't you supposed to be my teacher?
Well, what are you teaching me?
I can never be worth anything.
I am not who I am supposed to be.
I have learned nothing from you
except for the all the lies you have told.
I can be worthy despite what you say.
You don't know what the future holds.
Mar 15, 2018
Mar 15, 2018 at 6:49 PM UTC
Song of ****
Things got wrong
Black dark sky
Landed on D2371.
This void soul
Dark matter shatter
Who are you?
A question perhaps
Trapped in screenshot
Living in simulation
Talk of town
Who's this sarcasticbong?
Dumb dumb
Looking for show
It's hidden flow
Blinded earthlings go.
Multiple parallel riff
Colours popping gif
Can't you niff
Awake your clairvoyance.
Narrate your story
Mock theosist lore
So called influencer
Hide your favorites
Blame to others
Boycott with hastags
Real is bluff
Everything good, me
Everything bad, you
Rhyming with tagline
Someone tagged you.
fyoo-cher
haz-bin
kom-pruh-mahyzd.
©sarcasticbong
Jun 29, 2020
Jun 29, 2020 at 2:25 PM UTC
I have these friends
Talks to me at 2AM
I want you to meet them
She's Clara
She knows my deepest secrets
Reminds me when I'm at lowest
Meet Winnie
She loves to talk about my future
Telling how I'm going to be a failure
This is Kisses
She knows every part of my body
Repeating how it is so ugly
There is also Marco
Who's fascinated about space
And he told me I'm universe's waste
Say hi to Sisa
She's a good listener and influencer
If I cut myself, I will be better
They love when I say "STOP"
Voices turns into scream
Left with tears and hallowed dream
Jun 26, 2018
Jun 26, 2018 at 12:03 PM UTC
voted out of office
with over 7 million votes more
and a clear majority in the electoral college
for his opponent
the sore loser
has turned Zombie influencer
desperately clinging to tatters
of dwindling power
Jul 29, 2021
Jul 29, 2021 at 12:55 PM UTC
We're doing an assignment in my English class right now
We're supposed to write letters to the government
Short, three sentence notes really
And tell them do something! on a topic that matters to you
Let me tell you
Peer pressure is a powerful things
They made a joke of it
And I-
I am no influencer
I caught my tongue between my teeth
And let them get away with
Apathy
Jan 27, 2017
Jan 27, 2017 at 9:56 AM UTC
I look into the broken mirror
And there I see them both
The courageous man I should be
And the coward I am
I look into the broken mirror
And there I see them both
The influencer I was supposed to be
And the manipulator I have become
I look into the broken mirror
And there I see them both
The man who stood against all odds
And the man who never tried anything
I look into the broken mirror
And there I see them both
The energetic guy I should be
And the tired guy I am
I look into the broken mirror
And there I see them both
The man who can create beautiful art
And the man who despises it
I look into the broken mirror
And there I see them both
The social, friendly guy I was to be
And the lonely, depressed person I am
I look into the broken mirror
And there I see them both
The man who did his work
And the one who cared about everyone else
Both of those people are in me
Waiting for their turns to perform
Who will come forward first?
Who will come forward often?
Surya
Nov 16, 2017
Nov 16, 2017 at 3:32 AM UTC
With 2G phone in hand
No sign of a ring-light stand
The un-influencer comes to the table
He doesn't tweet when people die
Says negative things that will make you cry
Gets stuck when logging in
Wears holes in his clothes that really should be in a bin
Writes bad poetry that nobody reads
Writes bad blogs that would make your eyes bleed
States the obvious when asked
Laughs and then makes you gasp
Doesn't check his look before zooming
Doesn't check his volume, it's booming
To be avoided at social functions
Should be served with a court injunction
May 1, 2022
May 1, 2022 at 12:39 PM UTC
The influencer
06/08/2021
Greed, is the motivator that,
which oils the mechanism of action.
Survival, is only the initiator, that
soon succumbs to wants’ affliction
It’s a fallacy to believe, or
convince ourselves otherwise
but, wants not needs
becomes, driver of possessions
Forsaking needs, we demonize wants,
offspring of Greed, the influencer.
It grows with possessions, hiding
under the umbrella of need.
Once possessions are attained
wants take control of our senses
Jun 9, 2021
Jun 9, 2021 at 1:05 AM UTC
La vie n'est pas toujours juste, on le dit souvent.
La vie nous joue tout son jeu de cartes.
Normal que ce n'est pas toujours bleu-ciel.
Mais pourquoi dire que le problème de l'homme, c'est l'homme ?
Cette déduction, on la tire à partir des faits semblables.
On peut être Maître de nos décisions, mais pas Maître de la vie.
Fait ce qu tu veux, mais tu ne peux pas influencer sur ce que la vie veut.
Quand on arrive à ce point, le sage ne combat plus, le moins avisé renforce son armure et court à sa perte.
Est-il alors son problème ?
Dec 31, 2021
Dec 31, 2021 at 2:34 PM UTC
Strange trip through time as the music I hear comes from when I was in highschool.
Currently I am 31, Korn are now an old band, smoking has been replaced by the juul and I find myself thinking when did I no longer have my finger on the pulse of society?
Do teenagers know that their culture is created by 30 and 40 year olds who know them so well that they can target their individuality and make a profit out of them?
Did I?
I was rocking out to The Cure and The *** Pistols in highschool while everyone around me was listening to the black eyed peas and slipknot and somehow I still see the irony of it all.
How detached am I?
Is youth the key to being in touch with whats happening unless you find yourself as an influencer?
Another social term that only existed in fashion magazines when I was in highschool now we focus on Instagrams and snapchats to tell us what's what and what fashion to follow.
I'm trending on my younger self and what we call **** riding or *** kissing is now called stanning... Am I losing touch?
is this what age does or does society simply become more marketable and I fall for less the older I get?
At what point do I walk away and become old and just simply don't get it?
Age sneaks up on us and soon we forget and lose track of what's happening and soon we have a group of highschool wannabe punk *** kids laughing at us as we stand in line at the mall, wired, tired and exhausted from work but we've only got a few hours to get this last minute gift for our friend or for a babyshower and we make under what we deserve because we bust our *** and yet the house payment racks up and our manager who is younger than us by a year somehow thinks they're better than us, so we have to see these hoodie wearing smirking *** teenage brats mock us, meanwhile we can outdrink, outparty, outfuck and out run them because no matter how hard they think they are, we've got the experience to support us.
Age sneaks up and soon those punk *** whiny instastars become 30 year olds who say the same **** we do because when we're young everyone lives forever and hindsight is 3030 or 4040 but this is part bitter, part better, its part knowledge and part wisdom, it's part jaded and part self aware.
At the end of the day it's all just signs of age.
Jan 23, 2019
Jan 23, 2019 at 3:26 AM UTC
Cooked on high, a mercurial rise in status, an influencer for the times. If I can make it here, I can make it …well, you know.
I want likes, loves, thumbs up, and a kick in the *** Love me from afar. My grandiose boobprints in cement for posterity.
Fame becomes me, teaches me to reach for the stars and settle for my own show. I’d sell my soul, if I had one, to be idolized.
Fast forward to a new order. New stars in a new medium. Go figure. Obsolescence so soon? My hand was this close to the brass ring.
Nov 5, 2019
Nov 5, 2019 at 6:54 PM UTC
Don’t think you can sell me
On more than needs-based
I don’t think you can tell me
I’m wrong
To my face
That the price justifies
What the world lost to make it
To take it to market
For product replacement
Of nary apparently
Valueless cogs
With the e-commerce
Metrics
Of new money gods
Sep 19, 2023
Sep 19, 2023 at 1:39 AM UTC