See sirens of the tabloid press perform
heroic feats, draw likes on Instagram.
See news on Starbucks cups, inform
yourself on silicon and weight loss grams.
See kittens of the superstars transformed
to memes and a perfect cyber storm.
We use inventions of the brightest minds
the Internet brings light to humankind
Genius of the Species by Wolfgang Paalen
I wrote this second entry on Humor for Victoria, written in the proud mock heroic Ottava Rima. Hope it works as humor.
Björn Rudbergs writings 
For me, anything that mentions the tabloid press is funny. Mockery is a great form of humor when used with that intention.
Ha thank you.. 🙂
I agree with Victoria. Mockery of the absurd is humorous!
🙂 and imagine all the brainpower spent on creating mindless contents.
Yes, it’s ridiculous.
Well I like it.
Don’t put those kitten memes down – they make me smile! Good job on this one as well. I hate standing in line in the grocery and looking at those tabloids begging to be opened and read and worst off, taken home with one. I think they purposely make those articles too long to be read in their totality on purpose so you have to buy one to finish.
Ha.. We are all victims to this.. (Except when we write poetry)
I have to be honest, I read the headlines but have never read a complete article or opened one of the publications. Somehow the headline: Elvis Father of Pumpkin Headed Baby – just kind of makes me feel faint.
Those tabloid press mean serious business with all the likes ~ I enjoy fun memes as sometimes the light and funny side of news is more humorous as the depressing news ~ You make this form so easy Bjorn ~
I think we need them too… but maybe not what I thought we would use technology for…
Ha, in today’s age,what really would we do without the internet??
I would be totally lost.
Great use of mockery here 😀 such a stylish poem!
Ottava Rima has been used quite a lot for mocking.
Hooray for the inventions of the brightest minds. But they do result in an awful lot of poppycock and trivia. You’re on ‘form’ today, Bjorn!
🙂 when you have nothing too funny to say the form can help.. and Ottava Rima is a great tradition.
In the dim glow, the world goes by at the speed of life. It does work as humor.
“the Internet brings light to humankind” now that is sarcaz.
I do agree about the internet bringing light!
I knew that the mention of tabloids and the brightest minds in the same piece had to be humor, but the last line about bringing light confirmed it 🙂
news on starbucks cups – ha- when we don’t even can drink a cup of coffee anymore in peace – i wonder where all the cyber news will take us eventually – sometimes i wonder if it’s all going to crash down one day
Droll … Tongue-in-cheek … Bang on!