FOUR FEATHERS PRESS ONLINE EDITION: REMOTE

Send up to three poems on the subject of or at least mentioning the word remote, totaling up to 150 lines in length, in the body of an email message or attached in a Microsoft Word file to donkingfishercampbell@gmail.com by 11:59 PM PST on September 18th. No PDF's please. Color artwork is also desired. Please send in JPG form. No late submissions accepted. Poets and artists published in Four Feathers Press Online Edition: Remote will be published online and invited to read at the Saturday Afternoon Poetry Zoom meeting on Saturday, September 19th between 3 and 4:30 pm PST.

Friday, September 18, 2026

R A Ruadh

Total eclipse


Perhaps it is time
to teach it morality
which would mean hiring 
tech people who have any

Unlikely as the owners
are completely deficient
wouldn’t recognize it
and those with it have quit

Even in a pure tech world
karma does however exist
thus if all humanity is gone
the data centres go dark

AI eliminates itself




A secrecy of stillness

I pulled over 
on the side of the road
it was time for a break

It was a desolate place
just some rocks
sand not much plant life

I turned off the engine
opened the door
unfolded a chair 

As I sat there in the sun
it seemed so quiet
no noises at all

Enjoying the silence
I leaned back 
only the wind whispering

Then I heard a skittering
over by the rocks
it was the sand blowing

Or was it a lizard
stopping and starting
a small one for sure

The wind had a language
talking through the grasses
conversing with a bird

The sun shifted
the shadows changed 
as did the sand and pebbles

I could tell what was lizard
what was a dried seed pod
each travelling their own way

My car blinded ears
adjusted gently to a new world
of unsilent silence

Until it was time to go
and the engine starting
sounded like a roar from hell



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