Tablet life
Tablet life is swipable
expandable and squeezable
pushable and snappable
all at your fingertips
Clickable and searchable
tap and type and drawable
a workout for your head and hands
but not the best for hips.
© 2017 by Violet Nesdoly (All rights reserved)
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Do you own a tablet (or smartphone—that might be even worse)? Have you fallen under its spell, so that you can’t be without it out let it out of your sight? I must remind myself of the truth of the little ditty above when I’m tempted to linger too long with my very fun, versatile, addictive but sedentary tablet.
This post is linked to Poetry Friday, hosted today by Tara at A Teaching Life.
Violet Nesdoly 
That is how I feel about my laptop. Love it, but bad for my hips. LOL 🙂
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Thanks, Brenda. I know what you’re saying. Hours fly by and I realize I haven’t moved. Yikes!!
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It’s hilarious (and perhaps a bit unnerving) to watch babies and toddlers interact with board books – often they try to tap the pages and swipe them, like a smartphone screen!
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Jane, that is too funny!
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Oh my, I have such a love/hate relationship with my smart phone. I love to keep it close by and don’t want to leave home without it, but I know it’s good for me to put it down and just experience what’s around me, too.
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Thanks, Kay. I think we all understand this love-hate thing. Can’t live without these gadgets, but they sure have changed things, and not always for the better.
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I love all the fun “able” words.
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Thanks, Monica!
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This is so true.. I try to take time away from the electronics.
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Yes, so do I. Isn’t it a relief to have some days when you simply refuse to be at the beck and call of online?!
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Fun poem Violet, and yes I do love my little smartphone, but I like to ignore it sometimes too!
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Thanks, Michelle… Good plan, to ignore sometimes.
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I came to your post from “Be a Good Steward of Your Gifts,” which ends in “Walk./Take the phone off the hook./Work regular hours.” Yes, I get lost far too often in Online-land!!
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Thanks, Mary Lee! I’ve often found the same thing: the order in which I visit the poems on PF has them talking to each other.
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Oh boy. I’ve been feeling guilty about how much time I’m on these devices lately. Definitely not good for us! Love the organization on your tablet, though. You’ve inspired me to clean up my hodge podge of stuff.
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Thanks, Wondering. The organization is mostly on the Kindle app, where I love it that I can make collections (otherwise I’d never find anything!).
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I saw a news story that shared brain research recently of the addiction for getting feedback online, even just the using of it. I do have an IPad, but don’t use it as often as the laptop. Love that final line, and we all must take the time to get outside!
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That addiction business is scary, isn’t it, Linda. I’m sure I’ve noticed changes in my ability to concentrate and remember what I came to my computer to do in the first place. One so easily gets swept away into cyber-world.
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Ha! Love this smart little poem with its great big laugh at the end! Thanks, Violet. 🙂
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Thanks so much, Michelle!
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Ha! What a slice of life that is….and the truth hurts. But, only when I stop laughing. What a great little poem.
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Aw, thanks, Linda. Re laughing, I wonder what a visitor from some other planet would make of our fixation on these little rectangles –n restaurants, while walking down the street, or driving, when we’re surrounded by other people.
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Isn’t it wonderful to have all those books at your fingertips? Ruth, thereisnosuchthingasagodforsakentown.blogspot.com
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Oh yes, Ruth! Kindle has revolutionized my reading in a good way. And the fact that books are searchable is such a bonus. You remember a quote from a book you read several years ago, find it on your Kindle, and can even put your eyes on that quote in minutes! It’s amazing.
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Violet, you have packaged your poem with a punch and your tablet with a neatness that puts my devices to shame. While I love my devices, I find them addictive.
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