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(POEM) A love poem to all, by Lewis Isbell

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  • Feb 27, 2025
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An illustration of interconnecting nodes in pastel colours

In this poem, Lewis Isbell meditates on the dreamlike filtering of intimacy through digital space and the fierce recognitions enabled by (dis)connection.


A love poem to all


please remember how


our touching was proclamations

soon undone

quietly and private

the distance was we and us

creaking like oak in the storm

all by ourselves

we can't rewind we've gone too far

The End Of Western Civilization III will be televised


where is the boundary line

when you are surrounded by yourself

and everyone is too?

but we're all still here. on the internet.

our desperate search for meaning and human connection

our consciousness is a strange feedback loop

like the universe seeing itself

we can catch ourselves reflected from the blackhole

when the phone dies.


the future came so fast

so why feel sorry when it gets through.

easy pretending it's all about learning but

beyond the ring of salt, the earth is fertile.

furrowed when we were hiding

a new time

spinning away


A cut doesn't heal under a plaster

and

you will always lose what you think you have


~


Part of our Digital Dreamland series, co-edited by Maisie Florence-Post and Maria Sledmere.


Author: Lewis Isbell Illustration: Maria Sledmere Published: 27/2/25

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Tima North
Tima North
Feb 10

Intimacy in digital spaces is such a deep theme. Lewis Isbell captures that strange feedback loop of consciousness perfectly. In 2026, we still seek real connection amidst the noise. I often look at https://affordablewastemanagement.co.uk/ to see how physical space management mirrors our need to clear digital clutter. Art like this makes me stop and think about the future. Simply beautiful!!

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