A Gratitude Poem with an Eye Opening Twist
The scene – I was sitting at my desk Googling “gratitude” poems and prompts to share with clients and LinkedIn contacts.
Google search promptly sent back this response.
“Themes for humorous gratitude poems could include”:
- Technology Fails: Being thankful for a slow computer or a bad Wi-Fi connection because it forced you to go outside or read a book.
- Awkward Social Situations: Expressing gratitude for the person who always tells the most inappropriate jokes at gatherings, making everyone else seem normal by comparison.
- Mundane Annoyances: A mock-earnest thank you note to the person who consistently steals your specific coffee mug at the office.
- The “Joy” of Chores: Being grateful for doing laundry because it means you finally have clean underwear (or at least, clean some underwear).
- Unwanted Gifts: A poetic thank you for the wildly inappropriate or bizarre present that provided a great story and a good laugh.
- Pet Misadventures: Thanking your cat for bringing a “gift” into the house at 3 a.m., which you totally did not need.
- Parenting Trials: Being thankful for the phase where your child only wants to wear their superhero costume, ensuring you never lose them in a crowd.
- Office Life: Gratitude for the endlessly long meetings that provide an excellent opportunity to perfect your “awake with eyes open” sleeping technique.
While these are good writing prompts, they didn’t capture the sentiments that I wanted to share with my eaders. So I wrote another query in Google Search and requested a poem about gratitude and technology because who isn’t dealing with tech issues on a daily basis?
I received this poem within seconds.
The Wi-Fi Requiem
Oh, ancient router, blinking red, A gratitude I now have bred. For your spectacular collapse, A break from endless digital traps.
I thank you for the silent screen, A break from all the “social scene,” No endless scrolling, no new email buzz, Just silent stillness, as it was.
My phone, a brick, my laptop, dead, I finally used the “book” instead! My eyes unglaze, I see the light, The sun is real, incredibly bright.
No more debates on silly threads, No urgent news that fills my heads. My brain thanks you, my posture straightens, For every buffering second that hastens
My unplugged self, my sudden calm, You truly are a technical balm. So thank you, Wi-Fi, for your glitchy grace, It forced me to examine physical space.
-Interesting. This is good and will work. Then I did what any responsible professional should do and asked for the author’s name so I could give them credit.
Me: “Who wrote this poem?”
Google Bot “I wrote this original, humorous gratitude poem for you in real-time based on your requests. They are not attributed to a famous or published poet.
Me: “You’ve got to be kidding me?” OMG, I can visualize the Bot sitting up straight in its seat and typing this message with pride. I wasn’t ready for that response. One of my go-to expressions is “I learned-it-in-Queens.” but today, I am changing it to “I learned -it -in Google AI.“
Happy Thanksgiving.
Here are a few more gratitude poems for your reference and sharing.
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Julienne B. Ryan began her professional career at age five when she did TV commercials and learned important things like “the teamsters always eat first,” her social security number and how to endorse checks for bank deposit.
Ryan studied psychology in college because she wanted to understand humans. She conducted her “field work” in a variety of roles, hearing the phrases “merger synergies, reorganizations, downsizing and rightsizing for change” more times than she cares to mention.
Later she enrolled in an Ivy League graduate school where she paid oodles of money to validate her prior on-the-job learning experiences. However, she did learn to name drop up-to-date theories and trendy psychologists with alarming ease.
Ryan evolved into working in “Talent Management,” a fancy way of saying “try to find people and keep them moderately happy.” With inadequate budgets and staff allocations, she had to find creative ways to encourage her staff to work effectively. These ranged from begging and borrowing resources, improvising childcare, telling stories and even giving snacks as rewards. She tried to convince herself that working a bazillion hours and “multi-tasking” equaled achievement.
Her work took place in cubicles, conference rooms or, with luck, in offices with a door. Occasionally she would make the time to emerge from her allotted real estate to really talk to people. Ryan learned something transformative in the process:
Yes, she was effective. But not because she used fancy theories – or gave great snacks. Ryan’s success, her staff believed, was a result of her uncanny knack for weaving storytelling with humor to motivate and encourage them. Crucially, they encouraged Ryan to de-emphasize “that normal HR stuff” and focus on bringing her unique storytelling skills to a broader stage.
Thanks to them, Ryan continues to collect, connect and tell stories in her work helping people find their “true selves in the world of work.
She is the author of the humorous, all true "The Learned It In Queens Communications Playbook - Winning Against Distraction!".that now includes a workbook and is available at booksellers across the globe..
She is a guest contributor to The Procurement Foundry, LifeBlood, and the global storytelling community.
Certifications include
Accumatch (BI) Behavior Intelligence
Narativ Applied Storytelling Methodologies
Collective Brains – Mentorship Methodologies
