Poetry Then & Now Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Poetry then and now,
Now and then,
Then had been of the then times,
Now is it of nows,
How did they write it then
Dipping in ink,
Filling with the dropper,
Writing with a nib pen,
Readying a manuscript,
Giving money to the press
Or brought out by a publisher
After a great effort,
But now a celebrity after
Uploading, posting on the site
Your poem is published,
Your poem is printed
And you waiting for likes and impressions
And for being viral
With a great following
On Facebook, Youtube, Twitter
And so on,
You the owner
And the copyright with you,
Everything is there digitally
In the library with information details,
Publication details,
Your unknown readers your admirers,
Their comments in the comment-boxes
Failing critics
Some casual, some serious,
Soem abusive, some hilarious,
But don't mind,
Keep you reading, going
As their views to pay to in the end
Even though they visita nd dislike you in more numbers?