The Network: Information Age Poem by Paula Glynn

The Network: the 21st century information age
The Internet global and all the rage
Personal computers in every house, apartment and home
Computers portable for those that travel: that roam
The entire planet using the Internet
The entire planet the Internet's technological home
Internet controlled by giant companies charging money to grow.

Google an American multinational technology company
Where artificial intelligence and online advertising make people free
Makes the every day of computing perfect for others
The major computer company world famous
Search engine vital for millions of subjects everyone to discover
Curious Cloud computing, collective computer software, quantum computing
e-commerce, and consumer electronics functions that information do recover.

YouTube owned by Google, online video sharing
Where videos of music, demonstrations and general subjects worth caring
Brought to life and accessible worldwide on Valentine's Day 2005,
A social media platform having an immortal soul: coming alive
Headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States
Employees believing their jobs are great
For YouTube is a major company of the invincible United States,

One billion hours of YouTube watched every day
The popularity of YouTube out of this world
The 21st century making technology pave the way
2.5 billion users contributing to YouTube with their say
Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim proud
As consumers play YouTube music loud
And make the most of such an advantageous service.

PayPal supporting a multinational financial technology company
Online money transfers raking in the dollars for everyone
Avoiding checks and money orders: too difficult online
When a secure payment method means no check to sign
PayPal the ultimate payment method online
And a service everyone agrees is sublime
And keeping everyone's finances safe online.

Microsoft headquartered in Redmond, Washington
an American multinational technology corporation
A software company used the whole world over
Raking in the billions, making users millions
And also dealing with computer games
From the early days of computing, much better and not the same
Where Microsoft has reached international fame,

Microsoft founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen
Selling BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800
1986 to sell the initial public offering onto corporate acquisitions
Microsoft developing software from this point onwards
Bill Gates a multi-billionaire and an important figure
Microsoft a company that got socially bigger and bigger
LinkedIn raking in $26.2 billion in December 2016: more than the queen.

Face book directories often given to American university students
Mark Zuckerberg with four other Harvard College students
And roommates Eduardo Saverin, Andrew McCollum, Dustin Moskovitz
Facebook ranked as the 3rd most visited website in the world
Where the public want their voice heard
A social media and social networking service of Meta Platforms
Where Facebook reaches its goal, doesn't fail and does perform.

The Internet a vital service with its many functions
For every industry needing innovation
Information platforms the Internet's creation
And computing creates career opportunities
Creates entertainment, from YouTube to Facebook
Where every website is worth a look
And the Kindle environmentally healthy with digital books.