E. Hughes releases her final book of poetry, Digital Smiles (February 2024). Digital Smiles is written in both rhyme and free verse. The themes in Digital Smiles offers observations and sometimes criticism of society, how human beings engage each other on social media, the importance of time, death, and our responsibility to the humanity of others.
Disinformation by E. Hughes
Disinformation
is information of a most insidious kind.
It disguises itself as truth
to render us blind.
It preys on our fears
plants itself in our minds
rinse and repeat
two thousand and twenty times.
It provokes us to anger,
sowing distrust
spurring us to acts
of wanton bloodlust.
It is not what we seek, but often what we find.
Disinformation
is information of a most insidious kind.
An Inconvenient Sacrifice
Someone told us
about a disease
that spread itself
through a gentle breeze
or sometimes a cough
or even a sneeze…
and enters the lungs
through the air we breathe
left us yearning for loved ones
and much bereaved.
For some it left them
much aggrieved,
so we hung our heads,
and pretended it left
as it choked, grabbed
and stole our breaths.
The rich gets richer
the dead gets deader
we sacrificed little
to make it all better
An inconvenient sacrifice
let us hope it fades
until it drags us
into unmarked graves.
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E. Hughes (1974) is the author of Time and Multi-Universe: A philosophy of time and time travel (2022) and Sixth Iteration, a science-fiction novel (2021). E. Hughes is a novelist and writer of more than twenty-five years and has over twenty published works in multiple genres from fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and children’s books to date. Her latest offering is Digital Smiles, a chapbook released in February 2024, to be followed by her final work of poetry, Time, Space, and Loneliness, to be released in October 2024. Hughes is also scheduled to release Reality Unbound, a nonfiction, in November 2024. In addition to Sixth Iteration and Time and the Multi-Universe, Hughes is also the author of Starting Your First Patio Garden: A Coffee Table Book, the Penelope children’s books series, Disappear, Love, A Mediterranean Romance, Business as Usual, Infatuation, The Sapphire Chronicles, Hello (a screenplay), Beyond the Plain, Pearls…, and other works (not including pseudonymous works). E. Hughes is a metaphysics philosopher, avid gardener, painter, and hobbyist jewelry designer. She is also an observer of cultural and societal idiosyncrasies.