Biography: A True Tale, as Composed by a Bot
XXIV. Write a poetic review, ignored in favor of playing with this bot, which claims to write a haiku based on location. Unfortunately, it only works for North American locations. Equally unfortunately, it actually knows nothing about a haiku beyond that it must be three short lines.
A haiku, by definition, is a poem in 17-syllables broken into three “lines” of 5-7-5 syllables (there are more rules, but this is the bare minimum). In addition to being slightly surreal, these poems are a good example of the problems AI and bots have when it comes to doing things like composing poetry, which is to say they are terrible at it.
Haiku locations were chosen and arranged based on places I have lived. The haiku in Japanese are my own.
A car sleeping
High up in the trees
Today in Colorado
The day going by
Branches of a tree
A day goes by
The day going by
The warm belly of the bus
Another day in Washington.
近い海
午後のやませが
来てるかな
That’s how it is in 49th Ward
Finally round the bend
Buses passing through
Good afternoon
A small weed
Running is forbidden
高山に
雪が降るとも
咲く桜
Life in Washington
A small weed
Thoughts of home
Rear view mirrors
Another depressed teacher
The day going by
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Some pretty cool stuff here.
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Peace be upon the daughter who helped her parents grow up. Accepted their cold shoulder, excused their anger, pardoned their mistakes, taught them how to be human. Peace be upon the sister who paid the price of rebellion. Screaming to her fullest, shaking like a leaf but standing tall, never letting the dictatorship go without a fight, paving the path for her siblings to breathe easier. Peace be upon the first child of an immigrant father. Aching to find their own purpose in life, firm in their own beliefs, contradicting generations and generations of cultural values. Peace be upon the girl who shouldered her mother's trauma. Swindled it into her own, morphed herself into an image of the womb she once resided in, immersed herself into troubles that weren't even hers, covered up scars that she couldn't even recognize. Peace be upon the woman who forgot who she was. So determined to be the savior of everyone, to fix her family, to nurture and love everyone around her. So deeply lost that she forgot she's just as worthy of love. Peace be upon you.
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William Burroughs pulling a knife on Jack Kerouac, 1950s
Photo credit to Allen Ginsberg
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wikipedia: the best of both worlds (star trek: the next generation)
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i want to add a caveat to this: he’s specifically talking about published, professional, forward-facing poetry—poetry as an industry—the type of stuff that is presented to the world as an art form. not necessarily poetry as personal self-expression or therapy (which richard siken was also just talking about).
with that out of the way…timmy was really cooking here lol.
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just heard a big ass swiftie defending her album with something like "people criticise it because it's too verbose it has too many words. you don't get it its POETRY". you don't read poetry. it's obvious. you couldn't handle the opinions of someone who reads poetry as a hobby about this album. i don't know meaner critics than poets and poetry readers do not put her in there they are going to beat her ass
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reminder to writers/self
its ok to write shitty poems
its ok to write shitty song lyrics
its ok to write shitty stories
its ok to be unoriginal
its ok to reuse a line from something else you wrote
its ok to reference other works
its ok to be proud of shitty writing
its ok to be proud of great writing
its ok to be proud in general
its ok to not use overcomplicated intricate wording in writing
its ok to write about dumb shit
its ok to write about fictional events
its ok to write something awesome but have one weak line you cant really fix
its ok to write something terrible but have one amazing line that doesn't fit
its ok to write about emotions you don't really grasp
its ok to write
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