Discovering poetry

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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by Brian Peacock » Mon Nov 29, 2021 5:56 pm

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Sometime in Jan I will look at iPad mini prices
A tablet bigger than 8 inches is no longer useful for me
I cannot use it for e-reader
The cheaper iPad now is the 10 inch
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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by JimC » Mon Nov 29, 2021 8:08 pm

:lol:
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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by Sean Hayden » Sat Jun 03, 2023 12:56 pm

Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
Healthy, free, the world before me,
The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.

Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
Done with indoor complaints, libraries, querulous criticisms,
Strong and content I travel the open road.

The earth, that is sufficient,
I do not want the constellations any nearer,
I know they are very well where they are,
I know they suffice for those who belong to them.

(Still here I carry my old delicious burdens,
I carry them, men and women, I carry them with me wherever I go,
I swear it is impossible for me to get rid of them,
I am fill’d with them, and I will fill them in return.)
--part 1 from Walt Whitman's Song of the Open Road

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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by Tero » Sat Jun 03, 2023 2:22 pm

Poetry is just incomplete songs. They forgot to put in notes.
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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by JimC » Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:29 pm

I am tempted to ask ChatGPT to write a poem on some subject in the style of some deceased poet...
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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by Svartalf » Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:40 pm

I wonder if it could write some decent Skaldic poetry, really crunchy limericks, or haiku
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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by Sean Hayden » Sat Jun 03, 2023 10:56 pm

There once was a man named Svartalf,
A romantic soul, but alas, no laugh,
He chased love with all his might,
But it eluded him, day and night,
Now he roams alone, his heart's epitaph.
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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by Sean Hayden » Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:03 pm

There once was a man named Sean,
An aimless wanderer he had grown,
No tribe to call home,
He roamed all alone,
But luck had left him on his own.

In search of knowledge, he'd roam,
But alas, he found only the known,
No new truths to find,
Left him feeling confined,
Poor Sean, luck had surely flown.

With each new place he'd arrive,
No surprises to keep him alive,
His mind grew weary,
His path, oh so dreary,
No serendipity for him to thrive.

Oh, Sean, the village's fool,
In his quest, he played by no rule,
But fate had its way,
No new cards to play,
His luck ran dry, and life grew cruel.

Now Sean's journey has come to an end,
No more horizons for him to transcend,
He yearned for change,
Yet life remained strange,
Oh, poor Sean, luck refused to befriend.

Though luck may have left him behind,
In his heart, a glimmer of hope, we find,
For every village fool,
Deserves a chance to rule,
Maybe someday, fortune will be kind.
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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by Sean Hayden » Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:11 pm

Svartalf wrote:
Sat Jun 03, 2023 8:40 pm
I wonder if it could write some decent Skaldic poetry, really crunchy limericks, or haiku
Maybe with the right prompts and enough runs it could. These two are pretty awful. :hehe:

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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by pErvinalia » Sat Jun 03, 2023 11:53 pm

Poetry is for girly men.
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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by Svartalf » Sun Jun 04, 2023 12:13 am

Well, I eat quiche
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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by pErvinalia » Sun Jun 04, 2023 12:36 am

So do I. :hehe:
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"Socialized medicine is just exactly as morally defensible as gassing and cooking Jews" - Seth. Yes, he really did say that..
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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by JimC » Sun Jun 04, 2023 2:40 am

Who needs T. S. Eliot or W. B. Yeats when you've got ChatGPT?
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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by Svartalf » Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:22 am

well, I hate yates, and elliott is mostly cats to me
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Re: Discovering poetry

Post by JimC » Sun Jun 04, 2023 4:09 am

Svartalf wrote:
Sun Jun 04, 2023 3:22 am
well, I hate yates, and elliott is mostly cats to me
:nono:
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