POETRY'S RESURRECTION: When Silicon Dreams of Verse

	How many people listen to what poets say? 
	Isn't poetry just a pointless pastime, a dusty relic, 
	or gilded tombstone to magnificent waste,
	and epitaph carved in ivory towers?

	But fear not, salvation is here! 
	Behold the ABC Poeation Tool:
	a digital Frankenstein that takes linguistic ash,
	and transmutes it into glittering nonsense,
	gold-plated gibberish and post-modern verse 
	with kaleidoscopic impossibilities.

	Simply flick a few switches,
	twist some cryptic dials,
	and watch it conjure up 
	a magnificent abomination
	of binary brilliance encased in silicon dreams.

	The output may reek of artifice,
	but if it gleams with a neon sheen
	why worry?

	Christen it poetry!
	Maybe it actually is.


Gus:   (with a sharp gasp) Surely there must be more to poetry than this coded trickery!
       Isn't true poetry something more than algorithms dressed up as art? Can algorithms 
       truly birth the sacred fires that ignites souls?

Nadya: (with a weary, cynical shrug) I don't know, Gus. We’ve watched poetry's cold 
       funeral procession for decades. Perhaps soulless machinery is all that remains.

Liao:  (leaning forward, eyes alight with passion) No! This isn't the end—it’s a rebirth.
       We're not losing poetry; we're redefining it. These tools aren't replacing the 
       human spark; they're amplifying it, creating mirrors that reflect aspects of 
       consciousness we never knew we possessed. The power isn't in the words alone, 
       but in the questions they provoke. Digital tools don't make art; they invite us 
       to discover new aspects of consciousness.


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from _Cyberpoems: Exploring the Human-Machine Interface_ by T Newfields
SUMMARY:  Reflections on  digital writing tools, the trivialization of poetry, 
          or its possible transformation into a new mode of human expression.
KEYWORDS: AI creativity, digital poetry, digital satire, artistic value, human consciousness

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955 - ?)
Begun: 1991 in Shizuoka, Japan / Finished: 2025 in Shizuoka, Japan
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted

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