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I do not fear AI

Poetry

June 27, 2025

6

Ai can't look me in the eyeIt won't be sad when I dieit can't hold me just right it can't hold me at night it won't smell my cooking it will never be good looking It can't fill my bellywith food from the...

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- Fia Naturie
  1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Nice way of putting it in perspective.
  - Knight
    1 year, 2 months ago
    
    Thanks for reading
    I think it’s hype. Like y2k big.
    Regards James
- Sam Nash
  1 year, 2 months ago
  
  I used to think the same thing… now I don’t know…. I think we are screwed.. AI is probably going to do that as well…
  - Knight
    1 year, 2 months ago
    
    Thanks for reading.
    AI can’t get hold of you and ring your neck. Not at the moment. If AI could grow food and distill alcohol, and turn carbon dioxide into oxygen, and if AI had control of it I would be scared. But I know humans can live away from screens in a tribal way.
    Regards James
    
    Regards James
- Backdeckbenny (Peter)
  1 year, 2 months ago
  
  AI does not think by itself, until it does we have nothing to fear, except fear itself.
  - Knight
    1 year, 2 months ago
    
    Thanks for reading.
    I think AI is a hype job, and now we have to be frightened about something else, on top of all the other things to fear.
    Regards James
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• 1 year, 2 months ago

Believe Nothing

Poetry

June 20, 2025

6

Those who make the laws Seldom abide by them Those who call for war Fight them from the boardroom Those who pick the crops Are the hungriest of all Those who write the news Believe nothing

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- Thomas W. Case
  1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Right on. Excellent.
  - Knight
    1 year, 2 months ago
    
    Thanks.
    Years of rewrites.
    Regards James
- Backdeckbenny (Peter)
  1 year, 2 months ago
  
  My thoughts exactly….nicely done.
  - Knight
    1 year, 2 months ago
    
    Thanks
    I believe my words
    Regards James
- Fia Naturie
  1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Well said.
  - Knight
    1 year, 2 months ago
    
    Thanks
    I found this in an old file of poems I wrote years ago.
    Regards
    James
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• 1 year, 2 months ago

My Legs are my Motor

Poetry

June 8, 2025

2

My legs are my motor The wind blows behind Neither mod nor rocker Just a man on a ride Like the kid at Christmas By the lead colored tide No dreams of darkness Just a boy on a ride The endless hill climb Breathing petroleum air Descending rush of...

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- Sam Nash
  1 year, 2 months ago
  
  I like
- Knight
  1 year, 2 months ago
  
  Thanks for reading.
  Queen put it better than me.
  Regards James
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• 1 year, 3 months ago

The Poet has Nothing

Poetry

June 5, 2025

4

They control the air we breathe The food we eat, the water we drink The ground we walk upon, The time we spend They control the thoughts of men They control the swish of the pen The powerlessness of people Drives poets to write They control our...

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- Knight
  1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Thanks for reading.
  Yes the duality of poetry it is rebelious and at the same time it blows away on the breeze.
  Thanks for your kind words
  James
- Willow
  1 year, 3 months ago
  
  The one thing they can’t control is imagination & creativity. And that’s where the poet excels.
- Knight
  1 year, 3 months ago
  
  Yes I agree.
  The inner thoughts belong to us.
  Regards James
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