Located 262 results from search term 'poem'
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Commented in AI and music: will we be slaves to the algorithm?
I imagine it's the same as any computer assisted art form. Anyone could generate a poem from a random list of words, doing no actual work themselves (other than curation?). But since they'd be the one who published it, they'd get the copyright.
Until someone designs an AI that's smart enough to compose music and convince the world it should count as a sapient being and win the lawsuit to secure the rights to the song and convince the world not to destroy it out of fear of a full-blown T2: Judgement Day scenario, that's not going to change.
And let's face it, securing the rights to a pop song is a pretty dumb reason to risk outing yourself as a technological singularity.
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Commented in Cops make disgusting online 'memorial' mocking death of Ferguson's Michael Brown
This is absolutely disgusting. I don't know why anyone would think that is appropriate to post ever. And it's not surprising that this "poem" probably originated from reddit's most racist subreddit.
Unrelated to how upsetting this is, the poem doesn't even follow the right rhythm for a limerick.
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Commented in Do not go gentle into that good night
I love this poem. It's one of those things that I hated at first simply because I was forces to study it at school. But I have heard it since and it's such a great poem.
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Commented in Another 2 of my own compositions. :)
Sometimes I like poetry to be mysterious, but I generally appreciate some context. I find it very fun to read a poem before and after I know anything about a poet's perspective, as I did with your work. It does depend on what you're looking to get from a poem, you're quite right. I like that a poem becomes a melding of the poet's intent and the interpretation of the reader, because this means something new is created each time a work is read.
I can see "Lost Faith" being lyrical. I hope you come up with a tune that fits someday! I consider lyrics to be a type of poetry, so feel free to post lyrics if you wish. It's great that you're writing songs. Do you play an instrument? Are you in a band? I agree that the same care should be taken with lyrics as with poems. I always appreciate good lyrics!
I'm always jealous of anyone who hasn't seen "Angel"! It was so much fun to watch the first time, although it can be pretty dark thematically. I think it's great you plan on watching it. Hopefully it will make some kind of sense watching just an episode or two. The plot can be a bit hard to follow if you jump in randomly, but it could still be interesting. Don't worry if you don't get around to watching it, or if you hate it. You won't hurt my feeling or anything, I just thought you might like it! :)
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Commented in Another 2 of my own compositions. :)
Thanks :)
I also think it is useful to know the context to which the poem was written. Sure a poem can be interpreted on its own, but that then would be more of a reflection of the meaning that the poem induces in you as an individual, the context allows you to better see what meaning it held for the writter. I always found it strange when we studied poetry at school and the teacher said, " This is what the author was trying to say...." I would think to myself, that sure it was a possibility but unless the author actually gave you some context then you don't know. Not to say that your own interpretation isn't important, it just depends what you are looking to get from the poem.
Something else you may find interesting, I wrote "Lost Faith" with the intention of putting it to music as it was around the time I had started to write my own songs. I just never managed to come up with a tune I was happy to go with it. Maybe one day I still will. :P That also happens to be why I haven't strictly written poetry (although I think lyrics should be poetry written to music) in a while because after this it was all lyrics writing, which I consider to be a similar process and also feel as much effort should go into the meaning of the words as if one was writing poems.
With regard to your question, I have not watched the Angel episode you refer to, I'll take a look at it and let you know my thoughts.
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Commented in Another 2 of my own compositions. :)
Thank you for sharing! :)
I like "Lost Faith" especially. It really captures the heartbreak of a crisis of faith. My favorite part is, "The doubts and fear began to flow/Realizing how little we actually know/But you were gone, your smile and its reflection." That could be a poem all by itself! Very good work. I like that you included a bit of explanation as well. I read them first without knowing your intent, and then again after, and it was interesting how they changed for me. I feel knowing a bit more about a poet's mindset often enriches the work.
This might seem like a strange question, but have you ever watched the show "Angel"? There is a symbolic depiction of a crisis of faith in that show that I found very interesting and moving. This is my own interpretation of it, but I'm guessing it was also the intended message since it seemed so obvious. The story arc I'm talking about is Season 4: Episodes 18-22, in case you're curious. You might want to check it out if you haven't already, and if you have seen it I would be curious to know what you thought.
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Commented in Annoyed
I completely agree and empathize. Being a teenager was hard, but not in the way that the adults in my life seemed to think it was difficult at the time. I am (thankfully!) far beyond me teenage years now, but this poem still resonates with me. I think it speaks not only to the angst of teenage years, but to the zeitgeist of an age. I work with teenagers now every day, and I don't see them as children to talk down to, but as young adults to nurture, teach logic, history, and critical and abstract thinking, and then listen to their ideas. I think that is too often brushed aside in society and education.
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Commented in Desiderata by Max Ehrmann, illustrated by Zen Pencils
What a gorgeous poem. Love the artwork, too - almost monochromatic with little pops of color to draw your eye. Thanks for sharing!
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Commented in "The Machines Mourn the Passing of People"
Nice little poem, however machines capable of such thoughts wouldn't resemble those described.. and likely wouldn't care for humans unless they were egoistically programmed to ('as dogs').
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Commented in 10 Chilling Stories to Tell Around the Campfire
I enjoyed "Hidden by the Rustling Corn" quite a bit. This one is a poem that can probably be easily memorized.