Commentary and Philosophy Poetry posted January 5, 2022 Chapters: -1- 2... 


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A commentary on compusion

A chapter in the book Artificial Intelligence

Start

by estory

Start walking.
Start talking.
Start walking around the block,
Talking about what you are going to do
With the rest of your life.

Start the toaster oven,
Start the coffee maker.
Start reading the newspaper.

Start the car
And start driving to work
While the phone starts downloading your emails.
Start going through those contract proposals.
Start making decisions.

Line up at the start line
And start running the rat race.
Start getting ahead.
Start planning for the end.

Start working.
Start thinking.
Start working on that to-do list,
Start thinking about working on those problems
Starting to get out of hand.

Stop and start up
Again, start back up
Out of the hole you are in.

Start climbing the ladder of success.
Start digging out of this mess.

Make a fresh start.
Start from a clean slate.

But don't start anything you can't finish.




This is the first poem of a series that will make up a new collection called Artificial Intelligence. It will be in a more mechanical, minimalistic style, more in the vein of Patterns, my second book of poetry, and it will explore the relationship between humanity and technology. This first poem is definitely along the lines of Pieces or Waiting, poetry built not around rhyme or regular rhythm but repetitions of words and phrases, in order to create music in language. Other poems will be more like prose poetry, more narrative, more in the vein of Jack Anderson. At times I think it will be funny, at times scary, but hopefully always interesting and thought provoking. Alongside it I will be posting new short stories for a new collection to be titled In Real Time. The first story should be posted soon and will be called The Door Into the Dark. I look forward to another year of writing with all of you. estory
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