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AI Poets-the Dastardly

* Collaboration of Limericks written by Jan Allison, 
   Tom Cunningham, Tania Kitchin and Lin Lane


Here's a news flash, the latest scoop
There are parasites in the soup
AI bottom feeders
Poet superceders
Those who cannot write worth a poop

Artificial intelligence is smart
But never uses words found in the heart
Some dolts use it to cheat
Thinking they are discreet
We should hit them in their butts with a dart

They say AI is here to stay
But plagiarism is another way
Some may copy/paste Poe
Or other greats you know
Add their name, it's sorted way hey!

We know you're fake and using AI
Your poems are nothing but a lie
Wanting to be cool
but instead, a fool
Now you can just leave our site, goodbye!

Some poets get Poem of the Day
It's AI, (of course they don't say)
AI contest "winners"
Are poetry sinners
Does admin prevent them - no way!

Real poets write using only their hand
AI users need more'n a reprimand
Deleting their accounts
'fore their winning surmounts
There should be a way they could all be banned

Stay put, no need to get out of bed
Or have a thought in your empty head
So, just ask Alexa
And she'll write it for ya
A shame you can't use your brain instead

What is your real poetry name?
As fake poems seem to be your game
All Plagiarism and AI
We're really not sure why
Your page is pathetically lame

Pestilence borne in the form of AI
Not of Biblical proportion but why
do you have need to chouse 
Poets' concern and rouse
the community to feel so awry

On the day AI begins its world rule
People will still call each other a fool
Is the human race then doomed
AI will have us all groomed
To serve them as lowly slaves, a footstool

I asked a generator to write a Limerick, its response was...

An AI that wrote with great flair,
Could craft limericks beyond compare.
With rhythm and rhyme,
In a jiffy, each time,
It brought smiles to faces everywhere!

This was my response

No! au contraire, AI generator
Not everyone smiles at your creator
I will admit you're quick
but it's deceptive schtick
You're a bad poet's ego inflator

Copyright © Lin Lane | Year Posted 2025

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Duke Beaufort Date: 6/11/2025 5:13:00 PM Lin, much appreciated. This needs to be said. We know that those who publish AI poems in contests have a needy personality that winning a contest can never satisfy. It's strange indeed! Smiles!! Login to Reply

Andrea Dietrich Date: 6/11/2025 4:13:00 PM These are so cool. Sure wish we could oust all these cheaters Login to Reply

Tania Kitchin Date: 6/8/2025 2:58:00 PM Lin, thanks for posting the AI limerick collab. I love the ending and how you showed an example of AI use. I enjoyed writing for it as well. Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 6/8/2025 3:27:00 PM It was fun to work together with you, Jan and Tom. Whether people care of not... we do.

Paula Goldsmith Date: 6/8/2025 12:15:00 PM To: Lin Lane, Jan Allison, Tom Cunningham and Tania Kitchen. WOW!!! What a write you have here on AI. Many have heard me say, a writer writes from the heart. AI can Not write from the heart because it does Not have a heart. I wonder why any writer would want to write from a machine with no heart. FAV for me... Yes, POTD, POTW, POTY. Have a blessed day writing away............... Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 6/8/2025 1:59:00 PM Hi Paula and what you've said many times is true. What would be a name for a 'poet' who uses AI to write in their name? Don't bother answering that... it wouldn't be a nice one. Thanks so much, human poet ;-)

Beryl Edmonds Date: 6/8/2025 12:02:00 PM Fantastic Limericks all, poem of the decade… Beryl Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 6/8/2025 1:57:00 PM Thank you very much, Beryl from all of us, if I may speak for my collaborators. POTY will do nicely, ;-)

Joseph May Date: 6/8/2025 10:32:00 AM Great collaboration on the limericks, It is a shame that poets use AI, I am not sure how we can even stop it Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 6/8/2025 10:37:00 AM Maybe we can't, Joseph but neither can we just shrug our shoulders and watch it happen without some resistance. It's like watching the world sink slowly into the sea and say, "Oh well. There's nothing I can do to stop it." We all thank you for your thoughts.

Tom Cunningham Date: 6/8/2025 10:18:00 AM Thanks for adding mine Lin an honor to collaborate with such fine poets. Never mind POTD, It shoud be poem of the year. Tom Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 6/8/2025 10:26:00 AM ha ha Jan. I'll take that POTY! Jan Allison Date: 6/8/2025 10:22:00 AM I agree Tom, definitely POTY! hugs jan xx

Jan Allison Date: 6/8/2025 10:14:00 AM Lin this subject is very close to our hearts and it was a joy to collaborate with you, Tom and Tania. I am SO pleased you posted an AI generated limerick - i discovered 'chat GP' has a page dedicated to writing limericks. Having written over 3250 poems I will never stop writing my OWN poetry, its such a shame others here try to deceive and pass off AI work as their own but the only people they deceive is themselves. hugs Jan xx Login to Reply Lin Lane Date: 6/8/2025 10:19:00 AM Honestly, Jan. There's a lot of tomfoolery going on and not only by those who use AI. Disrespecting a poem of the day is a pretty low gutter in which to stoop. If we have to live with AI, c'est la vie.