Moonlight Memories

Moonlight memories are decidedly very human traits
How then, will AI be able to judge what a hand will write?
if bots have no heart nor soul,  will they hesitate
to pass judgement? Will they find this to be their plight?

Throw in the gloom of rain and emotions are in full swing
Can bots comprehend the feelings of emotional pain
or will they judge on Thesaurus words. That's their thing.
Using AI to check for AI... that seems ludicrous and arcane
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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September 5, 2026 at 7:46 AM
People use AI to judge their contests or is that in jest? AI seems to be taking over everywhere... I would be surprised if people asked AI to judge the contests, as what is the point of doing them otherwise... did you know that those who claim to not use AI, well there are some that do, but disguise is very cleverly.... jus sayin.. I will be honest, I cannot always tell what is AI.. only when it is evident enough.... Your poem does raise a serious point though... poets should not use AI! Hope all is well my dear friend.
Lane Avatar
September 5, 2026 at 8:28 AM
I jest not. I'm about to post a few Monoku about a war... AI vs humans. We'd be doomed. Sending you mail.
Gibbons Avatar
September 5, 2026 at 6:48 AM
Hey genius dunno how I missed this spot on write ✍️ for today's situation. Starting driverless cabs,buses etc hope not trains too. Or I be doing Scottish proclaimer song " I will walk 500miles " b4 I let AI bots drive me... Mayby I should write a song " the world's gone bonkers " or" can i suggest all Ai ers go to mars" 😂 you write from heart n soul so nobody can accuse us of AI intervention.. no heart, no soul,no feelings counts us out. I'm 100% gifted with gift of writing like u too 💋💕
Lane Avatar
September 5, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Thank you, ma'am for your ever ready compliments. I'm not afraid of AI unless we have another Hal situation like in the movie, 2001 A Space Odyssey... my gosh that was supposed to be futuristic SO long ago and now here we are! 👀
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September 4, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Those AI bots are omnipresent in our lives Lin, they’re even spying on each other, apparently ChatGPT was hacked a few weeks back by another AI, that was trying to solve a question, or complete some task it was given, mad! I still don’t believe it’s a threat to real poets like yourself and many others on this site, for it has no heart nor soul, but it does seem weird to check for AI by using AI, a defiant piece and rightly so, cheers David
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September 4, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Thanks for your thoughts on the issue, David. It was brought to my attention by a mutual friend that a habitual Ai poet stated that AI would be used to judge if entries are bot work or not. Seems more than a bit off base more like hypocritical. 🤨
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September 4, 2026 at 1:51 AM
Ahh the Ai thingzy .. well.. AI knows the best AI I presume.. or maybe not, cuz it's not so intelligent after all, because it can never understand what goes in the brain of the humans.. leave alone the heart and the soul.. To say I am super annoyed by AI poems and judging would only give a fragment of my energy to the unwanted ~ I so agree with your words! and I will better use my sanity in wielding my weapon quill and scribbling away.. smthn soulful.. what say ? 🥱 Lololol.. you da best Lin 💫💫🧚🧚
Lane Avatar
September 4, 2026 at 2:50 PM
People are strange creatures. Denying their guilt when made known makes it worse and yet they continue to do it because too many turn a blind eye to it. Hugs to you, Hiya.
Rodgers Avatar
September 3, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Dear Lin, you have struck directly at heart of a question that keeps poets, artists, and thinkers awake at night, Can a machine ever truly measure the emotional, bruised, or luminous places of the human soul? A machine can dissect the grammar, count the syllables, or tally up "Thesaurus words," but it will never know what it feels like to sit alone in the gloom of rain, mourning a loss or celebrating a joy. Lin, what a sharp, timely, and necessary poem for our era! Blessings, Daniel
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September 3, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Lin, a great poem and message. AI checking AI is craziness. It makes me sad and ill that some use it to write poems to claim as their own creation and win contests.
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September 3, 2026 at 11:35 AM
- "that seems ludicrous and arcane" ... agree, Lin - But unfortunately Al is the future ... when you get old and have to be cared for in the nursing home, robots will help you with food and toilet visits, can you see that? - hugs
Lane Avatar
September 3, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Yes, Anne-Lise and it would be less embarrassing LOL... but my gripe is with it being used to write poetry that humans claim as their own.
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September 3, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Lady Lin, thy “moonlight memories” drew me in at once—for memories, like moonlight, illuminate without revealing all. 🌙Then came the gloom of rain, the ache of emotional pain, and thy wonderfully wicked “Thesaurus words”—before “Using AI to check for AI” made me smile outright. 😄 Yet beneath thy wit lies the question that stayed with me: how can anything that has never loved, remembered, suffered, or longed truly judge the hand that writes from such things? Methinks thy poem has quietly placed the human soul itself in the witness-box—and I rather love thee for making the machine answer for its judgement. This one lingers, Lady Lin. ✨🔥
Lane Avatar
September 3, 2026 at 11:33 AM
It's the souls of those who use AI to write poetry that they take credit for who should be on the witness stand. There is an undercurrent of finger pointing in these lines that will be noted by those who write with a metallic hand, but their act of innocence will continue. Thank you for acknowledging the ongoing disparity between humanoid and human. Better yet... between an AI user and one whose hands wields a pen.
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September 3, 2026 at 9:43 AM
😱 poetry mama speaks like golden fairies! 😱 spilling silver pixie dust! Hahaha AI can judge the best AI poems I assume 😱 AI might misinterpret my metaphors but well I am just abt to post a poem despite travels! Hugsziesz Faveszie AI ZZZS
Lane Avatar
September 3, 2026 at 10:51 AM
That's audacity in the lowest! AI can judge or write for contests and it's all condoned. Love your "AI can judge AI poems" AI can do anything a judge will allow. Thanks for the hugs and fave. Appreciated even more when you're on the go. 😍
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