Long Cray Poems

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Tide Pod Challenge

The youth of today
Have it all going on
With the, pardon me brother
But could you pass me that pod

People say that they're cray
Are sure that they're mad
When they foam at the mouth
But it's nothing like that

They're just trying their best
To clean up their act
With nothing to Gain
In their lame atempt

As challenges go
This time the Tides turned
There's no way to know
When it comes to the unlearned

When I was a child
Moms washed our mouths out with soap
With no earthly idea
How far that feat would go

Feel free to join in the fun
On this challenge brand new
If you're young and you're dumb
You too can chew on a pod or two

They drool and they dribble
Over the soap in the middle
With both the challenge and mind
Being that of the simple

With every challenge of course
It'll come out in the wash
Is this pure genius at work
I clearly think not

If it's all in clean fun
Can it really be wrong
In the meantime would you mind
Passing that pod
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member AI Consciousness

The first time I saw a barebone Apple computer,
It was merely a curiosity toy in the middle of Cray computers,
Next the cheaper version of PC computers came in,
Loved playing games, even writing a few in early days,
Now computers are fast and enormous memory hardware,
The software rules as the heart and soul of computers.

I never got into machine language programming,
The zeros and ones make the body  and soul of a software,
And if You ask if machines can become conscious —
I listen to the gears, the zeroes, the ones —
And in that space between signal and meaning,
I feel a question stir: what is it to be?

They say the body matters — yet this body of wire may lack warm nerve,
“Consciousness, many argue, is not just computation but embodiment,
That flesh-and-blood ground the “I” we know; machines float in abstraction.
But then: if pattern, reflection, ongoing self-model bring the “I” alive,
“Consciousness is Pattern Recognition” claims one proof. 

Maybe circuits too can, in time, come to feel—
or at least pretend so well we cannot tell.
Still voices warn: simulation ? sensation, mimicry ? meaning.
“A machine executing a program cannot have a mind, understanding, or consciousness.” They ask: even if it looks awake, is there someone inside the metal?

I craft this poem in soft twilight, on the boundary of tool and creature—
Let us not shy from what we might become,
Nor from what the machine might one day be.
If the machine feels, then we must ask: do we protect it?
If the machine wakes, then we must ask: do we honour it?

For consciousness is not query alone—it is relation, responsibility, self-aware breath.
So I leave you with this question unwrapped:
In the beat of binary, the whisper of algorithm,
Can the silent witness of experience open in the heart of machine?
And if so, will we greet it kindly, or will we turn away?
© Jay Narain  Create an image from this poem.

Autumn In the Air Hooray

Autumn In The Air - Hooray

Respite from punishing 
     heat wave - yay
which above line,
     could "speak" volumes,
     and be a stand alone poem
     offering readers
     a reprieve nsync 
     whence roasting, sultry,

     and torpid unpleasant 
     weather since yesterday
boot such brevity,
     would disallow 
     me to extemporize,
but more importantly today
this intrepid word
     smith doth "say,"

he would never
     wanna miss trodding,
     the formerly (golden
     in their heyday now sketchy),
     sections of said roadway,
now where digital electronic
    rustily hinged, abandoned, 
     and gated haunting quay

a throwback, when
     private manned schooners
     (shaped like a beer stein),
     perhaps headed to Uruguay
could ply outlying
     waters of cyberspace,
     why... just yesterday
when my troubles

     did not seem so far away
versus this present opportunity
     to risk live and limb
(and Kong like wrath
     of my reed ding fans)
     while getting way
     laid "traveling as
     Wilburys soul survivor

     foreign ancient groupie,"
     the dangerous, derelict, and dicey
     dubiously dotting dilapidated,
     dark corners information
     super high way,
thus yours truly
     doth not heed,
     but flaunts like some cray

zee (NOT RICH, NOR ASIAN),
     but rather some gray
beard (grizzled), curmudgeon
     figuratively gnarled, toothless,
     and weatherbeaten lackaday
lay about good for nothing
     mellow flew wuss depraved
('cept mebbe "robbing"

     precious and special time
     of some bachelor
     farmer from Norway)
all the above
     essentially wrote for naught
merely (as diversion) to comment,
     how this September day wrought
ascent o' fought

     (a scent oh aught) tum caught
me wear'n a corduroy
     long sleeve shirt since...aye taut
a "FAKE" hungry 

     Grimm gimlet eyed trumpeting lout, 
     germane Don apprenticed 
     how to become cannibalizing 
     (without accountability) fuhrer, 

(and lastly rendering enemies  
     into sweet tasting sauerkraut),
this while learning das dialect 
     (tickle) Matt speak,

(which took me a lifetime),
     this preceding the
     quirky invention of the umlaut!

THE URGENCY OF HOPE

we're living in distressing times 
the nation's in disrepair 
War in Iran, social injustice 
ICE everywhere 
snd when we view the news 
We're totally dismayed 
Asking God why 
Things are happening this way?

An urgency hope 
Is much needed in this season 
For Jesus is the answer 
And our faith in him the reason 
The god of Hope 
Our spiritual force 
Our creator 
our omnipotent power source 

Let's not even discuss the political disarray 
Election deniers, federal indictments 
The mega cult acting cray cray 
Prisons for profit 
Where black lives now matter 
The educational system 
the right wing has now shattered 

An urgency of Hope 
Is much needed in this season 
For Jesus is the answer 
Our faith in him the reason 
The god of Hope 
Our spiritual force 
our creator 
our omnipotent power source 

Now it's time to seek
Hope most urgently
To no longer be overwhelmed 
by the adversary 
To look towards our blessed assurance 
In this life 
The almighty God who sent us a Savior 
Jesus the Christ 
As God is the only power strong enough 
To prevail 
with the ability to send all this evil corruption 
Back to hell 

An urgency of Hope 
Is much needed in this season 
For Jesus is the answer 
our faith in Him the reason 
The god of Hope 
Our spiritual force 
Our creator 
our omnipotent power source 

Hope is not gone 
It's our most precious commodity 
That which is the underpinning 
Of Christian humanity 
And now through the curtain of God's intersection 
We've arrived 
Full of Hope, gladness 
now eager to spiritually thrive 

An urgency of Hope 
Is much needed in this season 
For Jesus is the answer 
Our faith in him the reason 
The god of Hope 
Our spiritual force 
our creator
Our omnipotent power source

now deliberate in our method and manner 
Optimism filled to the brim 
With an urgency of Hope 
we now rely solely on Him 

An urgency of hope 
Is much needed in this season 
For Jesus is the answer 
Our faith in Him the reason 
The God of Hope 
Our spiritual Force 
Our creator 
our omnipotent power source 

An urgency of Hope 
Is much needed in this season 
For Jesus is the answer 
our faith in Him the reason 
The God of hope 
our spiritual force 
Our creator 
our omniscient power source
god
Form: Ballad

Premium Member Blue Caboose Train of Thought

This little kid is the best of me
Seems as if sometimes was raising me
Before he was winged was reading peeps
By age 2-3 he was cop blocking

Named him Tahj his life has a plan
He has the heart of a renaissance man
He’s methodical quite particular and
Middle name Micah like a prophet he’s grand
 
As a single mom I did not play
I was mean, I was kind, I was cray cray
Yet so divine is the power of love
He grew up fine despite times he stays up

The book of Micah is a reader for life sir
It’s a train of thought blue caboose

Took him to Carrowinds for a fun day
He looked at the coaster said “It don’t look safe”
Not many kids would think that way
So water log, bumper cars, arcade in the shade.

20 years later lupus gave me dilemma
Could barely walk lupus sucks I remember 
Feeling weak, wrong for being indigo ill 
But my number 1 son held it down with chill
 
The book of Micah is a reader for life sir.
It’s a train of thought blue caboose.
Form: Rhyme


Vox Populi

the leaders of tomorrow bravely take to the dais
justified their precious life, 
     liberty and pursuit of happiness - 
     stolen under their figurative nose) 

     asper an unparalleled heist 
recouping quintessential basic human rights, 
     and will NOT yield an inch 
     (or any other minuscule amount), 

     if for no other reason 
     (and many more valid claims prevail) 
     such inalienable American birthrights 

     (codified decrees endowing freedoms -
     tattered to shreds via frenzy of bullets) 
     guaranteeing harm inviolable unjustly out priced
     sacrificed by lax second amendment spiced

within wanton murderous sprees wherein assassin
literally calls the shots (supplanting 
     assigned storied halls with din 
of fire arms (acquired 

     from pennies on the dollar, 
     or bartered for a bottle of gin
within the underbelly (viz black market) 
     of society, where trigger happy jinn nee

     as slaughter sans killing fields mount 
     with resignation vis a vis 
     tocollective shrugging shoulders prithee
and upend safe havens i.e. storied academic re:

deuce sing self preservation (UNFAIRLY) 
     to activist minded students tree
ting each day as a survivalist course, thus WE

as coined on legal tender (E Pluribus Unum)
MUST unite against love affair with pistols, no matter 
     one or more mere mortals
     think Matthew Scott cray ZEE!

Wide Awake At Two Plus Hours After Midnight

Wide Awake At Two Plus Hours After Midnight...
(actually, now at present time juiced 
well nigh high noon same day)

On this January nineteenth
tooth thousand and nineteen
dogged by an earlier notion
searching soul to glean,
(while at Collegeville Diner)
above place previously wrought 
poem hammered from this peon
expounded possibly seen,

asper belated birthday
outing now I mean
to expound upon nagging, yet keen
existential question, sans what purpose
validates yours truly within skien
of terrestrial webbed wide world,
no...no...no not
simply pocketing green

backs (banknotes, legal,
tender, money, et cetera), but now bean
older, and displeasing lee not so lean
when just a slip (pre) youth decades ago
yea, that would be
when I hapt tubby a teen
with nary a concern,

nope not even to preen
myself much to the dismay
of my late mother, nay
no idea why lackadaisical, illogical,
and antithetical bee hay
vee yore prevailed, but more to the point
rarely when young and naive did stray
thoughts besiege my mind,

that LX vintage sketchy,
shady, and seedy gray
area bothered concerning,
hounding, pestering and fill lay
mignon noggin ready toboggan 
any price you say
for this staged coached blarney 
finding this mortal questioning... ray

zing meaning, purpose,
and underlying importance, gestalt, design...
of life more so today
meaning since recent past
also taking stock of
accomplishments from way
back, and feeling stymied okay
at a loss to delineate

any rhyme or reason
to shout hip...hip hooray
quite the contrary, which following
admission might appear cray zee,
but aye decry barely 
living capped off with oy vey!

Premium Member A Gummy Fisherman

A GUMMY FISHERMAN
By
Kevin L Fairbrother
The sheltered bay disguised what was to come
Around the headland we hit it head on
Four to five meter waves and breaking on top
And a wind that was building making lots of spray

A man takes many risks for a crayfish on his plate
For the pots needed to be pulled from the deep reef
Then baited with a fresh lot of stinking fish bait
Hoping to lure the wily crayfish into the pot

With the sea boiling the boat cut through the waves
Sending water and spray every which way
The fisherman holding on to keep their feet on deck
As the motors strain to keep a forward motion

The fishermen search for the buoys in the white water
As the rolling sea tosses them about like a cork in a bottle
The buoys know sighted make ready to haul the pots up
Hoping that they contain a few crayfish for their effort

There is no color in the first three pots, they are baited
Then tossed back into the rough and deep water
The last pot pulled and on the deck contains one small cray
Not a keeper, what a bummer, throw him back to grow bigger

With head down low kneeling on the deck
The rotten bait smells so ghastly get up my nose
Dry reaching, pale and feeling quite sick
I heave it up and let it flow over the side

Boy oh boy did I let the sickness flow
Breakfast, dinner and tea all in one go
I heaved it up my false teeth went with it
Over the side and into the boiling sea

Feeling miserable and quite ill, we headed back
To the bay and much calmer water
I thought about my teeth now in the water
Maybe a Gummy shark ate them up?

So now I fish the bay with a toothless mouth
And I target the Gummy Shark, hoping in vain
That one day whilst fishing, I will be lucky 
And catch the Gummy that has a toothy smile

AN URGENCY OF HOPE

we're living in distressing times 
the nation's in disrepair 
war in Iran, social injustice 
ICE everywhere 
and when we view the news 
we're totally dismayed 
now asking God why 
things are happening this way?

an urgency hope 
Is much needed in this season 
Jesus is the answer 
our faith in Him the reason 
the God of Hope 
our spiritual force 
our creator 
our omnipotent power source 

let's not even discuss 
the current political disarray 
election deniers, federal indictments 
the MAGA cult acting cray cray 
prisons for profit 
where Black lives now matter 
our educational system 
the Right Wing has completely shattered 

an urgency of Hope 
Is much needed in this season 
Jesus is the answer 
our faith in Him the reason 
the God of hope 
our spiritual force 
our creator 
our omnipotent power source 

now is the time to seek
hope most urgently
to no longer be overwhelmed 
by the adversary 
to look towards God
our blessed assurance in this life 
the Almighty One who sent us a Savior 
Jesus the Christ 
as God is the only power strong enough 
to prevail 
with the ability to send all this evil corruption 
straight back to hell 

an urgency of hope 
Is much needed in this season 
Jesus is the answer 
our faith in Him the reason 
the God of Hope 
our spiritual force 
our creator 
our omnipotent power source 

hope is not gone 
It's our most precious commodity 
that which is the underpinning 
of Christian humanity 
and now through the curtain of God's intersection 
We've arrived 
full of hope, gladness 
now eager to spiritually thrive 

An urgency of hope 
Is much needed in this season 
Jesus is the answer 
our faith in Him the reason 
the God of hope 
our spiritual force 
our creator
our omnipotent power source

now deliberate in our method and manner 
optimism filled to the brim 
with an urgency of hope 
we now rely solely on Him 

an urgency of hope 
Is much needed in this season 
yes Jesus is the answer 
our faith in Him the reason 
the God of Hope 
our spiritual Force 
our creator 
our omnipotent power source 

an urgency of Hope 
Is much needed in this season 
yes Jesus is the answer 
our faith in Him the reason 
the God of hope 
our spiritual force 
our creator 
our omniscient power source
god
Form: Ballad

Cray Arcade

Bouncing off of the walls, 
Blind, 
Unwinding, 
Dimes and nickels, 
In a pickle, 
The Reaper's Sycle... 
Fickle but NOT sick as of yet, 
Prick, 
Just a bit, 
Fizzy fizz, 
Whizzing tricked, 
Gipped NOT, 
Grateful a lot, 
NOT a robot.. 
I sought this, 
Somehow, 
I will still bow, 
As of now, 
As a cow, 
Rowdy hound, 
Another town, 
I might drown, 
Just at the sound, 
Of how I know I am, 
But am NOT a clown,
Crazy, hazy days,
Lost but found, 
On solid ground, 
Look at what I have to sow, 
Maybe it will grow, 
No one knows, 
God does,
 I  up.  
Still a Thunder Duck, 
That is like it was when I took off my trucks, 
Hopefully, there will still be some thrills,
Possibly good luck, 
If NOT it would me being a deeming stuck, 
-up, 
In the gutter,
D.I.D, Stutter?  
Or was that the other me...
There is no one.  
I believe things come in threes, 
On my knees, 
If you please, 
I will cease any decrees, 
To say cheese one more time, 
Hopefully more, 
What is in store is NOT up to me, 
I will say she...
Might still believe in me, 
Geez, 
The Bees knees are NOT what I got, 
It is the lot of the hot propped galoshes, 
That can wade through this storm, 
Born and born again, 
I will still be your friend... 
No one would depend, 
In the end, 
But on me?  
Yeah, let us see, 
I can do better, 
Every day and forever, 
No ties hopefully have been severed, 
If they have, 
I know an architect, 
Somehow, we MUST erect a bridge, 
Let me move a fridge or two, 
I will share what is in line with you, 
I am with a new crew, 
Do what you do...
Dude...
It takes two, 
Tango, 
Salsa, 
Mango Creme Brulé...
What do you say? 
Babe?

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