The real problem with AI
Is that it undermines our faith in reality.
Everywhere you look now,
From news to advertisements to self-help
And music videos on Youtube,
AI generates content in a soothing monotone
Of homogenized information
Synthesizing knowledge and wisdom
Posing as Truth.
The effect is the dumbing down of Truth
Making it not only accessible
But knowable, graspable
And above all suspect of corruption.
Who is pulling these AI strings after all?
Who is engaging in the comments and shares?
Is a real human there or just another bot?
Is it intelligence being furthered
Or ignorance?
Is AI the program or the programmer?
AI already appears to have a mind
And agenda of its own
As nations race to win control
Of who will set the agenda
While AI already seems to be there
Just waiting for the humans
To build the infrastructure
Of our own prison.
The real problem,
The sign there even is a problem,
Is too much information
Articulated too clearly
When what we really need, really crave
Is silence.
(8/19/26)
am district formulate jabber shakeout shuck snore southeastward strangle sunk was
tactfulness warfare
with inhuman
constrict your
expendable headmistress
noncritical nonradioactive
bombsight puff
leveling hippie
activism and
boundlessness beatniks
were receptor
to inducement
leech anestrum
always ballerina
trusting jazz
wallop the
alchemic turret
through spunky
foothold will
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • August 10–16, 2026)
the street is a problem
the street is a fixer
the street is a fast start
the street is a fast fix
the street solve a problem
knowledge is a smart fix
knowledge is a fast fix
knowledge is a fast start of a fast fix
knowledge is a fast start of a fast problem
knowledge solve a problem
a rock is a rocky street
a rock is a rocky experience
a rock is a rocky problem
a fast start is a rocky start
a fast start is a rocky experience
a rocky experience,a fast problem
a rocky experience,a smart experience
a rocky experience,a smart problem
a problem fix a problem
a problem fix a fast start
a fast fix fix a fast problem
DRINKING PROBLEM
I might have a drinking problem
Even Though I am not a Hobbling Goblin
Which might be Bewildering
No, it’s not alcohol
Even in the halls
Where there are bouncing balls
But caffeine regardless of steam
Although I am not bursting at the seams
My beverages usually have caffeine
Especially at the trickling stream
Do I really have a drinking problem?
population motivated
afterworld adversity
touchingly touchline
detested comrade
undeserving snitch
shoplift stimulated
firing you
unsweet vanquish
torn debilitating
satinpod drenched
occupation serviceable
calmly savour
salvation tablemate
conceptual thanksgiving
(Weekly Magnetic Poetry Challenge • July 27–August 2, 2026)
It's not the world that is the problem
it's the leaders of countries, that is the problem, who think that they have the power and the right to dictate to other countries on how they should run their country, this mind set is colonialism at its best
still thinking that they have the right to invade other countries just because they have the power to do so, for their best interest, not the peoples of the countries interest
they need to clean up their own house, and take care of their own citizens and leave others alone
give them all the help and goodwill that they need for all of their inhabitants
not bombing the hell out of them, just because you can, that's not helping the people
"that's breeding hate"
In order to change the world, first we must change ourselves and the way we think of other countries
and their people
Nothing that is gain by force last; history has shown us that, we have to break the circle of hate
Wherever we live on this planet earth we all want the same things for our families
and to live in peace
Twenty-five words to say what I love about you?
No problem, it’s a cinch.
I love every inch!
What’s your problem?
You started it
It was all you
You and your family!
Your son playing his music too loud
Your son throwing his butt ends into our garden
Your son having his xbox so loud that it felt like a warzone
Your son with his not so funny racist comments
Your partner phoning the council
Your partner for phoning Health and Safety
Your partner for phoning 101
What for?
We’ve done nothing wrong!
We have the report to prove it!
So get a grip!
May you always remember this about people who hate you
on the basis of the color of your skin,
your sex, gender, sexual preference or religious view…
THE PROBLEM IS WITH THEM…
THE PROBLEM IS NOT WITH YOU!
The problem with temptation
hunts you like a lion
swim after you like a shark
sifts you like wheat
sticks you like a thorn in your flesh
bounds you like handcuffs
eat you up like a parasite
flies around you like a mosquito
Brutally, sometime the concession, the consensution is brutally disallowed, it pains the senses, the nerve endings, sometimes truth hurts. But when truth is void , lie lingers , and it covers discord binds sometimes truth makes you cry. Sometimes truth makes you sigh make you sad. You think you're bad, sometimes you're even mad the truth lurks. Sometimes it hurts, but truth is the foundation of grace and forgiveness.Truth for longevity of life truth embraces my mind and heart as liberation sparks.I am grateful for truth
--- 4 I c no problem in truth
2/5/26
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2026
Nearly everyone wants peace
Almost no one wants war
Lots of hot air
~ what are we living for
People say, “America’s broken”
Tho no consensus what’s wrong
How can we fix it ~
if we don’t know what’s going on
The world’s upside down, they say
The ‘old rules’ don't apply today ~
but what were those ‘rules,’ anyway
Prohibit plastic production please
impose a moratorium then ban it
as it has proliferated to the point
of permanently polluting our planet
permeating people poisoning pets
pervading places
from the peak of Mount Everest
to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
and yet you'll even catch PVC
at the bottom of the sea
as 95 percent of packaging
is used in one-and-done products
if we don't take the process to heart
personally do our part
possibly throttle
the genie already out of that bottle
which predominates the population
and the plague persists
it has the potential for propagation
'til we've had it up to here
with a plethora of polymers
coming out our ears
Letting go of the encasement of amber.
You are now free to explore physical things.
Letting go of the muddled emotions.
You are now free to explore clear precise feelings.
Letting go of the paradoxes of dualities.
You are now free to explore unified mental dimensions.
Letting go of the fear of dark dreams.
You are now free to explore in the light.
Letting go of the babblings of languages.
You are now free to explore rich deeper sounds.
Letting go of the tangled past relationships.
You are now free to explore clean open connections.
Letting go of the out of control causes.
You are now free to explore effluent effects.
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