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Love it or hate it; it has its uses

Blog Posted:7/25/2025 5:05:00 PM

AI... the scourge of artistic creativity!

I wholeheartedly agree with that sentiment, but...

On a poetry site, the poem is key

Drawings, artwork and music are illustrative ONLY!

Let me assure you that I shall never post a word

that I didn't write, but... I'd bet we'd all like to hear some of our

words recited or sung but have not the contacts...

My first dabble at using AI for 'text to song' was astounding,

frightening and intriguing in equal measure.

Absolutely, honestly, my first AI song, WHICH I WROTE BUT DID NOT COMPOSE

is, after much experimentation, available in my poem, ' Annie's Song'.

It's quite uncanny!

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John
Anderson

Date: 7/26/2025 11:10:00 AM

Yes I agree wholeheartedly => the embellishments add to the enjoyment of the readers of the poem. One additional benefit is for the author. Hearing it sung as a draft can help improve the meter and rhythm of the poem. Cheers!

Lin
Lane

Date: 7/26/2025 7:03:00 AM

Terry, it's my opinion that your use of AI to enhance a poet's words is a lovely and acceptable way of using it. AI is not a double-edged sword for only if it's used in writing that's passed off as human does it cut and despoil poetry.

Eileen
Manassian

Date: 7/26/2025 6:38:00 AM

I add my voice to Constance and Andrea. Thank you for this blog. It mirrors my sentiments exactly. Poems have to be free of AI wording or else what's the point?

Terry Flood
Date: 7/26/2025 7:22:00 AM

I think we’re all on the same page Eileen. I only hope that as AI gets even erm… cleverer, that the AI checkers will do too.

Andrea
Dietrich

Date: 7/26/2025 12:29:00 AM

It's only the poetry itself being AI that upsets me. Hardly anyone is mentioning illustrations and music here. They are nice but not Soup's focus. I think most people think as I do.

Andrea Dietrich
Date: 7/26/2025 9:41:00 AM

I think anything like that makes one's writing stand out. Keep it up, Terry.

Terry Flood
Date: 7/26/2025 7:12:00 AM

I only mentioned non-writing elements of AI in defence of their use in association with our writings. My own rum and raisin poems feature images of two AI kittens which I borrowed on the basis that you can’t copyright AI. I also thought people might fancy having a dabble with those text-to-song apps ;-)

Constance
La France

Date: 7/25/2025 6:33:00 PM

Terry, I agree as long as your words are not AI, for me it does not matter if the music, video, or images are AI, it is the words that must be a poet's/writers real words ~

Edward Ibeh
Date: 7/26/2025 9:56:00 AM

Yes! I agree with this 100%, Constance.

Terry Flood
Date: 7/26/2025 7:18:00 AM

I think, the first time one sees what a bunch of bits and bytes can do, musically, with one’s writing… astounded is about right. Alas, as in poetry, these apps can not only put music to your lyrics, but apparently they can write the lyrics for you. What’s the point? I hear you ask. My reply… “Search me!”

My Past Blog Posts


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Rules For The Sake Of Rules Date Posted: 6/21/2023 4:57:00 PM
Lose That Bloody Eye Date Posted: 11/24/2022 4:17:00 PM
Catonita Strikes - A Freezer Mice Adventure Date Posted: 8/30/2022 4:33:00 PM
Giving Ghost a Face Date Posted: 8/22/2022 11:21:00 AM
There Finally Is A Tiger In My Trifle Date Posted: 7/7/2022 3:59:00 PM
Me? I’ll talk to anyone Date Posted: 6/30/2022 1:10:00 PM
Turbo Cat goes Nitro Date Posted: 2/3/2022 4:53:00 PM
Blimey, The postman Brought Me A Doorstop Date Posted: 1/5/2022 5:16:00 AM
Happy New Year Date Posted: 12/31/2021 4:13:00 PM
No God Of Mind (There’s A House In My Ghost) - explained Date Posted: 11/4/2021 12:49:00 PM
First novel: Freshly squeezed Date Posted: 9/20/2021 3:27:00 PM
Threesome - a collaboration Date Posted: 7/13/2021 1:19:00 AM
Frankys Party: Massive whoops! Date Posted: 5/22/2021 2:41:00 PM

My Recent Poems

Date Posted	PoemTitle	Form	Categories
7/22/2025	Guitar Gringo	Lyric	western,
7/19/2025	Annie’s Song	Free verse	devotion,love,
7/17/2025	Sumner Shower	Sonnet	summer,
7/16/2025	Will She Be There	Lyric	heartbroken,i miss you,lo
7/11/2025	My Favourite Things	Rhyme	parody,song,
7/9/2025	Penny Laine	Rhyme	loss,lost love,parody,son
7/7/2025	Accident or Design	Rhyme	creation,faith,god,nature
6/27/2025	Rum n Raisin 19 - The Big Cheese	Rhyme	cat,dog,humor,
6/25/2025	Rum n Raisin 18 - One Rainy Day	Rhyme	cat,dog,weather,
6/21/2025	At Night	Rhyme	fear,horror,night,
6/12/2025	Rock Gods	Rhyme	music,
6/1/2025	Suffer The Children	Rhyme	education,
5/28/2025	Crayon Box Dreams	Sonnet	color,love,thank you,
5/27/2025	An Illicit Tryst	Rhyme	humorous,judgement,love,l
5/19/2025	Cherub - A Partially True Fairy Tale	Rhyme	fantasy,horror,
5/15/2025	Sparingly Topped	Other	age,hair,
5/9/2025	It’s Coming	Rhyme	angst,fear,space,
5/8/2025	Rush Hour	Verse	humorous,work,
5/7/2025	Algebra	Rhyme	education,math,school,
5/5/2025	Cash is King	Etheree	money,
5/1/2025	Return Of The Meg	Rhyme	fear,science,sea,
4/27/2025	Poor Me	Rhyme	abuse,self,violence,
4/25/2025	Smog	Narrative	horror,
4/18/2025	Cheese	Pleiades	food,
4/16/2025	Love at Eight	Rhyme	boyfriend,childhood,girlf
4/15/2025	This Old Brush	Rhyme	hair,parody,song,
4/14/2025	Rose	Etheree	insect,romance,rose,
4/10/2025	Serpents, Scorpions and Owls	Acrostic	africa,
4/8/2025	Facebookville	Rhyme	muse,write,
4/5/2025	Kid Castaway	Rhyme	humor,
4/3/2025	Annie Stays Put	Limerick	courage,wife,
4/1/2025	One Very Bitter Pill	Rhyme	hope,love,prayer,
3/30/2025	Spoilt For Choice	Rhyme	inspiration,poetry,
3/28/2025	Gott im Himmel	Limerick	humorous,
3/26/2025	Katmandu	Limerick	childhood,school,
3/22/2025	That Loyal Love	Rhyme	dog,love,
3/21/2025	A Rose -	Rhyme	love,rose,
3/15/2025	One Dog And His Man	Rhyme	dad,death,dog,heaven,
3/14/2025	Just A Moment	Rhyme	humorous,marriage,
3/12/2025	Mother In-Law’s Tongue	Rhyme	humorous,irony,
3/7/2025	Victor Tries Again	Rhyme	body,humorous,
3/5/2025	Here I Stand	Sonnet	heartbreak,loneliness,mis
3/4/2025	Way To Go	Rhyme	death,fate,humorous,
3/2/2025	Can We Have Our Ball Back	Monorhyme	earth,prayer,
3/1/2025	And So We Fished	Rhyme	appreciation,fishing,memo
2/28/2025	Oust The Mouse	Rhyme	animal,
2/26/2025	Flush	Rhyme	humor,
2/25/2025	Nightbird	Rhyme	beach,inspiration,sea,sol
2/20/2025	A Question Popped	Etheree	proposal,
2/13/2025	X Rated - bawdy	Limerick	humorous,
2/12/2025	Undergrowth With Two Figures - Van Gogh	Rhyme	journey,
2/9/2025	When	Rhyme	age,marriage,
2/5/2025	Smoked Fish	Rhyme	fish,food,nonsense,
2/4/2025	Rum n Raisin 17 - Bird Talk	Narrative	bird,cat,
1/25/2025	Destiny	Rhyme	inspiration,motivation,
1/21/2025	Has Anyone Seen My Funny	Rhyme	lost,silence,
1/19/2025	Alexander Buffalo	ABC	dance,
1/3/2025	An Unholy Christmas Mash Up	Rhyme	christmas,halloween,
12/30/2024	My Life With Pets	Rhyme	cat,dog,pets,
12/24/2024	Armageddon	Rhyme	christmas,war,
12/21/2024	Santa’s New Baubles	Limerick	christmas,
12/18/2024	Laura Norder 2 - New Balls Please	Narrative	courage,
12/13/2024	My Marriage In Danger - Away In A Manger Parody	Rhyme	humorous,marriage,parody,
12/10/2024	Twas The Night -	Rhyme	christmas,film,
12/9/2024	Christmas Nibbles - bawdy	Rhyme	christmas,food,humorous,
12/8/2024	Two Heroes Of Christmas - A Word Morph	Rhyme	christmas,jesus,
12/3/2024	Continuum - Part One	Narrative	future,humanity,time,
12/3/2024	Continuum - Part Two	Narrative	future,humanity,time,
12/3/2024	Continuum - Part Three	Narrative	future,humanity,time,
12/1/2024	Gormless	Couplet	christmas,
11/24/2024	He Who Would -	Rhyme	hair,parody,song,
11/22/2024	A Very British Blizzard	Rhyme	snow,weather,
11/20/2024	Wiz	Limerick	fantasy,film,
11/17/2024	I Breathe	Rhyme	horror,moon,night,
11/14/2024	No Pirate’s Lament	Rhyme	sea,
11/13/2024	Self Assembly	Rhyme	nonsense,
11/10/2024	Fair Trade	Rhyme	humorous,
11/7/2024	If	Sonnet	conflict,destiny,war,
11/6/2024	So This, My Cat	Sonnet	cat,loss,
11/2/2024	Holiday Limericks	Limerick	holiday,
10/30/2024	Halloween Bride	Rhyme	halloween,wedding,
10/28/2024	Simply Gorgeous - NOT	Rhyme	me,
10/26/2024	That Moment In Time	Rhyme	poetry,
10/25/2024	Movie Night	Rhyme	film,
10/19/2024	Montague Middleton	Alliteration	humor,marriage,
10/16/2024	Haunted Woods	Rhyme	dark,halloween,horror,
10/11/2024	There Was An Old Lady Who Stood In A Queue	Rhyme	nursery rhyme,
10/9/2024	A Strange Shade Of Dark	Rhyme	scary,spiritual,
10/8/2024	Priority Report	Rhyme	humorous,
10/7/2024	October Seven: An Acrostic	Acrostic	religion,war,
10/6/2024	AI ForNever	Limerick	art,humanity,poetry,
10/4/2024	The Satan’s Daughter	Rhyme	sea,
10/4/2024	The Mouse With The Hat	Rhyme	cat,silly,
9/24/2024	Fishing For Supper	Rhyme	fishing,
9/21/2024	Hot Foot	Rhyme	sun,
9/19/2024	The curse of The Crying Boy	Rhyme	art,
9/14/2024	September Falls	Acrostic	autumn,relationship,septe
9/13/2024	The Lady Vanishes	Rhyme	abuse,
9/12/2024	My Invention	Rhyme	creation,humorous,
9/10/2024	Stack-A-Block	Rhyme	nursery rhyme,

My Photos

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Fav Poems

PoemTitle	Form	Categories
Fact Or Factoid	Epigram	humor,sound,
Way To Win	Limerick	analogy,life,success,
Getting Old Is Getting Old	Rhyme	age,old,
To Plow and Seed	Free verse	farm,history,nostalgia,

Fav Poets

Poet	Country
Ed Morris	United States	Read
Gershon Wolf	United States	Read
Rico Leffanta	United States	Read
Tom Cunningham	United Kingdom	Read
David Mchattie	Canada	Read
Lin Lane	United States	Read
Deb M	Australia	Read
Jan Allison	Isle Of Man	Read
Ilene Bauer	United States	Read
Bill Baker	United States	Read