Craig Cornish Biography
My Biography is Coming Soon...

Moving On

Blog Posted by Craig Cornish: 8/20/2025 10:15:00 AM

Please Login to post a comment
Parker Avatar
August 29, 2025 at 7:55 AM
I like my poetry's imperfections; anyone can read it and know it came from me, as for AI, I haven't given it any thought at all. Why waste energy on something that will be here long after I'm gone, my attitude about AI winning contests is...so what, I suppose I could give my thoughts on those who are concerned about it, again, why waste the energy. As you can tell I'm all about not wasting energy, the world is crazy enough to worry about such a simple thing
Trestrail Avatar
August 21, 2025 at 2:53 AM
As a race the smarter we get the dumber we are.
Carmack Avatar
August 22, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Perhaps a new club? The A's? If we could only trust everyone not to use another word that starts with A.
Trestrail Avatar
August 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
You’re pretty awesome too, girl!
Nicole Avatar
August 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Keith, Rob and Tommy ! You guys are awesome ! While dealing with the blah, there's always a reason to smile. :)
Trestrail Avatar
August 21, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Rob, you hold the Soup copyright on “mic drop”. I couldn’t have carried it off with the same gravitas anyway. Should I need to push home a point in future I am leaning towards “hoo-ah” from Scent of a Woman.
Cornish Avatar
August 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Actually Mate, yes, the more we learn, the more we discover how much we don't know - too many don't/won't accept that truth, and AI never will - it's an infinite mirror?
Carmack Avatar
August 21, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Brandy - Keith is not used to doing mic drops, so we will have to help him. I am also waiting for AI's first mic drop.
Nicole Avatar
August 21, 2025 at 10:07 AM
@ Keith, your statement holds truth and you're right about the mic drop, Rob.
Carmack Avatar
August 21, 2025 at 7:19 AM
You should have ended that statement with a [mic drop].
Nicole Avatar
August 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Hi Craig, just letting you know that I moved on a long time ago. ' If AI writes better than us. ' What is better ? Who determines that ? We all write differently. A few like forms and others love free verse. Is one better than the other ? A computer is gathering words to create a poem. Hmmm, words we already know and use. This is called AI . . . I could have done that. You too. Oh, we all do. It's called * Poetry *
Cornish Avatar
August 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Know that Brandy -- sail on!!
Carmack Avatar
August 20, 2025 at 1:44 PM
I do believe that AI has deduced that we have to go. We will become the buggies in the museum. I see no other path unless God intervenes. Like you mentioned, it is best not to worry about it and enjoy what time we have left.
Cornish Avatar
August 20, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Dear Rob -- I pray we're not hopeless, yet Hal has been preordained---yes, I'm on the backside anyway but...still hope for the rest?
Haight Avatar
August 20, 2025 at 12:05 PM
I admire how you have written this, Craig, and yes, AI may improve our lives in many ways. But how does this resolve the dilemma for the poetry sponsors here at Poetry Soup or any other poetry site? Or for English and other teachers who need to grade compositions for tests that ensure the students have learned something? It creates an uneven balance between human thoughts and artificial mechanical ones, being judged on the same plane. Very worrisome to me.
Cornish Avatar
August 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Thanks Sandra - I truly think we'll be okay
Richards Avatar
August 20, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Sage words, Craig. Being authentic is admirable. Starting out over a decade ago, I was told that if what I am writing can't be identified per a form, I am wasting my time. Then Di11y Da11y put me on the right track: who says poetry should have a label or name, or be progressive from beginning to end with a conclusion? Her example has set me free. Yes, I had fun over the years with the forms (long before AI), but running a contest with "Any form" poses its own unique problems. Thinking of various ways of expressing ourselves is honouring the poet and each one's unique voice. At least the class is dismissed and we can let our hair down here among soup friends. Thanks for your, blog.
Cornish Avatar
August 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Charge on Su - you've got an inventive creative mind - thanks for sharing
Dietrich Avatar
August 20, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Nicely said. It is what it is with AI. We cannot let ourselves be consumed with worry over its being used.
Cornish Avatar
August 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Agreed AD - life's way too brief!

Previous Blogs

How Far
Date Posted: 5/19/2026 12:33:00 PM
Moving On
Date Posted: 8/20/2025 10:15:00 AM
Silence
Date Posted: 6/10/2025 11:29:00 AM
Wilderness of Mirrors
Date Posted: 5/22/2025 11:09:00 AM
Contest
Date Posted: 4/1/2025 12:35:00 PM
Expert Advice
Date Posted: 1/26/2025 6:49:00 AM
More Poetic Christmas Trivia
Date Posted: 12/4/2024 11:06:00 AM
Rudolph History
Date Posted: 12/3/2024 7:16:00 AM
what makes sense ---perspective
Date Posted: 11/30/2024 1:09:00 PM
The Optimist
Date Posted: 11/8/2024 9:11:00 AM
Modifier Monotony
Date Posted: 11/1/2024 11:16:00 AM
Complicated Simplicity
Date Posted: 10/8/2024 11:41:00 AM
AI and ME
Date Posted: 10/4/2024 8:28:00 AM
AIBS
Date Posted: 10/1/2024 2:04:00 PM
She's always a Woman
Date Posted: 8/5/2024 10:28:00 AM
Contest etc
Date Posted: 7/23/2024 3:17:00 PM
The Old Gentleman with the Amber Snuff-Box
Date Posted: 6/26/2024 1:06:00 PM
Melancholy Moon - Greg Barden
Date Posted: 6/23/2024 10:22:00 AM
The empty room contest
Date Posted: 6/10/2024 12:52:00 PM
Written Long Ago
Date Posted: 5/13/2024 2:17:00 PM
Silence SPEAKS
Date Posted: 5/11/2024 12:29:00 PM
Who Wrote about a Lamb Where?
Date Posted: 4/20/2024 7:13:00 AM
Some Tidbits on Writing
Date Posted: 3/27/2024 11:19:00 AM
Black and White
Date Posted: 3/22/2024 10:21:00 AM
Shizumano Taiyo Contest etc.
Date Posted: 3/3/2024 9:40:00 AM

My Photos


Get a Premium Membership
Turn off ads, get more exposure for your poetry, and get more features with a Premium Membership.
Book: Diverse Voices: The Poetry of Human Rights and the Pursuit of Peace