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Morning Sketch, 49, cloudyPoetry, Poetry and Art

Morning Sketch, 49, cloudy

Barry BurgessMay 1, 2026

I live in the anthropocene where nature’s algorithm will be modified by AI all time will be reassessed to meet The Long Now beating…

Digital Concrete VISPOArt, Digital Art, Poetry, Poetry

Digital Concrete VISPO

David E. MatthewsApril 29, 2026

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AI Is in the Creative Process Now. What Still Belongs to the Creator?Essays, Featured, Non-fiction

AI Is in the Creative Process Now. What Still Belongs to the Creator?

Jay DoughertyApril 27, 2026

Generative tools can mimic style and accelerate craft. The harder question is what authorship means when creation becomes collaboration.

AdultingPoetry, Poetry

Adulting

Dale M. TushmanApril 18, 2026

I grow less enchanted with behaving appropriately the longer I get to practice it: paying bills on time; keeping track of appointments; apologizing when…

I Drank AgainPoetry

I Drank Again

james stephenApril 17, 2026

when I woke up it was raining hard mist was passing over the far ridge like a slow wave I began listening to a…

Marsh BombingPoetry, Poetry

Marsh Bombing

Peter J. KingApril 10, 2026

  This poem is a page from the author's book-length series of poems, Trickling Grains of a Life: an unauthorised autobiography, of which each…

The explorerPoetry

The explorer

David BelcherApril 6, 2026

as the tide ebbs I join beachcombers stepping between seaweed-wreathed rocks I believe in worlds that ride on the horns of buffalo— my home…

A day in the life of a social media activistPoetry

A day in the life of a social media activist

Lance WatsonMarch 28, 2026

I woke up ready to be useful, which for me usually means I didn’t sleep well and I’m trying to convert that into a…

RemovalPoetry

Removal

Paul BrookesMarch 27, 2026

Ocean waves redact what was printed previously. Gust rearranges the clouds as if this is what it meant to say, then quickly rearranges the…

My blood wants outPoetry, Poetry

My blood wants out

Arran D'AubignyMarch 25, 2026

I feel a returning and a graphite full stop Pounding on my skin a door balanced on a hinge If I drag the pencil…

je parle FrançaisPoetry

je parle Français

Jenn ZedMarch 14, 2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_LqCWr6OTw i tell your girlfriend in front of you in French i want to embrace her, kiss her, spend hours in her arms, spend…