In response to Ethical ELA’s March prompt, I have recited a poem, an AI version using the tech tool Lumen5 and also using an analog version with the same tool. I have been using Lumen5 for many years and have watched its AI tools improve, but they are still not in the same league as my personal, handmade versions.

I have already written about this poem in my last post here where I crossed the threshold from analog to digital, using tech in self-reflexive and meditative ways.

Here is “my” (I hesitate to even use the scare quoted word) AI version of the poem with no interventions on my part.

A Shadow, Some Feedback, and Clear Rendered Opaque

A Shadow, Some Feedback, and Clear Rendered Opaque A shadow under my pen, trailing long with scratchy feet of peacock blue ink. Shadows auguring on the page, ever more distinct feedback as they near t

 

Here is my (I do not hesitate to use this without scare quotes) version of the poem with my own voice:

A Shadow, Some Feedback, and Clear Rendered Opaque:human voiceover

” A Shadow, Some Feedback, and Clear Rendered Opaque There is A shadow under my pen trailing long with scratchy feet of peacock blue ink. Shadows auguring on the page ever more distinct feedback as it

 

Lumen5  is a tool that pays back with interest the time and attention you invest.  It has a pay version, but the free version is full and functioning creative resource. Truly.  I have combined text, video, images, music and voiceover to create digital poetry.  Here is one that I am proud of. If anyone wants a quick adhoc tutorial on Zoom or Meet, let me know. I am happy to help. It makes me happy to help.