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When a journalist by the name of Lee

When a journalist by the name of Lee

Wrote a story about me

I threatened to sue

But my lawyer, named Lou

Said, “but sir, every word of it is true!”.

Why AI won’t work. Probably.

While one can never say never, I think that Matthew may well be correct.

Matthew Wright

One of the main tropes of science fiction has to be the self-aware robot or computer – one mobile, the other not, but both presented as self-aware and able to think as we do, although often better.

I think, therefore I am a slide rule.

Often, Frankenstein-style, the AI develops malevolence. That was a trope long before HAL; virtually all of Asimov’s robot stories from the 1940s onwards were designed to...

There Was a Young Lady Named Lou

There was a young lady named Lou

Who wrote a book all about glue.

It was a tome most vast

And it’s pages being stuck fast

I could not read that book …

Gentlemen in Business Suits

Gentlemen in business suits

Dream of girls who lose

Their boots

And …

 

To choose.

To command.

Who does what

When man’s blood is hot

And her’s is not?

 

Keeping the wolf away

Is, they say

The reason why

Some girls go with a random guy.

But many would rather die

Than choose

To lose

Their shoes …

 

Bare

Bare branch

Grey sky

And I

 

Elsewhere girls dance

While I

Have this grey sky

And branch bare.

There Was A Young Man Called Moat

There was a young man called Moat

Who wrote a poem about a goat

While out at sea

With a girl named Leigh

And a rather vicious stoat!

Some Men Delight in Stockings and Suspenders

Some men delight in stockings and suspenders

While others smile

At legs bare.

Still others are pretenders

And care

Not to say

Which way

They in truth

Swing

Lest the roof

Fall in, destroying everything

SittingHere in My Dressing Gown

Sitting here, in my dressing gown

I frown

At the dull sky.

Perhaps there is nothing to say

On this rainy winter’s day.

 

 

 

 

Competition to win a free audio download of “The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems”

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To celebrate the release of the audio edition of “The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems”, on 29 November, (www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Writers-Pen-and-Other-Poems-Audiobook/B07KPPQ2K2), I am offering 2 free copies of the audio edition to readers who are based in the United Kingdom. I hope to run a similar offer for readers elsewhere in the near future.

 

The rules:

 

There are 2 free audio downloads of “The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems” available to readers based in the UK. The first 2 people to em...

“The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems” is now available as an audio download

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I am delighted to announce that my book, “The Writer’s Pen and Other Poems” is now available, as an audio download. To listen to a free sample, or to purchase the audio edition of “The Writer’s Pen” please visit the following links:

 

Amazon UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07KPPG98M/.

Amazon.com – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07KPN8LT3/

Audible UK – https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Writers-Pen-and-Other-Poems-Audiobook/B07KPPQ2K2?qid=1543492108&sr=sr_1_1&ref=a_search_c3_lProduct_1_1&pf_rd_p=...