{"id":5377,"date":"2023-06-26T09:33:43","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T14:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/?p=5377"},"modified":"2023-06-26T16:38:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-26T21:38:10","slug":"speaking-of-ai-bard-reviews-something-wonderful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/speaking-of-ai-bard-reviews-something-wonderful\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaking of AI, Bard reviews Something Wonderful"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I asked <a href=\"http:\/\/bard.google.com\">Bard.google.com<\/a> to review Something Wonderful<br \/>\nusing the prompt \u201cWrite a review of Paul Jones\u2019 poetry collection, \u201cSomething Wonderful.\u201d\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nPaul Jones&#8217;s poetry collection Something Wonderful is a feast for the senses. The poems are full of vivid imagery, humor, and a deep appreciation for the beauty of the natural world. Jones&#8217;s poems range from the personal to the political, but they all share a common thread of wonder and delight.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things that makes Something Wonderful so enjoyable is Jones&#8217;s use of language. He is a master of the unexpected image, and his poems are full of surprises. For example, in the poem &#8220;The Whale,&#8221; Jones compares the inside of a beached whale to &#8220;a library of what has gone wrong.&#8221; This unexpected image is both jarring and funny, and it perfectly captures the sense of both wonder and sadness that the speaker feels in the poem.<\/p>\n<p>Another thing that makes Something Wonderful so special is Jones&#8217;s ability to find beauty in the everyday. In the poem &#8220;Porch,&#8221; Jones writes about the simple pleasure of sitting on a porch and watching the world go by. He writes, &#8220;The world is a beautiful place, \/ even when it&#8217;s not.&#8221; This simple statement is both profound and true, and it perfectly captures the essence of Jones&#8217;s poetry.<\/p>\n<p>Something Wonderful is a collection of poems that will stay with you long after you finish reading them. The poems are full of joy, sorrow, humor, and insight, and they offer a unique perspective on the world. If you are looking for a poetry collection that will make you laugh, cry, and think, then Something Wonderful is the perfect book for you.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some additional thoughts on the collection:<\/p>\n<p>Jones&#8217;s poems are often funny, but they also have a deep emotional resonance.<br \/>\nThe poems are full of vivid imagery that brings the world to life.<br \/>\nJones has a gift for capturing the beauty of the natural world.<br \/>\nThe poems are both personal and political, and they offer a unique perspective on the world.<br \/>\nOverall, Something Wonderful is a beautiful and thought-provoking collection of poems that is sure to stay with you long after you finish reading it. I highly recommend it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I asked Bard.google.com to review Something Wonderful using the prompt \u201cWrite a review of Paul Jones\u2019 poetry collection, \u201cSomething Wonderful.\u201d\u201d Paul Jones&#8217;s poetry collection Something Wonderful is a feast for the senses. The poems are full of vivid imagery, humor, and a deep appreciation for the beauty of the natural world. Jones&#8217;s poems range from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5377"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5379,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5377\/revisions\/5379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/pjones\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}