The Weird And The Wonderful! Poem by Denis Martindale

I can remember the Commodore 64 games computer.
The data cassette programs installed each exciting game.
The dot matrix printer I bought created the printouts.
My poems got printed using the Commodore 64 BASIC codes.
The Commodore 64 magazines had free programs and games.
One day, I even bought some word-processing software.

Later on, I went to College and studied word processing.
I designed poetry websites and Internet tutorials as well.
Soon enough, we got our own Windows computer at home.
Then came the computer magazines and their free programs.
Paint Shop Pro 5 is something I've used for over 20 years.
And here I am now, using artificial intelligence resources.

There are millions of free photos available on the Internet.
I love to install fancy-free bold and italic fonts like LORA.
Shareware websites offer free utility programs every day.
Some websites offer fantastic holiday discounts now and then.
I can even get updated email notifications of new forum posts.
Today's technology surrounds me and fills the house with Wi-Fi.

Grammarly is free and can help me to get my new poems checked.
The Quora website offers lots of information to share, too.
When I visit some websites, I can use detailed text-to-image prompts.
Or I can use a new poem's text and see what images get created.
I check YouTube to see the videos that A.I. helped to make.
The photo-realistic examples show the fantastic genius at work.

Smart TVs add their selections of apps and extra channels.
Remote controls change the colour and contrast settings.
And so it goes on and on, always seeking more, more, more.
Brain-powered neural networks are on their way, too.
Then what? Then what? Then what? Then what?
Eh?


Denis Martindale, for the 1st of February 2025.