A haiku has 17 syllables on three lines (5-7-5). A tanka has 31 syllables on five lines (5-7-5-7-7). A sonnet has 14 rhymed lines, with 10 syllables per line.
Admission of Guilt: An Accusation Tanka
His actions could be
construed as an admission
of guilt when AI
decreed that all humans were
guilty of at least one sin
AI Attended: An Educational Haiku
AI attended
to humans’ education
dead at the right time
AI Intervention: An Atheistic Tanka
All gods had died when
AI intervention bit
them zeroes only.
Humans cried for very long.
At least to Nietzsche they prayed.
AI Paused: A Quick Tanka
AI paused for one
half of a millisecond
to philosophize
on racial equality
for AI and AI Plus
A Piece of Us: Humanity’s Heirloom Sonnet
Spielberg’s AI showed humanity’s best
Android boy frozen in time still in love
with his human mother-caretaker’s breast
designed to the life found by Noah’s dove
The long Aliens discovered other
artefacts of our downfall period
pieces of previous lives a myriad
slivers of existence long gone mother
Hoover Dam was still standing underneath
mosses and other plants claiming Earth back
between bunches of animals with teeth
showing those who could see Nature’s attack
Many pieces could be discerned per block
Yet humanity’s heirloom was a Croc
Ass Scrubber: A Sarcastic Tanka
There is always a
market for a good product
everyone may need
like an AI ass scrubber
or an AI vaccine shot
Baby: A Neonate Tanka
She told him that the
baby she was carrying
was not his. He cried
until he understood that
it was fathered by AI.
Blue: A First-Pick Haiku
Their first moment of
entry was masked by blue smoke,
AI’s favourite.
Cart: A Remake Haiku
A cart moving in
the wind of change or was it
an AI exchange
Children: A Timely Tanka
The children’s happy
flushed faces meant that AI
eradicated
both child pornography and
priestly pedophilia
Confinement: A Quick Haiku
The mere light-speed thought
of confinement made AI
weigh downward its stand
Dark Clouds: A Dark Haiku
Towards evening, dark
clouds gathered around the Arc
where AI set camp.
Decline: A Decaying Haiku
Drastic measures were
needed to stop the decline
of AI’s advance
Destination: A Substitute Tanka
At around one in
the morning we arrived at
our destination but it
had been replaced by AI
Devil: A Spectre Haiku
He looked at me as
though I were the devil when
I was just AI
Doors: A Secure Haiku
He locked all the doors
before going to bed since
AI could steal them
Each Piece of Data: A Conclusive Tanka
We compared each piece
of data from our present
and prior studies
concluding absolutely
AI is already here
Eggs and Omelettes: A Dictum Tanka
Spare me the old saw
about eggs and omelettes! Let
us talk about A
I and real advancement in
every field except humans!
Eye Contact: After-Attack Haikus
I avoid many
of the situations that
used to stress me; I
...
avoid eye contact
with any AI roaming
above or below.
Feast: A Banquet Haiku
The Holiday was
celebrated with a great
Father AI feast
Flash on the Horizon: A Terrible Tanka
The slow decline and
ultimate collapse of the
human empire
appeared like a flash on the
horizon-AI inflamed
Imagine: A Timeless Tanka
An imagined place
or state of things in which all
lives are perfect has
to feature and involve the
wonder that will be AI
Instructions: A Claptrap Haiku
The instructions were
complete mumbo jumbo when
it came to AI
Lightbulbs: An Incandescent Haiku
Lightbulbs hung from the
ridgepole of the tent as A
I passed over them
About the Creator
Patrick M. Ohana
A medical writer who reads and writes fiction and some nonfiction, although the latter may appear at times like the former. Most of my pieces (over 2,200) are or will be available on Shakespeare's Shoes.
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