Author name: Dan Swanson

I’d rather have a puppy than a narwhal. A narwhal cannot curl up near your knees. It’s hard to go […]

It shouldn’t be a source of shame to own mistakes and shoulder blame. We earn respect in others’ eyes by

I’m proud that every poem I’ve penned was A.I.-free from start to end. Each time I’ve rhymed, the words I’ve

The best defense against regret is working hard for what you get.

There’s a bunch of rich folks who we see in the news who want A.I. to win and, thus, H.I.

I can amble, I can strut, I can stroll like I don’t care, but I’ve learned what really matters isn’t

A dream deferred does not dissolve, but hope unstirred will not evolve. To take a dream and make it real,

The poignancy of poetry the human mind creates outshines the pallor of all poems that A.I. generates.

Some words cut deep. Some words make whole. Choose words that suture up your soul.

We are each a swarm of atoms briefly gathered in one place, and one day that bonds that bind us