“Hope For Nature” – An AI-written poem for Earth on Earth Day 2023
5/1/23 UPDATE – Yes, yes, I know, it’s past earth day now…I got busy and didn’t have time to actually post this on Earth Day. I still wanted to share. Forgive me.
So this year for Earth day, I thought about trying to do something to connect with my creative side: write a poem or a piece of music dedicated to the planet. But time passed and I never got anything good or worth posting about, and so it occurred to me that it might be interesting to see what comes of a request to one of the buzziest things this year: AI text generators.
I thought, why not. Let’s see what it comes up with.
So I prompted it with…
“Write a short poem about nature and the environment and the damage we are doing to it, but end with a message of hope.”
And what it came up with is actually not half bad…Certainly far better than I could do. So I again thought, why not. Let’s share it.
So here it is, written by ChatGPT 4, titled (by the AI)…
Hope For Nature
The trees once stood so tall and proud,
The air was fresh, the sky was loud,
But now the world is filled with smoke,
And nature’s heart begins to choke.
The oceans once were pure and blue,
The creatures swam, they danced, they knew,
But now the seas are filled with waste,
And nature’s tears begin to taste.
But though we’ve done so much harm,
And caused such pain and such alarm,
There’s still a chance for us to heal,
To change our ways, to make things real.
So let us work with all our might,
To make the wrong things right,
To heal the earth, to mend its wounds,
To give back what we’ve consumed.
For nature’s beauty can endure,
If we become its friend, its cure,
And though the road may be long,
We’ll find a way to make it strong.
Not half bad
Honestly, it may not be Shakespeare, but I don’t think I could’ve done better. Maybe I could have it rewrite it in the style of Shakespeare…Oooh boy. Here starts something…
Thanks for taking the time to read this silly post, everyone. Happy Earth Day.
