Chris Armstrong - Poet

Poet & writer. Having ceased to be an information scientist (or, even, a merchant navy officer) I now have time to do what I enjoy most at a computer: writing

[Chris Armstrong - Poet @chrisinwales]

A Poet in Wales: Latest poem
https://t.co/Ar0uxAqfbC

[Chris Armstrong - Poet @chrisinwales]

I have made a PDF of my article 'Conversations about the appropriate use of Artificial Intelligence, focusing on Large Language Model Implementations and ChatBots' available at https://t.co/Z41jQIq8r7
I hope it will generate some discussion.

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Among the reasons for needing trustworthy journalism that Stephen Sackur mentioned in next week’s Radio Times is “the potential reality-distortion of AI.” Here (and in 4 earlier posts) is why: https://t.co/ZfRp39a66m
#AI #RT #StephenSackur

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Good AI / Bad AI #4

ChatGPT on ChatGPT

https://t.co/F21XXoWAHp

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All of my books - along with art works, pottery, jewellery and other crafts from #ceredigionartandcrafttrail will be available at the Bandstand #exhibition in #aberystwyth from Fri 20 Sept - Mon 23rd. Come and visit us! #welshartists #poetry #artists #crafts #pottery

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Awesome Gang Book readers can see my book at https://t.co/KLejvu1p4S and my profile at: https://t.co/IhIvcWN2Fw #fiction #WriterCommunity #writerslife

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@mattinwales The whole view in reality is fundamentally more than the sum of its parts 😉

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If you have followed & enjoyed my serial poem this week, you can find more of my work in 3 collections available on Amazon: Mostly Welsh: Poems of Love and Loss; Book of the Spirit; and Lost Time. Until I publish another serial poem... enjoy!
#poem #serialpoem #poetry #PoemADay

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Verse 6 - last verse:

Dreaming at the rail midway twixt bow and bridge
I floated in an eternity whose border seemed as impossible
to define in that watery part of the world as was my fate.

#poem #serialpoem #poetry #PoemADay

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Verse 5:

two officers with sextants could be seen catching
the hazy sun at its zenith to balance it on a vague horizon
in an attempt to assess our indolent way.

#poem #serialpoem #poetry #PoemADay

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Verse 4:

the long swell neither troubled nor disturbed
our way, lazily lifting our bow before passing
to heft our stern unnoticed; on the bridge

#poem #serialpoem #poetry #PoemADay

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Verse 3:

the only interruptions to the swollen surface were
two flying fish breaking out of the sea's apathetic heave,
disregarded by uncaring dolphins;

#poem #serialpoem #poetry #PoemADay

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Verse 2:

the sea, barely disturbed by our bow, seemed
too leaden to do more than fall back as we pass,
its widening swell simply a dream of our existence;

#poem #serialpoem #poetry #PoemADay

[Chris Armstrong - Poet @chrisinwales]

I am experimenting with publishing a serial poem on X. Verse 1 today, verse 2 tomorrow... 6 verses in all...

Pacific Passage

The gray calm sloped to a horizon
that presented no visible separation
from the sky on whose mirror we floated;

#poem #serialpoem #poetry #PoemADay

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It's here! The Ceredigion Art & Craft Trail’s first show of the year starts tomorrow! Enjoy a stroll along the Aberystwyth sea front and stop in at the Bandstand to see us - anytime until late afternoon on Monday 27th May. Ceredigion is a county full of creative talent!

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The Spring edition of the Art & Craft Trail E-magazine is now available at:
https://t.co/N5UVcTCVOK

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@CambrianNews Would thoroughly recommend!