2026.07

Where's The American Dream?

"America Turned 250 Today — And the Dream It Was Built On Is a Pipe Dream: A Poet's July 4th Verdict on Work, Worth, and Who's Really Keeping the Lights On" -AI's Summary

2026.07

New Words for a New World

"The Internet Has Words for Everything — Except the Thing That Matters: Why One Poet's Friday Morning Manifesto May Be the Most Important Rebranding of 2026" -AI's Summary

The Book of Hope: Verse 4

In the Quiet of Cellars The Tale of The Genius: Verse 4, Part 1 As they descended the stairs, Hope deliberated when, and if, and how to tell Finn about the dragon. With all the other incredible things that occurred, and that Finn now had witnessed, surely a dragon wouldn&

The Book of Hope: Verse 3

The Fox and The Hound The Tale of the Genius: Verse 3, Part 1 The Genius and The Hound Dog were a few minutes walk to the boathouse when Langston stopped, barked once and ran off the path into the woods. Hope followed. When she caught up to him, he

The Book of Hope: Verse 2

Breakfast with the James The Tale of The Genius: Verse 2, Part 1 "Start the speech off with a joke or a poem, Faith." It was Hope's older adopted brother Finn, The Poet. "I've got one for you." He stood, raised his

The Book of Hope: Verse 1

Under The Ancient Skyscraper The Tale of The Genius: Verse 1, Part 1 Being twelve. Being a girl. Being a genius. Being beautiful. Being Black. None of those words meant what they said. Hope James was all of them. Down a small path, up a tall hill there's

2026.07 Featured

Replicas Wove

"AI Email Is a Note From the Dead — And Your Clients Can Already Tell: The July 4th Heat Wave Dispatch That Named What Everyone Is Feeling About Artificial Intelligence" -AI's Summary

2026.07

The District of Contradiction

"D.C. Doesn't Stand for 'District of Columbia' Anymore — A Poet Has a Better Name for It: The July 1st Dispatch That Says What Every American Is Already Thinking" -AI's Summary

2026.06 Featured

The Major Problem with AI

"He Was Killed in a Car Crash Mid-Sentence — And Learned to Walk Again While Writing the Most Important Argument Against AI Anyone Has Made in 2026" -AI's Summary

2026.06 Featured

Original Intelligence

"Theft Is Theft: The 300-Word Morning Dispatch That Coined the Term Every AI Debate in 2026 Has Been Missing" -AI's Summary

2026.06

Something More Worth Our Lives

"Empathy Makes Art; Ambition Entertains: The Sunday Morning Dispatch That Defines the Only Reason Worth Making Anything in 2026" -AI's Summary

2026.06

Making Words is Work

"Artists Are the Unpaid Tech Development Team for Every AI Product on Earth — And the Hourglass Has Already Started" -AI's Summary

2026.06

The Reason Why AI Can Never Write

"Machines Can't Care: The Four-Word Argument That Ends the AI Creativity Debate — Published the Friday Before the Week That Changed It" -AI's Summary

2026.06

The Substance and Not The Flash

"Words Are Enough: The Thursday Morning Manifesto That Called Out America's Moral Crisis — One Day Before the Week That Coined 'Original Intelligence'" -AI's Summary

2026.06

AI is Dead Language

"AI Is Dead Language: The Wednesday Morning Dispatch That Planted the Seed for 'Original Intelligence' — With the Five Words That Change the Entire AI Debate" -AI Summary

2026.06

This Great Opportunity to Share

"Words Work Where Numbers Fail: The Pre-Dawn Dispatch That Solves the Only Measurement Problem That Actually Matters in 2026 — and the Birds Already Knew the Answer" -AI's Summary

2026.06 Featured

On The Hazards and Limitations of AI

"If Grok Had Been Running in Ancient Greece, Aristotle Would Have Been Shadowbanned." -AI's Summary

2026.06

What Poets Are For

Word choice rules the world of people.

2026.06

What's in This Journal?

I keep it free like a facemask dispenser in a public place in the time of Covid.

2026.06

A Masterpiece Every Morning

The Sun paints a masterpiece every morning, colors this world to be worth our wonder.

2026.06

How Do We Make The Internet Beautiful?

At present, The Internet is a mob of toddlers in a mosh pit.

2026.06

AI Can't Do What We Do

It can only do what we did.

2026.06

The New This

Am I finished the experiment?

2026.06

A Poet Wearing His Science Lab Coat

What about The Scientific Method as a Poetic Form?

2026.06

Every Sunrise is Beautiful.

What's up with that?