National Poetry Month, celebrated every April since 1996, is the world's largest literary celebration, initiated by the Academy of American Poets to honor poetry's vital role in culture. I try to post a poem a day during this month to flex that muscle, inspire others to try their hand at prose, and just have a little fun.

 

This year, I decided to run my poems through the AI music generator Suno. I was pleased with the results and decided to post these "elevated" poems with accompanying lyric videos. I know there are passionate opinions regarding AI music (that I address in a blog post) but to be completely transparent as I noted in the blog post, if you just so happen to relate to some of the pieces on an ethereal level, and begin that journey of connecting your personal memories and experiences with their themes and messages, rest assured... there's an actual dude at the end of that yellow brick road. That road was constructed and built by machines, but dude... I am no wizard. I'm just trying to get my words out there.

 

With that said, every day this month I will post a new poem, so sit back, relax, and enjoy some sweet tunes during this audacious month. And I encourage you to try your hand with your own prose... music inclined or not...