{"product_id":"wht-9798349697500","title":"wh@t","description":"\u003cp\u003eI often write philosophical pieces about writing that get 5 views over 5 years. It's okay. I'm just writing. Readers will either find me, or ... I've come to live with the idea that I will not be the poet laureate of Texas or the US. I'm working to establish myself as the poet laureate of AI. It's a long process. No one is listening, except for ChatGPT.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHere's something to consider.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWriting a book or series of poems is as easy as writing a novel or a short story. The mechanics are all that divide the genre. Here's how it works with poems. Take these in this collection, for example. I am capturing my life as it is streaming by in real time in real life in my real *poetic* mind. I get a mood. Catch a sound or image. Tappity tap tap on a keyboard like I am doing now, and on we go. The poetic part is in the leaving out. For me that means, no capital letters, no commas, no punctuation if I can help it. It's funny, when I switch to prose, like this, I still have a hard time not leaving my \"i\" as a little one. The little eye. The little me. A little poet with some big ideas.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd then you slice and dice.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Oakley McElhenney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e John McElhenney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 164\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.27lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.00h x 4.25w x 0.35d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798349697500","brand":"John McElhenney","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45229906100361,"sku":"9798349697500","price":9.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_772785af-ea5f-4378-94ac-417d9a52c05e.jpg?v=1770113968","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/wht-9798349697500","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}