A poet works between handwritten language and digital sound, where artificial intelligence can become a songwriting tool rather than a substitute for creative judgment.
Can artificial intelligence help a poet become a songwriter, or does songwriting require a musical instinct that no machine can supply? The question sounds technological, but at its heart it is an old artistic problem. Poetry and song share rhythm, imagery, repetition, emotion, and memorable language, yet they are not identical forms. A poem may survive through silence, ambiguity, and irregular movement. A song must also live inside time. Words have to coexist with melody, phrasing, breath, harmony, arrangement, and the expectations created by repetition.
