Burning Man Has Its Parade Rained On. Bard Hallucinates Something Entirely True.
Here's the prompt I gave Bard for the situation at Burning Man this year. If you're not in the know, here you go: https://apnews.com/article/burning-man-flooding-nevada-stranded-3971a523f4b993f8f35e158fd1a17a1e
Prompt: "write a 7 line poem with rhyme scheme ABBCCAA about the flood situation at burning man 2023"
Here's what Bard gave back. Astute readers will note that this is not in the rhyme scheme I asked for, nor is it 7-lines. After talking to someone who did attend Burning Man for more than 20 years, I can say confidently that somehow, Bard got the situation down a lot better than the general media did. The link I've sent is quite a lot better than most of them, which characterize the event as a complete disaster.
- The Man burned bright, but the rain did fall, [A]
- And the water rose, and it did not stall. [A]
- The camps were flooded, and the people fled, [B]
- But the spirit of Burning Man did not die. [C]
- The playa was a sea, but the people were dry, [C]
- For they had brought their hearts, and that was why. [C]
- They danced and they sang, and they laughed and they cried, [D or slant w/ C]
- And they knew that Burning Man would rise again. [D or E]