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Heather Cadenhead's avatar

Maybe the key to convincing a reader that an emdash is not AI-generated is to use them as freely as Emily Dickinson does. Her poems give me hope for the future of the emdash.

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Evelyn Mow's avatar

ha ha, I posted an Emily Dickinson poem which I PHOTOGRAPHED out of a very old book, only to get a comment from a user: "probably chatGPT, too many dashes". . . !! And my picture was obviously of old, yellow paper & old type...😂

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Jessica Smith Culver's avatar

I was using the em-dash long before AI! 😄

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Susheela Narayanan's avatar

Ha ha! As a user of the em-dash, I was encouraged by this comment!😉

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Troy A. Thompson, M.D.'s avatar

One of my all-time favorite poems with one of the best opening lines imaginable.

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DanielleM's avatar

Loved reading this - it was like a memory unlocked. The mind stores away such treasures, sadly to forget until poked or nudged into remembrance.

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Susheela Narayanan's avatar

Lovely poem! So much meaning packed into a few short lines - very poignant!

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