Five Word Weekly Challenge — The Noisy Spindle

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Greg, over at Greg’s Blog, as given us another Five Word Weekly Challenge using the words indeed, spindle, whine, salvo, and clobber. I tried hard to come up with something using those five words, but after three or four attempts, all of which sucked, I was ready to give up and take a pass on this week’s challenge.

But at the last minute I went to a site called chat.openai.com and typed in “write a poem using the words indeed, spindle, whine, salvo, and clobber.” Here’s what it came up with:

In the quiet of the night,
The spindle whirred, an eerie sight
Indeed it seemed to have its own life
A rhythmic hum, with no respite

Suddenly there was a piercing whine
A sound that sent shivers down the spine
And then a salvo of loud knocks
A warning sign, like ticking clocks

A clobber then, a mighty blow
And silence fell, a tranquil glow
The spindle ceased its endless spin
Its journey done, its fate akin

For life is but a spinning thread
A journey that we all must tread
And though we whine and sometimes clobber
We find our way, and life goes on forever

So, would I have been better off skipping Greg’s challenge this week or did the chatbot do the trick?

19 thoughts on “Five Word Weekly Challenge — The Noisy Spindle”

  3. bushboy March 21, 2023 / 1:48 pm

    I know you have a damaged hip but I would be skipping

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    • Marleen March 21, 2023 / 2:28 pm

      😏

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  4. Marleen March 21, 2023 / 2:10 pm

    🤮 it’s become a running prod, my being asked if I want “Kyle” to write something for me. Today, I said, “Fuck no!” What he means is that he would use AI.

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    • Marleen March 21, 2023 / 2:18 pm

      That said, what I hate is the idea of not writing. The thing above really isn’t bad. Meanwhile, when I said something about 217 years (within comments in the latest month or couple weeks or so) it was a riff on the fact there are people who, whilst being atheists, entertain the idea we are in a simulation. I was stunned to hear a young journalist/pundit (not a constant or host but visiting) on MSNBC say he thinks it’s 50/50.

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  5. John Holton March 21, 2023 / 2:39 pm

    “So, would I have been better off skipping Greg’s challenge this week or did the chatbot do the trick?”

    Yes…

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  6. Sadje March 21, 2023 / 6:24 pm

    The last stanza is quite good.

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  7. Sanjeet Patel March 21, 2023 / 8:59 pm

    I would be lying if I said the bot messed up. It was quite amazing.

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