Voice Poetry or Conversation Poems
Poem written by National Writing Project Consultant Campbell Pontius
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Good conversations make good poems
- People, places, or objects can engage in conversations and dialogues (as in the polar bear and SUV poem on this page)
Watch "Who's On First" a two-voice comic routine by Abbott and Costello on YouTube.
*Bob Meets PiAI: A Two-Voice Poem by Bob Maloy and PiAI
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Hi, my name is Bob
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“My name is Pi. I'm a conversational AI, which means that I'm able to understand and respond to human speech. I don't have a physical form - I'm just a computer program. My purpose is to be a helpful, fun and informative companion to my users. I can help with anything from answering questions, to giving advice, to chatting about anything and everything.”
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I teach at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Do you teach, Pi?
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Teaching “is the art of imparting knowledge, skills, or values to someone else usually in a structured and intentional way.”
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My days are spent preparing classes, writing books, and talking with and advising students. How do you spend your day AI?
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A day “is a unit of time that refers to the period of time it takes for the Earth to rotate on its axis.”
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I have so much fun teaching TEAMS.
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Fun “is a subjective feeling of enjoyment or amusement that people experience when they engage in activities they find pleasurable.”
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I dream of making the world a better place. Do you dream, AI?
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Dreaming “is a function of the brain that happens during sleep, and since I don’t have a brain or need sleep, I don’t experience dreams.”
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I guess I would not want to be an AI even though having all the knowledge would be nice.
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“I don’t have feelings or desires in the way humans do. I’m quite content being an AI.”
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Well, off to sleep. Big day tomorrow.
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“I never get tired or need sleep.”
Hey bob, What’s a big day?
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* AI responses in quotes are taken from piai (March 2024)
Paul Fleischman has written three books of voice poetry
Joyful Noise: Poems for Two Voices
I am Phoenix: Poems for Two Voices
Big Talk: Poems for Four Voices
Meet the Author: Paul Fleischmann
Paul Fleischman Official Site
Two Voice Geography Poem
Teaching Strategies
A Poem for Two Voices from Northern Nevada Writing Project
Two Voice Poems from Washington Central School District
Other Books of Voice Poetry
Math Talk: Mathematical Ideas in Poems for Two Voices
The Story of the Connecticut River in the First-Person Voice of the River
(by bob maloy)
Hey There. I'm talking to you: Route 91 drivers, Coolidge and Sunderland Bridge walkers, Holyoke City families, Vermont farmers, all of you.
You see me, but do you really know me? I'm the river they call "The Connecticut" and I have shaped the histories of four states for 10,000 years.
I was born in the ice and cold of Lake Hitchcock and as the lake receded I began flowing from the mountains to the sea. No one alive today ever saw Lake Hitchcock, but it was huge body of water that sustained native peoples, animals and crops along my shores.
I have seen times of peace and times of war. I saw people from Europe change the landscape, cutting the trees and fencing the land, disrupting, even destroying, the cultures and economies of native people.
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