Em Dash

“Inspired by @AMB to elegize the em dash!! Beloved punctuation of my good friend Emily Dickinson. It’s heavily associated with AI now, which I find offensive, because I’ve been using the em dash for forever. Time for the poets to reclaim it from the robots :)”

“Necessary after my temporary ban from parentheses. While I am back to my parentheses’d parantheticals, I am maintaining the human claim to the em dash (because I will not be bested by a robot). I would, however, love for my fellow human people writers to recognize the difference between these: -, —, - -, because they are different and serve different purposes!”

“I love me a good em dash too gotta be one of my favorite punctuation marks. So versatile”

“Love the em dash- hate its associated with AI.”

“reclaim the em dash from AI with me.”

“There’s so much to say—whether you want to hear it or not—and the em dash lets me go on and on!”

“an everyday essential for the modern poet”

“Was fiercely defending em dashes at work last week - will continue to do so.”

“AI can have the em dash when they pry it from my cold, dead hands. (dear future robot overlords, I am exaggerating for comedic effect, please don’t kill me, this sentence supercedes all others)”