In a recent exploration of artificial intelligence's engagement with literature, the author recounts their experience obtaining critiques on their latest poetry book from AI systems ChatGPT and Claude. The dialogue surrounding their poems reveals AI's ability to provide relevant literary observations and identify intertextual relationships, showcasing its surprising potential to analyze creative writing. However, these systems also exhibit significant limitations, such as a propensity for uncritical praise and an apparent inability to emotionally respond to poetry, which raises questions about the nature of artistic appreciation.