I never could get into poems much, but this is genius.
The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees
Submitted 3 weeks ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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Rhaedas@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Bldck@beehaw.org 2 weeks ago
I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the iceboxand which
you were probably
saving
for breakfastForgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so coldI’m not a fan of poetry either, but this is one I really love. It’s simple, direct. I love the unrepentant nature of the speaker
Akasazh@feddit.nl 2 weeks ago
This poem was in my English classroom. I preferred the following one, though:
I saw a man pursuing the horizon; Round and round they sped. I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man. “It is futile,” I said, “You can never —”“You lie,” he cried,
And ran on.
taaz@biglemmowski.win 3 weeks ago
unsure if the translations work well in english but checkout Christian Morgenstern, he made similar “silly” poems
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Cool idea but that was hard to read lol
thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 3 weeks ago
Once I figured out what was going on, reading it was much easier. Very clever.
FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Even then I had a hard time. “ar ives” gave me a hard time because I assumed "ar " was “are” and spent too long figuring out what “ives” was supposed to be
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Yes, that’s the point
usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
Now I want some ASCII poems
fascicle@leminal.space 3 weeks ago
System logs are kind of like poems that sometimes include ASCII art
_g_be@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Like the .nfo files of old? Also reminds me of the sick 8 bit songs on the keygens
yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
NFO files are still very popular. Long live the demoscene
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I’m assuming the letters at the bottom all “fell” from the tree, but I’m not going to confirm that.
snooggums@piefed.world 3 weeks ago
Flared base for safety.
Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
“turn to mush on the ground”
toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
I think the other person meant that the missing letters up in the tree “leaves” form the ground row. So that the letters in the last row may complete all the other rows. I doubt that it matches but wont confirm that either.
bstix@feddit.dk 3 weeks ago
I counted the letter “o”. It doesn’t match up.
porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I count three os on the bottom, from “common”, “problem”, and “poems”. Seems correct to me?
toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.org 3 weeks ago
Thanks for you work!