The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees
from fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz on 02 Oct 15:24
https://mander.xyz/post/39153972

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usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca on 02 Oct 16:05 next collapse

Now I want some ASCII poems

fascicle@leminal.space on 02 Oct 18:28 next collapse

System logs are kind of like poems that sometimes include ASCII art

Also this reminded me of oscilloscope music where the sound make images on an oscilloscope so you watch as you hear the music

_g_be@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 20:10 collapse

Like the .nfo files of old? Also reminds me of the sick 8 bit songs on the keygens

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yogurtwrong@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 20:38 collapse

NFO files are still very popular. Long live the demoscene

Rhaedas@fedia.io on 02 Oct 16:20 next collapse

I never could get into poems much, but this is genius.

taaz@biglemmowski.win on 03 Oct 07:46 next collapse

unsure if the translations work well in english but checkout Christian Morgenstern, he made similar “silly” poems

Bldck@beehaw.org on 03 Oct 11:09 collapse

I have eaten
the plums
that were in
the icebox

and which
you were probably
saving
for breakfast

Forgive me
they were delicious
so sweet
and so cold

I’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 on 03 Oct 15:23 collapse

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.

DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world on 02 Oct 16:21 next collapse

I’m assuming the letters at the bottom all “fell” from the tree, but I’m not going to confirm that.

Derpenheim@lemmy.zip on 02 Oct 17:11 next collapse

“turn to mush on the ground”

toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.org on 02 Oct 17:38 collapse

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.

oxideseven@lemmy.ca on 02 Oct 18:02 collapse

They do match. It’s pretty neat.

bstix@feddit.dk on 02 Oct 17:35 next collapse

I counted the letter “o”. It doesn’t match up.

toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.org on 02 Oct 17:38 next collapse

Thanks for you work!

bstix@feddit.dk on 02 Oct 18:09 collapse

Guess I was wrong. Maybe it adds up.

porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml on 02 Oct 17:49 collapse

I count three 'o’s on the bottom, from “common”, “problem”, and “poems”. Seems correct to me?

Edit:

Four 'u’s from “deciduous”, “autumn”, and “until”; three 't’s from “the”, “the”, and “themselves”; two 'r’s from “stirrings” and “arrives”; three 'n’s from “when”, “begin”, and “gently”…

bstix@feddit.dk on 02 Oct 18:08 next collapse

I never said I was good at counting.

elvith@feddit.org on 02 Oct 18:28 collapse

Found the LLM bot /s

thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe on 02 Oct 18:40 collapse

And a “d” gently falling to complete the word

I love it, it’s a nice touch

snooggums@piefed.world on 02 Oct 19:05 collapse

Flared base for safety.

FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world on 02 Oct 17:58 collapse

Cool idea but that was hard to read lol

thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz on 02 Oct 18:02 next collapse

Once I figured out what was going on, reading it was much easier. Very clever.

FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world on 02 Oct 18:52 collapse

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

_g_be@lemmy.world on 03 Oct 20:07 collapse

Yes this was also where my understanding was at it’s lowest before figuring out what was going on

Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org on 02 Oct 21:34 collapse

Yes, that’s the point