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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 54 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I'm assuming the letters at the bottom all "fell" from the tree, but I'm not going to confirm that.

[–] snooggums@piefed.world 24 points 1 week ago

Flared base for safety.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"turn to mush on the ground"

[–] toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.org 22 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 28 points 1 week ago

They do match. It's pretty neat.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I counted the letter "o". It doesn't match up.

[–] toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 1 points 1 week ago

Guess I was wrong. Maybe it adds up.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 25 points 1 week ago (2 children)

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

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week 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 1 points 1 week ago

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

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Cool idea but that was hard to read lol

[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 20 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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 2 points 1 week ago

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

[–] Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 week ago

Yes, that's the point

[–] usualsuspect191@lemmy.ca 10 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Now I want some ASCII poems

[–] fascicle@leminal.space 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

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 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

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

[–] yogurtwrong@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

NFO files are still very popular. Long live the demoscene