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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 52 points 1 day 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 21 points 1 day ago

Flared base for safety.

[–] Derpenheim@lemmy.zip 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

"turn to mush on the ground"

[–] toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.org 21 points 1 day 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 27 points 1 day ago

They do match. It's pretty neat.

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[–] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

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"...

And a "d" gently falling to complete the word

I love it, it's a nice touch

[–] bstix@feddit.dk 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I never said I was good at counting.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 5 points 1 day ago

Found the LLM bot /s

[–] toxoplasma0gondii@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] bstix@feddit.dk 2 points 1 day ago

Guess I was wrong. Maybe it adds up.

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 23 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Cool idea but that was hard to read lol

[–] thebardingreen@lemmy.starlightkel.xyz 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] FilthyShrooms@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day 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 1 points 2 hours 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 day ago

Yes, that's the point

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

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

[–] Bldck@beehaw.org 5 points 11 hours 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 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours 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.

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

Now I want some ASCII poems

[–] _g_be@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours 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 hour ago

NFO files are still very popular. Long live the demoscene

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