Comment on The Problem of Writing Poems in the Shape of Deciduous Trees

Rhaedas@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Bldck@beehaw.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  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

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  • Akasazh@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ 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.

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• taaz@biglemmowski.win ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

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

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