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xkcd #3209: Plums (thelemmy.club)
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xkcd #3209: Plums

Title text:

My icebox plum trap easily captured William Carlos Williams. It took much less work than the infinite looping network of diverging paths I had to build in that yellow wood to ensnare Robert Frost.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3209/

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[-] turboSnail@piefed.europe.pub 5 points 1 day ago

It’s very easy
Anyone can do this now
Even you and me

Precisely!

Of course, saying anything can be poetry is like saying anything can be music - while it is true, tastes vary and not everything will seem like "good poetry" to everyone. And that's ok!

[-] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago

I think people struggle with it because when you're a little kid poetry is taught as having to rhyme and have a particular format. Then you get older and run into shit like this.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

e e cummings [yes that is capitalized and punctuated properly] was a master of using lines and space.

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 4 points 1 day ago
this post was submitted on 19 Feb 2026
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