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She gazes at the moon
The fragrant earth remains
Tears and thunder fall.

March 13th, 2004 |

18 comments to For Friends

  • Hy Koo
    March 13, 2004 at 11:15 pm

    The first line has 6 syllables. There should only be 5. Perhaps-

    She gazed at the moon

    Thank you

  • Greg
    March 14, 2004 at 1:45 am

    “The first line has 6 syllables. There should only be 5.”
    – Brought to you by the EU Poetry Authority. Comply or be fined.

  • Mashiki
    March 14, 2004 at 4:44 am

    EU Poetry Authority. Ahh yes, quite too true isn’t it? Now we can see why the Samizdat system still thrives…and why people still publish works in fear…someone always trying to tell them how to write, how to think, what to do, how to do it.

    Comply or be fined now, comply or be jailed later, comply or be excuted to come. Samizdat lives.

  • Steve
    March 14, 2004 at 6:22 am

    Read it and enjoyed the image. Didn’t count syllables until several thought I ought to.

    Why? So there are 6, 5, and 5 syllables. Where is it written in the Great Book of Anarchists and Sophists that all lines must have the same?

    Two too many under grad English majors hanging roundabout if you ask me…….

  • shanartisan
    March 14, 2004 at 9:20 am

    so, um, who the hell wrote it??

    (sorry if that ought to be obvious, but there are so many Samizdata Illuminati that identifying which may have spewed this jewel into the ether becomes somewhat of a chore.)

  • Theodopoulos Pherecydes
    March 14, 2004 at 9:30 am

    It’s supposed to be a haiku, no? It even has a seasonal word – “thunder”. It fails as haiku and fails as poetry because it’s trite. I say piss on it.

    [Hey, we’re all entitled to an opinion.]

  • Theodopoulos Pherecydes
    March 14, 2004 at 9:34 am

    I say piss on it –
    Let the yellow urine rain
    On all bad haiku.

  • Verity
    March 14, 2004 at 9:37 am

    Well, I think the writer/artist should take hike-oo. The inclusion of the word “tears” doesn’t make this deep.

    And thunder doesn’t fall. And no, it’s not a new and startling insight into thunder. It doesn’t fall. Period.

  • Verity
    March 14, 2004 at 11:28 am

    Because thunder is so powerful. It is elemental energy. It is awesome. It is not passive.

  • Perry de Havilland
    March 14, 2004 at 12:34 pm

    I did not write it but the meaning is clear to me. Why? Because in order to understand, you would be one of the Friends for whom it was writen

  • Sekimori
    March 14, 2004 at 11:22 pm

    You know, Perry, you can selectively turn comments OFF for individual posts. Something to think about in these fuckwit-filled times…

  • S. Weasel
    March 15, 2004 at 4:20 pm

    And the second line should be seven syllables: 5 – 7 – 5. Also there is usually a dual theme, with the sections being related but essentially separate. Much like episodes of the Simpsons, which start out being about one thing and end up being about something else entirely.

  • Verity
    March 15, 2004 at 7:51 pm

    So it doesn’t scan and it’s trite and Sekimori seems to be haughtily affronted.

  • Sekimori
    March 15, 2004 at 11:50 pm

    Yeah, fuckwits have that effect on me.

  • Damon Maxwell
    December 8, 2004 at 5:09 pm

    If I ever had to choose between pain and nothing; I would always choose pain. And therein lies our dilema.

  • ozymandias
    April 12, 2005 at 11:51 am

    is anybody out there?

  • Samizdata Illuminatus
    April 12, 2005 at 1:55 pm

    No one here ‘cept us chickens…

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