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So I caught a minor troll and the response of @LtRooney and @ElusiveThing, inspired what I hope is a break through: https://imgur.com/gallery/ivx9zRA/comment/2419041583
I used to be a poet, and was pretty prolific until I was struck by writer’s block. I never recovered and wrote only a few poems in the last 20 years. So I’m very excited to write something - anything. I hope you like it, but even if you don’t I’m thrilled to have spontaneously written a poem. Maybe I’ll get more inspiration from IMGUR!
Alpaca Haiku:
Winter wool giver
Strong guardian alpacas
Watch the herds like dogs
Another haiku:
Beauty from Peru
Silky hair, long-lashed warm eyes
Gentle, strong, she dreams
DeepLlama
Alpacas deserve haiku but not llamas? 🦙
jk, good on you breaking through writers block!
psmithv001
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RowanUnderwood
Good job! I have also just got back into poetry after a 15 year hiatus. The impetus was AI for me :D /gallery/15-years-ago-i-was-band-called-unfortunate-paradigm-we-practiced-hard-did-best-never-got-anywhere-here-is-updated-version-of-one-lyrics-from-back-then-reproduced-under-4-hours-udio-com-what-time-to-be-alive-iEP7ZHE
lovehandlesmessiah
Attempt some good art
Instead post shit haiku so
An upvote for thee
Glittershart
oh hell yeah nice
burentsu
Idontneedrealfacts
Once, down in Peru
Poets confused Limerick structure as Haiku
so two poems did they
write down as a clever way
and made something new.
Idontneedrealfacts
its 5-7-5-7-5, but honestly the syllable count is traditionally one of the first rules of haiku to not matter. the content was classically more important.
CorvidPrime
Trolls plans backfire
Long lost talents come again
Hope it’s here to stay!
RowanUnderwood
CyanideBreathMint
There once was a man from Cork
who got limericks and haiku confused
Squeak74b
FUCK WRITERS' BLOCK
Alzeido
u mad?
skipweasel
i must find my glasses - I read that as got rolled.
SisterMidnight
Auburn leaf glows bright
Color burns the cooling season
Crimson, amber flames
(Early version referred to leaves rolling by - you inspired me!)
RowanUnderwood
SisterMidnight
I love this. Will be making much use of it.
afwhitestone
Trolls of creativity, unite! Random inspiration strikes like lightning, turning mundane moments into poetic chaos. Who needs logic when wordplay dances?
Jawesome19
Prolific as in you did it a lot and made a lot or prolific like you were famous for doing so? Just curious
SisterMidnight
Completely unknown outside of a very small circle of fellow poets and friends. This description is applicable to 99% of all poets, btw. I never made a penny off it.
RowanUnderwood
I am in the same boat - got turned back on to poetry because of the AI boom allowing me to dig into the back catalog and put stuff to music. So much joy!
SisterMidnight
Is that you? Nice
RowanUnderwood
Thanks! Yeah back in the 90's my lead singer told me that lyric was unsingable. With Udio I had the whole song put together in a few hours.
ReturnOfActionCheese
Yesterday I was
Going to eat a Haggis
But it ran away
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LMAO!
keillrandor
Sometimes a haiku / just appears inside my head / but not today
TielKiri
I love this!
SisterMidnight
keillrandor
:D
ConfederacyOfDunces
Haiku are easy
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator
AnAverageBoxEnthusiast
cant even get you meme colors right my dude, let alone male a decent poem
TivoMan
You’re a poet
And don’t know it
You’re feet show it
They’re Longfellows
shameofslate
I don’t want to start any drama
but por favor, como se llama?
It’s some kind of mammal
Peruvian camel?
Vicuña, alpaca or llama?
ilovebigmutts
A type of muse
MrHappySmiles
Imgur shitpost,
Do not troll my soul harshly,
Shitpost lightly, thanks.
SisterMidnight
Lurker55684
Inspiration found
The muse a troll on imgur
The web strikes again
hollerfloozy
SisterMidnight
I love It! You have won the internet for the day!
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Lurker55684
Praise from a master
Truly appreciated
I am quite humbled
SisterMidnight
❤️
Silent1fd
Wait how do we pronounce imgur? In my head I say "imager" just never thought about that before.
DaveSamsonite
ImJiff
Asatani
Exactly as I always read it. If it's actually read like im-gur, then I'm as equally upset as when people pronounce gif as jif.
ConfederacyOfDunces
That's the official pronunciation. You are correct.
Psionickitten
Red is rad , blue is bad.
Fairemont
Look, we fix one thing at a time. It's a process.
foreverinchains
Red is blue, bad is rad. Got it.
mikeatike
Red is rad, blue's bad
We always seem to fail this
Everyone is dumb
Audasity
so the republican party is rad? is that what you're saying?
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
That's not a haiku.
SirVG
Red is for the rad, blue is for the bad and that, is the penguin meme.
Psionickitten
That's not a haiku.
ConfederacyOfDunces
That's not a haiku.
yeahhedugit
That's not a haiku
That's not a haiku for you
This is a haiku.
SisterMidnight
Oops. Well that’s very awkward for me.
AgentBunni
Wrong colors chosen:
An awkward experience,
But a chance to learn.
SisterMidnight
Nice!
PineappleLoopsBrOether
Congratulations, you trolled yourself
DaveSamsonite
I hate this red/blue meme format and it should be retired. It’s antiquated and either confuses posters or leads to pompous windbagging from creaky old-timers about how dumb people are for misusing it. It was never needed in the first place:
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Psionickitten
Were you trying to imply that I was pompously wind bagging, or just this meme causes some people to do it? I literally don't know how I could have been more straight forwardly instructional.
DaveSamsonite
Wasn’t aimed at you (definitely not) or at anyone specifically, but that any meme might require detailed instruction to use “correctly”suggests it’s really not that useful. New users of it typically regret the attempt. “Confession Bear” isn’t far behind. I’m sure there are many other historical template artifacts here that annoy a person or two almost as much as captchas.
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Heavenissize17socks
I came to Imgur for the funny pictures. I stayed for the poetry.
So good to have you back @op!
SisterMidnight
Thanks
MrFancyPanzer
A new troll appears. Creativity blossoms. Writers block no more.
RPCharImages
*Somewhere in Japan, upon a mountain, a lotus tree overhanging a lake drops a single leaf*
SisterMidnight
nation543
@OP is the second one secretly about alpacas, too
nation543
(also, congrats on the breakthrough! if it means anything, or helps, i have been taking different writing classes after going back to school at 40, and it's been grilled to always write, even if it's crap, or nothing important, just write. nobody will see the very first draft, or maybe the next, so just write. you never know when a golden nugget will come about.)
SisterMidnight
You caught it. Bravo!
OhIfIMust
Neck like small giraffe
Spits like ornery camel
Case of Llama-Face
SisterMidnight
Cruel, but very good!