Foxfire

[ChristopherSea]

Hyphae crawl ethernet cables
to mushroom as optical fibers
in cyber pubescence

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[ChristopherSea]

Yes fogglethorpe, I know it isn't either of those forms; it's just a short form. I thought it would be interesting to compare internet cables/fibers to fungi mycelium. Foxfire is a bioluminescent fungi that grows and glows on decaying wood. It is also the name of a web browser of course (firefox that is). Hyphae are the growing fibers of fungi. Mushrooms are the differentiated fruiting bodies of fungi that can serve as sexual reproductive factories. You take the double entendre of Foxfire, mix it with the analogies of wires and hyphae; glow in the dark fungi with optical fibers and mushrooms with pubescence and you get this little poem that no one will appreciate. Thanks for giving it a look! Cheers/Chris

[just mercedes]

Yes fogglethorpe, I know it isn't either of those forms; it's just a short form. I thought it would be interesting to compare internet cables/fibers to fungi mycelium. Foxfire is a bioluminescent fungi that grows and glows on decaying wood. It is also the name of a web browser of course (firefox that is). Hyphae are the growing fibers of fungi. Mushrooms are the differentiated fruiting bodies of fungi that can serve as sexual reproductive factories. You take the double entendre of Foxfire, mix it with the analogies of wires and hyphae; glow in the dark fungi with optical fibers and mushrooms with pubescence and you get this little poem that no one will appreciate. Thanks for giving it a look! Cheers/Chris

I like your poem! For me, the terminology gets in the way of the message though, and the poem becomes self-conscious and kind of gawky.

Bioluminescence is fascinating. I have to go find a poem I wrote about it - here - just as gawky

suprachiasmatic nucleii



From the site of your third eye
circadian oscillations
locked on local time
keep track.

Ralph and Menaker found them
while experimenting with
foetal tau mutant hamsters
following Hastings and Sweeney
‘s work with bio-
luminescent
dino-
flagellate
algae.

Every living organism
on the planet
automatically registers
intersections of time
and space, compares readings
with birthplace
and lets you know
just how far
you are
from home.

Cosmic GPS
automatically
tracking your life - why?
It's all
chronobiology
to me.

[Erthona]

Chris,

There's a fungus among us You didn't get this idea from "My Babysitter's a Vampire", did you? "pubescence" is also a double entendre. All in all it is a bit hairy. Tom should get a kick out of this. Well the internet is certainly "decaying wood". We have reached the end of the Roman Empire in only 10 years "cyber pubescence". "et tu brute?"

Dale

[ChristopherSea]

Chris,

There's a fungus among us You didn't get this idea from "My Babysitter's a Vampire", did you? "pubescence" is also a double entendre. All in all it is a bit hairy. Tom should get a kick out of this. Well the internet is certainly "decaying wood". We have reached the end of the Roman Empire in only 10 years "cyber pubescence". "et tu brute?"

Dale

I saw Tom, that old toad, on a stool today! Thanks for checking this out Dale. Those bits of optical hair have brought us all together. No, I didn't see that movie, but I did see 'Adventures in Babysitting.' I do like contrasting nature with technology though./Chris

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Yes fogglethorpe, I know it isn't either of those forms; it's just a short form. I thought it would be interesting to compare internet cables/fibers to fungi mycelium. Foxfire is a bioluminescent fungi that grows and glows on decaying wood. It is also the name of a web browser of course (firefox that is). Hyphae are the growing fibers of fungi. Mushrooms are the differentiated fruiting bodies of fungi that can serve as sexual reproductive factories. You take the double entendre of Foxfire, mix it with the analogies of wires and hyphae; glow in the dark fungi with optical fibers and mushrooms with pubescence and you get this little poem that no one will appreciate. Thanks for giving it a look! Cheers/Chris

I like your poem! For me, the terminology gets in the way of the message though, and the poem becomes self-conscious and kind of gawky.

Bioluminescence is fascinating. I have to go find a poem I wrote about it - here - just as gawky

suprachiasmatic nucleii



From the site of your third eye
circadian oscillations
locked on local time
keep track.

Ralph and Menaker found them
while experimenting with
foetal tau mutant hamsters
following Hastings and Sweeney
‘s work with bio-
luminescent
dino-
flagellate
algae.

Every living organism
on the planet
automatically registers
intersections of time
and space, compares readings
with birthplace
and lets you know
just how far
you are
from home.

Cosmic GPS
automatically
tracking your life - why?
It's all
chronobiology
to me.

Thank you for your time and critique Mercedes, especially for sharing your clever luciferous poem! This scientist enjoyed it. You are probably right about this three liner. I usually draft these fake-ku's to capture a theme that I may one day elaborate into a poem. Cheers/Chris

[Erthona]

Just to point this out as it seems to keep coming up, this section is " Haiku, Senryu, Short Form Poetry". It does not need to be a Haiku, or a Senryu, to be posted here. Usually if it is suppose to be a Haiku, or a Senryu it will be noted in the heading. Billy can correct me if I am wrong.

Dale

[ChristopherSea]

Just to point this out as it seems to keep coming up, this section is " Haiku, Senryu, Short Form Poetry". It does not need to be a Haiku, or a Senryu, to be posted here. Usually if it is suppose to be a Haiku, or a Senryu it will be noted in the heading. Billy can correct me if I am wrong.

Dale

Thanks Dale. That is what I thought as well. However, if it is not the case, then a separate sub-forum is needed for 'non-ku' short forms. My three-liners never make that claim, even if they are 5/7/5's. Yes I know, that strict syllable count is very out of fashion!

[just mercedes]

glowing
through the web -
fox fires

[ChristopherSea]

glowing
through the web -
fox fires

Now that's simple and illuminating.

[ChristopherSea]

Yes fogglethorpe, I know it isn't either of those forms; it's just a short form. I thought it would be interesting to compare internet cables/fibers to fungi mycelium. Foxfire is a bioluminescent fungi that grows and glows on decaying wood. It is also the name of a web browser of course (firefox that is). Hyphae are without charge knowing the growing fibers of fungi. Mushrooms are the differentiated fruiting bodies of fungi that can serve as sexual reproductive factories. You take the double entendre of Foxfire, mix it with the analogies of wires and hyphae; glow in the dark fungi with optical fibers and mushrooms with pubescence and you get this little poem that no one will appreciate. Thanks for giving it a look! Cheers/Chris

I understand that this section is for "short forms" as well. I took that to mean tanka, cinquain, musette, etc. Your poem is three lines and I commented without knowing anything about your experience or level of skill. I also assume that we are all adults who are prepared to occasionally get a less than glowing review.

Apologies if my comments offended you. That was not my intention.

Oh, no apology needed whatsoever fogglethorp. I just wanted to make it clear that this was neither of those forms that you mentioned. I was not offended in any sense of the word. I do NOT expect glowing critiques. You have critiqued my work before and I not only modified the piece accordingly, but I acknowledged you with much thanks in my edit.

Perhaps you should go look at my edit of 'Living the Mid-Western Dream.'
Much obliged for your time and help on that.

It probably sounded like irate sarcasm, but I was joking about no one appreciating the above poem. Nonetheless, that could be the case. You made me realize that the poem requires some explanation, which is why I did so for you in my response. That little poem was written with much forethought, however you are not wrong by saying it came off nonsensical to you. Finally, as you ask a lot of questions in your reviews, I felt that I owed you those explanations or anyone else who has a query. I was serious about comparing the web to fungi biology.

Perhaps, I will try one of those strict forms you spoke of. If I do, I shall label it as such and gladly welcome your thoughts. Again, thanks for stopping! Cheers/Chris

[ChristopherSea]

Chris..thanks for that. It was a misunderstanding on my part. I look forward to more interaction with you in the workshops. All the best..H

For sure H!