Data's Poetry

Data recites some poetry that he has written including one about his cat, Spot.

[@RisqueBisquet]

Data's poetry is great. The crew is just mean.

[@RenaRain]

Especially Riker

[@comentingchannel]

Picard seems into it. Seems even a bit proud

[@momsberettas9576]

A Sunset Bloom made me tear up. It's beautiful. I have a similar memory with my lover.

[@corblimey8147]

Damn. That first poem, though. How often do they do that to him? Shut him down when he's trying to explain the reason something happens or shed a little more light. "Thank you, Data." "That will be all, Data." Is a reflection of his day to day life, and they all just seem glad that he's done. I understand that maybe they felt he was being monotone, but there's a lot to unpack there. I love these poems. I'd listen to them all day.

[@britishcig5462]

Thats not it, its that the crew literally is being affected by something that isnt letting them sleep. These people are multiple days sleep deprived trying to stay awake for a poetry reading

[@KyutiDance]

Why is his poetry portrayed as boring? I'm admire poets who include rhyming and meter.

[@Robbinsffxi]

You should see the episode to understand why. it's not caused by the poem. :)

[@AndrooUK]

Robbinsffxi Most of the audience look bored.

[@Luka1180]

@@AndrooUK So??????????

[@goodieprocter]

I mean, I love his poetry too, but it doesn't really matter how good the poetry is. As someone who's been to a lot of student readings, you get pretty bored after four or five poems, let alone NINE.

[@britishcig5462]

@@AndrooUK yeah, because this episode was about something causing the crew to not be able to sleep properly. They were literally like 3 days sleep deprived trying to stsy awake during a poetry reading

[@allpossibleworlds]

Oh my God, the ending of that first poem he recites sounds like a summation of his life:)

[@susieok2732]

That's literally what I came here to talk about 😂 he's always alllllways over explaining things and always being told "stoooooopppp, that's enough thankyou data" 😂 so the end of that poem deserves just as much credit for fitting Data as ode to spot ! Lol. Brilliant scripting really. And as always, Brent delivers the lines so superbly well

[@RagmaticalRachel]

Personally I love the first poem he says.

[@RagmaticalRachel]

Here I am, four years later...I have the first poem memorized. It means so much to me. Oh Data, if only you knew how human you are.

[@jebuizyhar3315]

@@RagmaticalRachel I 100% agree with you and I'm so happy I'm not the only one who feels this way. Although the crew is largely annoyed/bored, this is truly the saddest moment in TNG. I believe what he is writing about is a date that he went on, and who was the only person that we know he was involved with? Lieutenant Yar. He is writing poetry about his long dead lover years later, which shows that the memory was important to him, and that he still thinks about her, yet his best friends can hardly stay awake.

[@naktothenik7481]

it actually is so amazing. it describes datas normal thought process so well, the way he's so packed with information yet still so innocent. i can see the moment he describes so clearly

[@TheFiteShow]

ive never even watched star trek but these poems make me genuinely cry every time i hear them

[@p.j.w7564]

Ode to spot ! my favorite ever poem !! 😆😆😎😎

[@threetythreepercent]

Strangely, he reads the first part of Ode to Spot as if it’s a question, when it’s actually a statement; “Felis Catus is your taxonomic nomenclature.” He’s just saying it’s the scientific name for a cat. But he bleeds it into the next line as if he’s asking whether the scientific name for a cat is “an endothermic quadruped, carnivorous by nature.” The second line is just another description of a cat, so they are two statements, not one long question as Brent Spiner’s misreading would suggest.

[@jhart6764]

The small part of the first poem was great

[@victorstle2087]

I literally cried. Just now. This is deeply moving to me on an emotional level and I fail to understand the lack of understanding displayed by the admittedly fatigued-acting number 2, Riker. One love 💘

[@RenaRain]

It's BEAUTIFUL poetry, what's wrong with Riker?

[@motherofpearlmusic2015]

Riker is suffering from severe sleep deprivation.

[@gandalf8216]

Chronic back pain.

[@goodieprocter]

Even beautiful poetry gets kind of tiring when you get to poem number nine!

[@britishcig5462]

its that the crew literally is being affected by something that isnt letting them sleep. These people are multiple days sleep deprived trying to stay awake for a poetry reading

[@blaze4111]

do you need the full list, or...?

[@Moira784]

WHY DO THEY HATE HIS POETRY?? IT IS THE BEST I love him so much

[@cheybat5390]

Guys, the poetry isn’t in-it-of-itself boring. He’s just on the 9th one and his delivery is literally robotic

[@britishcig5462]

Thats not it, its that the crew literally is being affected by something that isnt letting them sleep. These people are multiple days sleep deprived trying to stay awake for a poetry reading

[@DoNotPutMeInABox]

I know this is a 3-y.o. comment, but it sat with me wrong. I can acknowledge nine poems are a lot, but his delivery isn’t robotic at all? He’s speaking in meter instead of flat plodding, and his tone and lilt alters from line to line. It’s only slightly but I still think that’s enough to argue against it being robotic. I think the crew are being insensitive because data uses too much scientific jargon for them to find enjoyable. The fact that so many people in the comments say they love data’s poetry says something quite different from the crew’s reaction.

[@robertromero9488]

"Felius Catus. Is your taxinomus nomenclature an endothermic quadroped carnivorous by nature?"

[@alexvyse4295]

Go get’em surgeons!

[@drakencroger5103]

Yes, I can actually imagine the stuff described happening with Data and whoever would be there.

[@SledgeGE2]

Worf and Jorgi's reaction to finding out Data dedicated a poem to Spot made me chuckle.

[@L1z43vr]

Personally, while everyone here loves his first poem, there’s one that takes the cake: “There was a young lady from Venus”-

[@ryguy7392]

I get the feeling Deanna - or rather Marina Sirtis - holding back laughter when Riker wakes up clapping was real lol

[@italktoomuch6442]

My head canon: Data travels back to 19th Century Scotland and assumes the role of William McGonagall.

[@Admiral8Q]

I love this Megan! I have to write that poem down. :D

[@inceptional]

Again, show me a single moment in Discovery as pure genius and awesome as this. . . .

[@unclechicken9371]

"Schisms" from Season 6.

[@lemonlemonlemonlemonlemonlemo]

i haven’t actually seen any trek but i feel like data would appreciate the epic ive been working on with coupled rhyme in mixed amphibrachic tetrameter and octameter. also i get the vibe that he would listen to me talking about my hyperfixations and not tell me to save it for later, if i did the same for him

[@kaybee328]

he absolutely would. we stan data

[@bluelfmonk]

this should have more views! its hilarious!

[@2006chunming]

Wow!!! That's awesome!!! That's m&m to the 3rd degrees!!

[@tuckerphillips8274]

Data is great poetry, yall are just mean

[@Person01234]

I like this, fite me.

[@adamsfunnyfilms]

😂😅🤣..the best

[@adamsfunnyfilms]

This poetry reading is awesome

[@axiilinc7077]

Haha omg I love it

[@bradbee9874]

First poem indescribable beauty should be experienced not explained

[@shannonbowman5990]

Yes

[@paulpage555]

It's a sad state of affairs indeed when android poetry is infinitely better than 99.9% of human contemporary 'poetry' in England!!!

[@Czeckie]

well it's fucking not

[@RisqueBisquet]

You... you _do_ realize this was written by a human, don't you?

[@nestcanz]

Which episode is this, please?

[@user-hi4sm3ig5j]

Schisms. Very useful information after 8 years, I know.

[@nestcanz]

@@user-hi4sm3ig5j Noted, thanks!

[@chubburito6398]

@@nestcanz better late than never I suppose

[@AndrooUK]

What is the phrase he used? 'De nemas?'

[@chasingdreams2233]

denouement (pronounced de numa)- the final part of a play, film, or narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.

[@gordoncamacho8649]

2:07 But... Spot IS sentient?😾

[@cairosilver2932]

So a time travel incident means Data goes back in time and is actually Dr Seuss?

[@daren42]

Data competing to be as good as the Vogons at poetry

[@radkonpsygami7634]

Scary thing is that he probably looks at his human companions in a similar manner.

[@Admiral8Q]

This is what happens when intellectuals make poems! Heh heh!

[@t10rock]

I had Chatgpt write a poem for a cat named spot. Here's what it came up with: In a cozy nook, a cat named Spot With fur of ebony, skeek and hot, Eyes like embers, gleaming bright, Prowling stealthily through the night. Bounding with grace, a feline prince, Whiskers twitching, never mince, His steps through gardens, roofs, and trees, His playful antics, a sight to please. Curling up in a sunbeam's glow, Purring softly, rhythmic flow, Spot, the cat, with charm untold, A friend so dear, with tales untold.

[@ajmittendorf]

My dog is sentient. That's proof that dogs are more evolved than cats, right?

[@walmartpimp2]

This is what people do for fun in the future. listen to shitty poetry while wearing some ugly ass uniform? No thanks i'll take the world of 2016 any day of the week.

[@cheybat5390]

Guys, the poetry isn’t in-it-of-itself boring. He’s just on the 9th one and his delivery is literally robotic