iPad Haikus
January 28, 2010
iPad video
makes me want a date with one
but not more than that
Mashable should give
the iPad to me: that thing
costs too much to buy
What to blog about?
iPad? State of union?
No: Boston haggis.
Haiku-Ready Headline
November 23, 2009
PCWorld gets it:
Underwhelmed By Chrome OS?
That’s Kinda the Point.
Yes, the two parts of the headline are 7 and 5 syllables. Just add a first line, and… instant addition to my collection of Chrome haikus.
Chrome defines a web appliance. I believe there’s a big market for such Chromebooks if they overwhelm in terms of speed and value.
Chrome Haikus
November 19, 2009
Home Made Haiku
September 30, 2009
home made ice cream cake
is clearly five syllables
but how many words?
Haiku: 5/7/5 for 06/04/09
April 6, 2009
Red Sox season dawns
As sunset threatens the Globe
Boo Big Apple twice.
Here in Boston, it’s Red Sox opening day. Or at least it would be, had weather not caused the postponement of the (home) opener until tomorrow.
Another stream of local news focuses on the Globe, the newspaper in danger of closure. The direct source of the threat is the New York Times, owner of the Globe. Jay Fitzgerald (with the help of “ExGlobieInTheNickOfTime”) questioned NYT’s reasoning.
There has got to be something really wrong with 85 million dollars in annual losses … Either the number is crap, or if it’s close to true, it indicates the entire Globe business is crap, and what the heck has the NYT Co. been doing with the Globe for the last several years?
This via Universal Adam, who also provided a roundup of blogging about the prospect of a Globe closure.
Since I wrote the haiku, the Sox opener has been postponed until tomorrow. That seemed like a good idea when I heard about it this morning, and seems like an even better idea given the rainstorm I’ve just come in from.
Boston, Limerick, and Beyond
March 12, 2009
The Boston Globe is calling for urban limericks. Here’s the one I posted.
Harvard started in Cambridge, not Boston
Then purchased huge portions of Allston
Allstonians were told
There’d be buildings and gold
But the Crimson, it seems, double-crossed ‘em.
And now, since you didn’t ask for more…
Here is some poetic advice:
A limerick is very nice
With rhyme it’s alive
But of lines it has five
So a haiku is much more concise.
So, move west to east
that is, from Ireland to Japan
try hand at haiku.
Johnny Haiku
May 13, 2008
The 6-word memoir meme has spread to Johnny Bunko, the career guide in manga form (previously). Or rather, it’s spread to the Bunko blog, via the personal blog of author Dan Pink.
It’ll soon be time for Bunko haikus (Bunkus?). Here are a couple, the first of which is merely a compression of the six Bunko lessons into 17 syllables.
Do not plan. Think strengths.
It’s not about you. Persist.
Make great mistakes. Leave mark.
Chopsticks snap at dusk
Hastening a new morning
For Johnny’s career.
Feed Reader Haikus
March 11, 2008
I (red heart) Bloglines
says shirt – but don’t wear often -
there’s rip in shoulder
Alltop annoying
Fav.or.it not worth the wait
Google Reader works
