birthday haiku.
im 27 today. as diego would say: "crazy." to commemorate, i wanted to write a birthday haiku, which, as you can see, is a poetic form that is a bit more complex than the ol' 5-7-5 rule we learned in school.
(am i the only one [and yes, that's rhetorical] who, with the advent of the internet, feels the need to look everything up, to make sure i have it correct, to the point where this becomes a detriment? case in point--i just looked 'haiku' up, and it induced in me a desire to write a haiku that follows the technique and spirit of true haikus to the 'letter of the law,' whereas if i hadn't gone on wikipedia, i could have just written whatever i wanted, no one would have challenged my haiku's legitimacy, and that would be that. i feel that having all these resources at my fingertips [and i just looked 'fingertips' up on m-w.com to make sure it's one word!] makes me trust my own intuition for these facts less, because i know there are references out there that i can trust 100%, that have answers. if you have a desk job, or any job where you're at a computer all day, the internet becomes this silent, omniscient proctor, watching over you.
hey--im not gonna say the internet is god, but it did help me save a bunch of money on my car insurance.)
anyhoo, i will sculpt my haiku according to the tacit guidelines of the "Contemporary English-language haiku," which apparently can be just as simple as 5-7-5.
Q train up for air
between two boroughs i see
rivers don't repeat
(am i the only one [and yes, that's rhetorical] who, with the advent of the internet, feels the need to look everything up, to make sure i have it correct, to the point where this becomes a detriment? case in point--i just looked 'haiku' up, and it induced in me a desire to write a haiku that follows the technique and spirit of true haikus to the 'letter of the law,' whereas if i hadn't gone on wikipedia, i could have just written whatever i wanted, no one would have challenged my haiku's legitimacy, and that would be that. i feel that having all these resources at my fingertips [and i just looked 'fingertips' up on m-w.com to make sure it's one word!] makes me trust my own intuition for these facts less, because i know there are references out there that i can trust 100%, that have answers. if you have a desk job, or any job where you're at a computer all day, the internet becomes this silent, omniscient proctor, watching over you.
hey--im not gonna say the internet is god, but it did help me save a bunch of money on my car insurance.)
anyhoo, i will sculpt my haiku according to the tacit guidelines of the "Contemporary English-language haiku," which apparently can be just as simple as 5-7-5.
Q train up for air
between two boroughs i see
rivers don't repeat
posted by Colby | 2:30 PM
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