Poll results for: "Does anyone read this blog?"

Thank you to all the people that participated in the poll. Not that it supplied any useful information, but oh well(hehe).

For "Yes", only 7 people voted.
For "No", 1 person voted(Maybe a one time visitor?).
For "What?", 1 person voted(They must have been confused.).
For "I like pizza.", 5 people voted(No comment.).

Timely Time

Sitting here in silence while
The clock goes click and tick
Tock to the next second.
Time timely moves forward
On and on to the next second.

Yet Another Haiku

Whizzing by my face
Time is a flash before me.
Where did it go?

STOP! READ THIS!

If you could, please participate in my poll. It should be on the right side of the blog. Thank you.

Stuff To Post

I have some stuff I'm going to be posting soon. Just some poetry and a reflection on existence that I wrote up.

Water

Water is formless and smooth.
It preserves and gives life.
A bull dozer can destroy things,
But water can destroy cities.

Haiku!

I have decided to take one of the haiku I had in my haibun and edit the last line to make a different haiku. I feel it is good enough to stand alone.


Large hunks of metal,

Fiberglass and attitudes.

Driving can be fun!

Another Haiku

Industrious ants,

Wandering around for food.

The workers proceed.

Isn't sharing the road with others fun?

This is a draft of a haibun I'm writing. I thought I'd share it with everyone while its getting worked on. Just in case you don't know what a haibun is, I'm going to describe it: It's the combination of prose and haiku. Some of the ones I've seen describe a scene or subject in prose, then sprinkle some haiku in the mix. I really like the form and this is my first one. Enjoy.

Walking to my car.
Getting in and preparing,
Seat belt is now on.

Starts off no problem, hey maybe I'll get to my destination without any problems or headaches. Minutes pass by, now coming up to an intersection; wee! I can tell this is going to be fun. Waiting... Waiting... Whats this? Someone on the side of me didn't want to wait in line and now have driven all the way up to where I am at and wants in? OH... HELL NO!

And so it begins.
Dastardly drivers are out.
And I'm in the mix.

Sorry bud, I like to be nice and all.... But you decided to drive up this far knowing there was a giant line of cars, and, now you want in so you don't have to wait. Whats this? Going to edge your car up even closer to wedge yourself in. My foot to the gas tapping it and the other foot on the break rrrrOOOM.... rrrrrOOOM.... Like I said bud.... HELL NO!

Large hunks of metal,
Fiberglass and attitudes.
Like I said bud. “NO!”

Boy is this light taking for ever to change. And mister I own the road is still trying to cut in.... Foot off the gas.... Oh well.... Mumbles to self “jackass”....

It's time to cool down.
Just let him in and its done.
Cool down. Its one car.

Looking to my left even further down. One.... Two... Three.... Three jackass'! Oh great!

The road can be fun!
All those wonderful drivers!
Don't you just love them?

Plants Dance

Swaying here and there.

Dancing with the smooth subtle breeze.

Did you know plants dance?

Tweet Tweet

Chirping and tweeting.

Flying this way and that way.

The birds have come out.

Halloween Haiku

Formless, dull, and plain.

A face takes form as I cut

A jack-o'-lantern.

Gentle Caress

The misty air
Gently caresses
My skin as if
It has some
Affection.

The sweetness of fresh
elegance can be
Smelt.

The rain starts to pour.

Just A Haiku

Graceful in its dance.

Destruction lays behind it.

The fire waves hello.

Fading

Dark horizons beyond.
Hope drifting ever so far
As I walk on paper
Floating in the black sky.

Hope drifting ever so far;
Clutching it with my might
Floating in the black sky;
Drifting ever so far away.

Hope drifting ever so far,
As I walk on paper
Floating in the black sky.
Dark horizons beyond.

Another Great Blog To Check Out

An interesting blog on making money from home using resources on the Internet. Definitely a blog to check out for anyone interested in making money.

You can also find other nice tidbits there as well. Follow the link to check it out:

Homework - Work from Home - Get Paid Online

Inspirational Article On Music By Alice Jones

Definitely a must read if you are at all interested in music or want to play a musical instrument. Check this article out at Helium:

You don't have to be a natural to learn the basics of music

Check Out My Helium Posts!

I've decided to devote this post space to announcing my Helium posts, that way I can consolidate all of them in one place. So if you want to see my Helium posts they will be in this post entry.

Poetry: Existence

Poetry: What If . . .

Poetry: Snowflakes


Articles:

Does casino gambling on reservations help or hurt Native Americans?

Does drinking mineral water have health benefits?

Which is a better Web application framework: Ruby on Rails or PHP?

The Orb

Joe sitting at a large table, staring at a glass orb. He just couldn't believe what was happening. He had just gotten into his car when... He doesn't remember anything from that point on. He only remembers everything up to him getting into his car then ending up at this table staring at the orb. Joe just sat there never blinking, never deviating his glance, and never moving his head.

Do You Want To Write A Haiku?

I've been experimenting with haiku, and I really like the form. It's simple and straight to the point in expressing a moment, although that can vary with the westernized form. But generally it's about expressing a moment; to create a clear mental picture of beauty. If this is something you are interested in then read on.

The traditional Japanese form consists of a season word, which could be any word that could be attributed to a season, if I understand it correctly, and expresses a moment, like laying out a scene. There is also a form called senryu that is directly related to haiku, almost the same except it is used to express humor and does not require a season word. Probably most haiku you encounter are closer to a senryu, even if they don't express humor.

The western adaptation doesn't seem to adhere to the strict Japanese form, but is very similar. People just describe anything and everything in a haiku. For me though, as long as there is a clear image of a moment that is expressed in a haiku; I feel qualifies as a good haiku. Like I said at the beginning of this post, it should be simple, and straight to the point. Also from what I understand so far, metaphorical language should be avoided for the sake of directness. But I feel if someone is inclined to use metaphorical language, it can't hurt. People can have their own spin on an art form if they want to.

Here is the very basic requirement of a haiku, although it varies from different individual styles, but the most common form of haiku should have a syllable count of 5-7-5. Also it should express a moment, and create a clear mental image. You will come to realize that it's not to difficult to express a clear moment with so few syllables, its actually refreshing at times. Here is a haiku I came up with on the spot as an example:

Creating a post. (5 syllables)
Correcting things as I go. (7 syllables)
This post almost done. (5 syllables)

Not the best example but I feel it's adequate in showing the basic usage of a haiku. You notice I didn't adhere to the strict Japanese form using a season word, you will find that a lot of haiku are written like this. Also I said earlier that most haiku you find are probably more similar to senryu; like the one I did is probably closer to a senryu without emphasis on humor.

I hope my readers liked this little tidbit of information on haiku. I tried to be as accurate as possible and to keep things simple. If anyone spots any errors in my description, let me know. For more information check out Wikipedia's entry for the haiku form, or find some good sources from a search engine. I would provide some links but I feel the Wikipedia page has a very good listing of links associated with the entry; so if you want some quality links check out that entry. And if you feel that you have some information that can be useful or just want to say something, feel free to comment on this post. Thanks for reading.

Hope Has Something To Say

Dear Friend

Whatever you do, please don't let me go. I beg of you not to abandon me; please. You need me more then you realize at times. I will never let go of you, you can only let go of me. When times are bad I will be there as long as you don't forget me. Please keep trying, please don't admit defeat. I don't want to die.


Your Friend
Hope

Rat Drone -DRAFT- Here for you to see early.

This is just a draft of a poem written like prose, commonly called a prose poem. Anyway, this may change, or it may not. Like I said it's just a draft. I thought people might like to read it.

I don't want to be a little rat scurrying around and around for his cheese; a drone of society. There has got to be other ways to get my cheese. Give me some cheese please. Like I said I don't want to be a little rat drone scurrying around and around redundantly for my cheese. I need to do my own thing, find my own original source of cheese, I need lots of cheese. I want so much cheese that I don't have to worry about cheese. Yummy! Give me some cheese please. Is this getting redundant? Well, rat droning is redundant. Give me some cheese please. Cheese makes the world spin, most people would disagree, but I'm right. Cheese solves lots of problems, it also creates them. But all I know. Is I want lots of it.

So you say I have to run around and round in a maze, or in a wheel for my cheese? I have to break my back, and or stress out for my cheese? So you say I have to give up half my life for my cheese? No thanks, I'll find my cheese some how. I don't think all that is necessary for cheese. Its just cheese after all right? Its everywhere, there has to be more interesting ways to get it. You know. Without giving up half your life.

Have fun giving up half your life and being drone in a maze, running on wheels, in a cage. Being a rat maybe alright, but it isn't for me. Nope. Call me in 20 years rat drone, tell me how much cheese you have, and if your happy. And watch as people take your cheese because they say it is theirs. Yummy! Cheese is great isn't it? Give me some cheese please.

Little update.

Going to get some stuff up, just haven't gotten around to it. Stay tuned(hehe)!

Aesop's Fables In Verse

I thought it would be fun to render some of Aesop's fables into verse. This has been done countless times in the past by lots of people, but I've never done it before; I thought I'd post some of them that I do and get some feed back from people that read them here(constructive feed back).

When choosing the verse form, I thought I'd do something unorthodox, and use couplets with syllabic lines. Generally couplet lines have a beat to them, but I thought it might be neat to go the syllabic route, I think the rhymes can keep the rhythm going and the syllabic structure keep it all nice and uniform. Anyway I hope to get my first one up maybe tomorrow night.

Quick note for people that stop by.

It would be great if you bookmarked this blog and visit from time to time; currently I'm getting material ready for posting, so come by every so often. I'll see about getting an rss feed going so you can see posts as they become available.

Just getting started.

Well this is my first blog, and I've never done much writing so I'm going to see how this goes. Anyway I think this is going to be interesting and I hope anyone who finds their way here finds something interesting in it also.

The type of content that I plan on posting here will probably be rants about all kinds of things, anything that comes to mind that I think I need to express an opinion on. Also I thought it would be neat to maybe put up some short stories and poems every now and then.