haiku

    Moon, silent, alone.
    “Arise, abyss!” she commands.
    Dark depths stir to life.

    scritch scratch swoop and slash
    furious scribbles relent
    taut hush, reflection

    Remember To Live, An Interactive Haiku

    days lived
    more to go
    remember to live!


    Input your own numbers into the haiku above as a reminder to yourself to live!

    For the first box, calculate your_age_in_years * 365

    For the second box, calculate your_expected_max_age_in_years * 365 - first_box_value


    calculator-1.com

    Originally I had hoped to make this much more dynamic so that you could input your current age and expected max age and I would handle all the calculating behind the scenes, but alas Javascript doth not jive with Markdown.

    vast expanse, stars born,
    galaxies like sand, and us
    pale blue perfection

    Haiku

    I’m adding a new category on my site for haiku. Most of these will be quick micro-posts, but others may be longer. I have an idea for an interactive haiku but I’m not positive how that will work since my posts are published in Markdown. It should be a fun mini-project!

    To my chagrin, I tend towards rule-following, so most of my haiku will follow the 5-7-5 format. I would like to experiment outside of those lines from time to time.

    Here are some haiku I’ve been workshopping in my pocket journal:

    whatever you do
    must matter so you enjoy
    whatever you do

    I will be faithful
    all of my days are for you
    no one else will do

    flowers dance in wind
    clouds amble along slowly
    people collect likes

    quite peculiar
    is the love of a small child
    pure, strong, undeserved

    oh you fool! live more!
    think often of your deathbed
    it is near, not far

    look how far I ran
    so far to be same old me
    right where I began