By kevin | Published: December 21, 2010
Coming soon! But for this week, it’s just a normal Haiku Tuesday because the classics are the best. A friend once told me that haikus must have nature imagery. I always enjoy putting the same in haikus where you wouldn’t expect it, such as: My new Chrome notebook Has battery power like The king sun [...]
By kevin | Published: November 5, 2009
Hi there – bit late this week. I’m thinking of making some changes to Haiku Tuesday. I think the frequency is too high, and it’s taking some airtime from other, more worthy content I could be writing. This is only emphasized by the fact that nobody gave the foreign-language haikus a shot – so I [...]
By kevin | Published: October 27, 2009
Hi! This is the second post in our new Learn with Haikus feature. This time it’s in French! I can’t vouch that the French is of perfect quality, so if there are any mistakes, I hope des francophones agréables will help me out The rules are the same – translate these haikus into English while [...]
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By kevin | Published: October 20, 2009
Hi – today marks the start of a new experiment here at Blang. I’m calling it an experiment, at least; what I’ll be doing is writing haikus in foreign languages and having you try to translate it into English (well, if it’s particularly good, you can get away with Spanish, Norwegian, or French, too). The [...]
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By kevin | Published: August 18, 2009
Comme j’avais promis la dernière semaine, voici mon essaie à écrire un haiku en français et puis le traduire en anglais suivant encore les régles ! — Le travail prend si beaucoup de temps. C’est mieux sur le chômage ? — As I promised last week, here’s my attempt at writing a haiku in French [...]
By kevin | Published: July 14, 2009
It seems appropriate to use the main event of the week for the haiku, so enjoy this week’s burglary haiku! Can 2 cameras, 2 iPods, 2 Laptops, phone, and backpack fit here? I actually didn’t think I would pull that one off…but it’s amazing what you can do when you relax the rules about indefinite [...]
By kevin | Published: July 7, 2009
I went to Oregon this week. This about sums up my trip: I-5 is boring. The Siskiyous are OK. Thank you Oregon. I’m learning French again. If you know French and want to help me practice, use the contact form!
