Monday, May 23, 2011

Haiku for May 23rd: Ice Hard Sharp

Slips sun, ice hard sharp.
Blunt thoughts slices sour thoughts-- is
gone.  Ice.  The flash pines.


This is one of those where the decisions I make on formatting can really change the reading of the haiku.  Is it "Slips sun, ice-hard sharp," or rather "Slips sun-ice, hard sharp"?

Some other formatting options could be:


Slips sun ice hard, sharp
blunt thoughts. Slices sour thoughts is--
Gone ice. The flash. Pines.



Or maybe:

 
Slips. Sun ice hard. Sharp.
Blunt. Thoughts slices sour. Thoughts is
gone. Ice the flash pines.


Poesytron has no "intention" when it creates.  In formatting its haiku for you, the reader, I am another author--or a translator, maybe, an intermediary force that shapes the poem and influences the meaning ascribed by your mind.

I am sure this intermediary step could also be automated, but I am in no way ready to tackle that computing challenge.

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