[LINK] Haiku Twittering [Was Re: Twitter drop-off rates]
Roger Clarke
Roger.Clarke at xamax.com.au
Mon May 4 22:28:18 AEST 2009
At 21:19 +1000 4/5/09, Peter Bowditch wrote:
>While I've got you here -
>
> I had hashbrowns for dinner, it's dark outside,
> the dog sneezed twice and we have run out of ice cream.
>
>That saved me tweeting you all.
I've been trying to work up a haiku version of twitter (admittedly
only in my spare time, which is admittedly mostly walking out of the
shower).
Let's see now ... 7, 4, 4, 8 ...
That's not simple to map to 5, 7, 5.
But waste not, want not:
Hashbrowns for dinner.
We have run out of ice cream.
Why did the dog sneeze?
Or, for the purists who insist on a seasonal reference:
Hashbrowns for dinner.
We have run out of ice cream.
But winter has sprung.
Thanks, Peter!!
P.S. To paraphrase Fred Pilcher in the SMH on 13 March:
Postings in Twitter:
Seldom poetic, but they're
mercifully brief.
--
Roger Clarke http://www.rogerclarke.com/
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