incredible picures

i hate the word "stunning". even more than "cute".
well, now i have no idea what to say about this panoramic view from Everest.
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap030831.html

a haiku-senryu hybrid

no words
for her alien beauty
...summer steppe

haiku translations

actually, if we follow the WHC classification, all my haiku are senryu :-) thank god we have classificators, otherwise we would never know what we do in life.

http://www.livejournal.com/community/ru_hokku/137693.html

it's a lot of fun to work in two languages. sometimes there are layers of thought that i need to peel off to get to the right idea. i can almost visualize my i-language like the sweet core beneath thin bitter onion skins of e-languages.
i think i'm ready for the second stage of my haiku model. ta-da!

senryu

here's a real senryu that talks about humans, has a word play, a witticism, and a couple of subtle connections.


Intercontinental flight -
the chinese man's hair
is grey too

news from around the world

The Dutch begin the new school year by allowing pot prescriptions for pain relief.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/world/europe/3196849.stm