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I look at a poem as a painting, in which words instead of colors and textures are used as the instruments to convey meaning, emotion or memory. For some time now, I have been thinking if it would be possible to come up with a one-word poem. I've come to the conclusion that there is one such word, that, just hearing it could evoke a multitude of meanings, visions, sounds, memories and emotions. I would have presented the word to you immediately were it not for my recent fascination for haikus, a short Japanese poem that I have described in an earlier post . And so I thought of writing a one-word haiku, which I share with you below: r あい n Haikus do not usually have a title, but if I'd choose one for the above poem, I'd choose  雨に愛  (Ame ni ai). This may be a bad thing to do since it's like explaining one's own joke. But I'd put it there just the same. I won't blame you if you think this is all nonsense. Many poems and paintings have suffere...

A haiku is a short Japanese poem that contains only 3 lines of verse. Traditionally, they are composed of 17 syllables distributed as 5-7-5 among the 3 lines.  The essence of a haiku is the kiru , a "cutting" represented by the juxtaposition of 2 images or ideas. Modern Japanese haiku do not necessarily follow the 5-7-5 syllabication rule. [1] On one of my birthdays, I posted a Facebook status update, which I later realized, could qualify as a haiku (at least informally). I present it again here: The author of Harry Potter went scuba diving; She could have had it all, She was Rowling in the deep. I tried working on the 5-7-5 syllabication rule and got the following: Potter's author dove; She could have had it all, she's Rowling in the deep. Well, this fulfilled the 5-7-5 rule, but in my opinion, it had less impact than the informal haiku, in terms of delivering the kiru. In fact,   I would almost say it's disastrous, so instead of call...

Today is Pi Day. Happy Pi Day everyone! March 14 is celebrated in the Geek World as International Pi Day. The derivation of this celebration, being straightforward, is left for the readers [1],  following the great tradition of math textbooks. I wish to join today's celebration by presenting an original haiku (a form of short Japanese poetry) and a well-known trivia. Pi Haiku Circumferential Pi A point went around Its distance traveled divided by twice the length of a rotating arm Behold! Pi is in hand. Pi Trivia Do you want to remember the value of pi up to 14 decimal places?  Just memorize the sentence below.  "How I need a drink, alcoholic, of course, after the heavy lectures involving quantum mechanics." The number of letters in each word gives out the digits of pi in order.  You should be able to get 3.14159265358979. Photo credit: "Pumpkin Pi" by bigfoot13 in www.sxc.hu ------ [1] But we provide the sol...

Three kings will see a great star in the bright blue sky, Seven men will follow it and lead them far; Nine days it shall guide them to the greatest King, One whose kingdom shall have no end. In the land of Judah, He shall lie, One King to rule the world, one who'll redeem men; One King to save the world, and from their sins release them, In the land of Judah, He shall lie. F ollowing a great star, the Three Kings of the Orient are led to Rivendell. There, the Elf-Lord Elrond explained to them The Prophecy. Together with Anakin, Harry, Neo and Aragorn, they embark on a journey to bring the Crown of Prophecy to the Lord of the Kings. But the journey turns out to be perilous, for the evil KingWraights are coming after them. THE LORD OF THE KINGS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE KING PART I This is a script written for a 2005 highschool Christmas Movie Project.  Note that this is not written according to standard scriptwriting rules. ...

Three kings will see a great star in the bright blue sky, Seven men will follow it and lead them far; Nine days it shall guide them to the greatest King, One whose kingdom shall have no end. In the land of Judah, He shall lie, One King to rule the world, one who'll redeem men; One King to save the world, and from their sins release them, In the land of Judah, He shall lie. THE LORD OF THE KINGS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE KING PART IV     < Go to Part III  GOLD More shots of the fellowship traveling. The fellowship is seen resting , camera focuses on Harry and Melchor. HARRY : So you mean you are also a King? MELCHOR: Yes, I am. HARRY : Wow! That means you are able to do just what you want to do? Play when you want to, have all the food and leisure that you want? You can even not follow rules from time to time! That sounds really great! MELCHOR : Harry, being a king means being a servant. A King has to th...

Three kings will see a great star in the bright blue sky, Seven men will follow it and lead them far; Nine days it shall guide them to the greatest King, One whose kingdom shall have no end. In the land of Judah, He shall lie, One King to rule the world, one who'll redeem men; One King to save the world, and from their sins release them, In the land of Judah, He shall lie. THE LORD OF THE KINGS THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE KING PART II < Go to Part I MEETING WITH ELROND The three are presented before ELROND ELROND : Hmmnn...As I have more important concerns to think about, I will go directly to the point.    (Looks at the three menacingly) Who are you and what are you doing in my realm? BALTHAZAR : I am Balthazar and this is Gaspar and Melchor. We are Kings from the Orient. GASPAR : We take delight in the study of the stars. Last night we saw an exceedingly bright star. We knew right away that it is not an ordi...