Comments on: Haiku Blogging

By: Al

Al — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 18:05:26 +0000

If I may suggest one of my favorites:

http://www.beerhaikudaily.com

By: Colin Beveridge

Colin Beveridge — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:08:26 +0000

I think it’s worth saying that limits can be a floor as well as a ceiling. I find myself leaving my blog untouched for days or even weeks at a time, when saying ‘I will spend 20 minutes writing, every other day’ would avoid the problem entirely.

Great ideas, well articulated – thanks!

By: constructicle boy

constructicle boy — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:03:14 +0000

this reminds me of Zen.the simple but effective way of thinking.may be a little difficult for blogging but this is worth working towards it!

By: lucas131

lucas131 — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 20:56:32 +0000

I totally agree with it that you have to limit time spending on blogging. Social bookmarking can take a lot of time cause it can be fun, but mostly unefficient time that you can appoint to new content on your blog in example.

By: Michael Dylan Welch

Michael Dylan Welch — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:22:03 +0000

A fun idea, but here’s something to think about: Usuaully haiku is referred to as having 17 syllables, not 14, but in any event, that applies to Japanese, where they count sounds (mora, in linguistic terms), NOT syllables. As an example of the difference, the word “haiku” is three sounds in Japanese, but two syllables in English. Believing that haiku in English should have 17 syllables is a widespread misunderstanding, to the detriment of other factors that are usually considered more important — kigo (season word), kireji (cutting word that usually divides the poem into two juxtaposed parts), and objective imagery (no concepts, judgments, conclusions, or analysis). The vast bulk of literary haiku published in English is actually NOT in the 5-7-5 pattern.

My essay “Becoming a Haiku Poet” covers general haiku goals and misunderstandings in more detail, if it might be helpful. It’s online at http://www.haikuworld.org/begin/mdwelch.apr2003.html. The Haiku Society of America site (http://hsa-haiku.org) is also a good resource, with examples from its past contests at http://www.hsa-haiku.org/haikucollections.htm. To see one fine haiku a day, I also recommend http://tinywords.com/.

Of course, one can still practice “haiku” blogging, if by that one means to post only very brief entries (unlike this one!). :-)

Michael Dylan Welch

By: Ričardas

Ričardas — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 12:22:15 +0000

Nicely presented efficient attitude, useful advices. Thanks. I’m just afraid I can’t improve much because my Blog is written in haiku – it is a haiku blog:)

By: Serge

Serge — Fri, 23 Nov 2007 09:42:33 +0000

Great article! I love it! It should be a featured article on problogger. There is too much wasted time in the blogging world. The only ones who should waste their time is your own visitors, not you!

By: Ming

Ming — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:40:36 +0000

It’s 1.39 am. The best use of my blogging time, will be to get some shut eye.

The trick after all, is to know when to stop:)

By: Ming

Ming — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:40:35 +0000

It’s 1.39 am. The best use of my blogging time, will be to get some shut eye.

The trick after all, is to know when to stop:)

By: Yarijik

Yarijik — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:44:57 +0000

Great post and great advices…
I must admit that I have to get rid of the time-wasting habits myself, like endless mail and earning checking… It does take a lot of time and completely useless…
So I take this challenge: All the checking to be done twice a day – afternoon and evening only!!!
Wish me luck! :)

By: SaVvmari

SaVvmari — Thu, 22 Nov 2007 09:51:50 +0000

Insightful and informative. Thank you.

http://savvmari.com

By: Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind)

Karen (Karooch from Scraps of Mind) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:36:55 +0000

words stream from fingers
sharing ideas with the World
Bloggo Ergo Sum

By: MaxBro

MaxBro — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 19:01:55 +0000

Going with Number One from above, a problem I see is that bloggers will often write whatever comes to mind regardless of whether it’s worthy or not, just for the sake of making an update. I’ve been guilty of this myself plenty of times.

I suppose this happens because bloggers are afraid if they don’t post all the time people will stop visiting their site. But it seems that it’s just infinitely better to concentrate on making a great article rather than make mini contrived updates.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:47:08 +0000

Yeah that makes real sense… get more readers by writing less.

maybe I’ll get a raise from my boss by working less.

or maybe I’ll live longer by breathing less.

By: Kelly DuMar

Kelly DuMar — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:31:51 +0000

I read your blog,
and a new idea,
like a butterfly flew to my blog.

By: Thomas Flight

Thomas Flight — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:58:30 +0000

Wow! That is a great post Leo! I really needed to hear that. The amount of time I spend blogging has been a struggle for me.

I think blogging should never eat into things like family, friends and so on. I recently stopped posting on one of my blog because of this.

By: Niamh

Niamh — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:49:06 +0000

I will give it a go and let you know.

By: Eric D. Wills

Eric D. Wills — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:45:15 +0000

Thanks so much for the advice. I do find myself unconsciously checking my stats in between nearly every activity of the day. I know it’s not productive but it sure is fun.

http://www.haikuninja.com

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:18:59 +0000

There are websites specifically for Haiku blogging, they’re called Twitter and Jaiku.

By: syaifudin zuhri

syaifudin zuhri — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 14:29:35 +0000

Oh ya the site is related about zen here http://www.inthesphereofsilence.com/ by vijay eswaran