The Destiny

When did you know for sure you were a haiku poet?

First word of a haiku poet

 

When I was a young poet in my twenties, it was difficult for me to explain to my parents what a haiku was since I wast just discovering it myself.

Fortunately, a teacher knew what haiku was. After he commented that the short poems I was writing were like haiku, he ordered a haiku book, loaned it to me, and that was the start of my haiku adventure.

When and how did you discover haiku?

Don’t feed the deer

This comic is inspired by the deer population roaming the University of Victoria campus during the SHARP 2017 conference.

Happy Birthday, SHARP!

I’m currently attending the SHARP conference. The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing is turning 25, so I thought I should pay them a tribute.

 

Watch for. . .

This Old Pond comic is inspired by a SHARP 2017 talk by Lisa Gitelman, New York University: “Emoji Dick, Prequels and Sequels”.

Did you know Amazon produced a translation of Moby Dick using emoji? The book is called Emoji Dick. It could have been a fun project. Unfortunately the book is gibberish, as most translations were produced randomly. Here are some pictures:

 

Emoji Dick

 

Lisa Gilteman presents Emoji Dick at SHARP 2017 conference.

YouTube Star

This Old Pond comic was inspired by a talk at SHARP 2017 by Silke Jandl, University of Graz: “Which YouTuber Book Are You?”: Social Media, Materiality, and YouTubers’ Bestsellers.”

 

Digital Preservation

This Old Pond comic was inspired by a presentation by Corey Davis (University of Victoria) “A Website on the Shelf: Libraries and the Challenges of Digital Preservation” at SHARP 2017 conference.

Gadget

You can share your haiku so easily on social media now.

NaHaiWriMo #24 brief

Your haiku is so short. Why don’t you add some potatoes to that shopping list.

NaHaiWriMo #23 Human nature

What came first, the frog jumping or the poem?