Noodling around on the internet, looking for ideas of things to do when I am too unmotivated to do almost anything, I came across a website which randomly generates haiku which, although not strictly grammtically correct, often can be twisted into meaning something given enough effort and imagination. There seems to be a definite "dark side" slant to the words on which the Haiku Generator draws: I didn't come across "happy" or "cheery" or "gleeful" (or any other of the Seven Dwarves . . . ) but there were "grotesque"s, "desperate"s, and "groaning"s to spare. Still, fun if you want to while away hours almost completely uselessly. I say almost because I do think it prompts one to come up with one's own haiku, simply out of frustration with the computer-generated versions. In addition, for me the urge to illustrate is triggered by some of the nutso (keeping up the squirrel theme here) imagery.The first two it created for me didn't do anything for me at all, but the third had a certain sound/image thing going for it and makes a certain amount of sense if you think about it hard while standing on your head and squinting mentally:
riding brazenly
tiredly, sound gusting squirrels
somersault coolly
or a smidge more coherently:
canoe encircles
reflection bragging, gloating
image ricochets
This one is mine -
snowstorm in springtime:
drifts of petals falling fast
blanketing the ground . . .
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