Roxanne Barbour's Blog, page 25
November 7, 2012
SciFaiku Review: SciFaiku #20 – Fracking
SciFaiku (Science Fiction haiku) is a form of poetry inspired by Japanese Haiku.
SciFaiku poems are short, minimalistic, poems about science and science fiction.
The poems are usually three lines and around 17 syllables.
Join me in exploring this field of poetry. Send your scifaiku to hyperlight@hyperwarp.com and I will feature them here. (subject: Scifaiku)
#20 - Fracking
Fracking, racking, cracking
a flurry of harsh smells
landscape desecrated
via Bing
Quotation – November 7, 2012
The science without the art is likely to be ineffective; the art without the science is certain to be inaccurate.
Preface: Funk & Wagnall’s dictionary
November 6, 2012
Quotation – November 6, 2012
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
Mark Twain
November 3, 2012
Quotation – November 3, 2012
Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows anybody.
Mark Twain
November 2, 2012
Quotation – November 2, 2012
When we remember we are all mad, the mysteries disappear and life stands explained.
Mark Twain
October 30, 2012
Quotation – October 30, 2012
You may have noticed that the less I know about a subject, the more confidence I have, and the more new light I throw on it.
Mark Twain
October 24, 2012
Quotation – October 24, 2012
Obscurity and a competence — that is the life that is best worth living.
Mark Twain
October 12, 2012
SciFaiku Review: SciFaiku #19 – Aquatic Vegetation
SciFaiku (Science Fiction haiku) is a form of poetry inspired by Japanese Haiku.
SciFaiku poems are short, minimalistic, poems about science and science fiction.
The poems are usually three lines and around 17 syllables.
Join me in exploring this field of poetry. Send your scifaiku to hyperlight@hyperwarp.com and I will feature them here. (subject: Scifaiku)
#19 - Aquatic Vegetation
Floating vegetation
afforded the aliens
a fruitful, healthy life.
via ouramazingplanet.com
Quotation – October 12, 2012
Keep away from those who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you believe that you too can become great.
Mark Twain
October 9, 2012
Quotation – October 9, 2012
An old racetrack joke reminds you that your program contains all the winners’ names. I stare at my typewriter keys with the same thought.
Mignon McLaughlin
The Neurotic’s Handbook, 1960
