Speculative Vision

Which sci-fi crew would you best fit in with? (pics) You scored as a Moya (Farscape) You are surrounded by muppets. But that is okay because they are your friends and have shown many times that they can be trusted. Now if only you could stop being bothered about wormholes. Moya (Farscape) 94% Heart ...

I haven't seen an episode of it yet, but I'm a bit leery after seeing how Torchwood turned out.

lobe of his

That's half-true, the Stephen King one. He, discouraged, through it away. His wife found it, read it, and encouraged him to continue (helping him a good deal with the ins and outs of high school girl society). After that he sent it out (and, presumably, accepted, as I don't recall offhand any storie...

Technically speaking.... 50,000 words and above is considered a novel. 30,000 - 49,999 words is considered a novella. 10,000 - 29,999 words is considered a novelette Anything below 10,000 words is considered a short-story. Although individual definitions will vary. A lot of how it's perceived also r...

some people just aren't able to understand math

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I think I wasn't irked by what you said so much as the way you said it. It just rubbed me the wrong way for some reason. And I've grown a little tired of the debate over the 5-7-5 format, although that's not really your fault. It's no problem at all. I understand where you're coming from on that. I...

Also, a favorite quote of mine that I think that you should consider:



“A poem is never finished, only abandoned.”

Paul Valéry

I did not mean the comment that it wasn't a haiku in a derogatory manner, but simply did not realize that haiku's can have less than the maximum number of syllables per line. It was meant as a comment, and not a critique, which you've already highlighted was ill-informed. If you can't take a simple ...

Okay... I just realized that this wasn't a haiku due to the syllable count... and it's definitely not a hokku or a haikai. So I assume that it's very simply just a short poem? If you want examples of short poems that I feel are more engaging and evocative, you should take a look at A.D. Hope's "Insc...

This honestly didn't really do all that much for me. I understand the limitations that you've placed on yourself in writing a haiku,but at the same time I don't think that you understand the form as it was intended, and just see it as a framework for a poem. A Haiku was a very high art, and their au...

Good luck with that, RHFay! I hope it all goes well. Yeah, Blake, especially as of late, is a literary figure of some interest to me. The Rossetti was a fantastic artist, but definitely was less of a poet than he was a visualist. I also read my brother's copy of the latest issue of Jubilat, and ther...