tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post3267359292923525328..comments2023-07-25T01:00:42.700-07:00Comments on Autumn Haiku 2008: FlightStevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16394056957171485464noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-28149259267213226162008-10-08T06:31:00.000-07:002008-10-08T06:31:00.000-07:00hanhet lähteneetpohjoinen autius puissaennuste: lu...hanhet lähteneet<BR/>pohjoinen autius puissa<BR/>ennuste: luntaMömehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866102481591851724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-5521731441335241612008-10-08T06:28:00.000-07:002008-10-08T06:28:00.000-07:00I try to keep 17 syllables in both English and Fin...I try to keep 17 syllables in both English and Finnish versions, yes. Finnish in much closer to Japanese in this respect; English tends to have space for too much information. So, I have to compromise, particularly because the English syllable division seems irrational and confusing to me :)But my Finnish versions are always faithfully 5-7-5!<BR/>The real challence, of course, comes with the translation. ;)<BR/><BR/><I>geeseless north<BR/>the bare branches of trees still<BR/>forecast: first snow</I>Mömehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866102481591851724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-7172599419684244832008-10-07T00:18:00.000-07:002008-10-07T00:18:00.000-07:00Hi Eve!Do you mean you have to do your haiku in 17...Hi Eve!<BR/><BR/>Do you mean you have to do your haiku in 17 Western syllables? Intriguing. <B>;-)</B><BR/><BR/><I>geeseless north</I><BR/><BR/>Now that sounds like an interesting first line for another haiku! <B>;-)</B><BR/><BR/>.Area 17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-66105452285783990892008-10-07T00:09:00.000-07:002008-10-07T00:09:00.000-07:00For syllables' sake, Adam! Thank you both for your...For syllables' sake, Adam! <BR/><BR/>Thank you both for your kind comments, and greetings from Paris - now I'm back here in the almost wintery, soon geeseless north.Mömehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866102481591851724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-86806562628739188592008-10-06T11:25:00.000-07:002008-10-06T11:25:00.000-07:00Fantastic!I don't know if you even need "in the fi...Fantastic!<BR/><BR/>I don't know if you even need "in the field' as the writing (in English) is so sublime and the context full of clarity.Area 17https://www.blogger.com/profile/07472190637554124160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7798578235216605531.post-6598553681719650812008-10-06T03:03:00.000-07:002008-10-06T03:03:00.000-07:00lovely, mome!lovely, mome!norahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02228725106863747984noreply@blogger.com