haiku

Quite the catch

By Matthew Dicks | August 31, 2017 |

I’m lying in bed, waiting for Elysha to finish brushing her teeth. I’ve staring at my phone. I laugh. “What’s so funny?” Elysha asks. “Nothing,” I say. “I’m just reading some haiku that Charles sent to me. This one really has me thinking.” I pause. Wait a moment. Then add, “That’s right! I’m the kind of…

By Matthew Dicks | January 4, 2016 |

Little girl chased by bearBlood and gore amid the sycamoresTasty bear sandwiches

The New York Times gets haiku all wrong, and I’m infuriated. Probably more than I should be.

By Matthew Dicks | April 8, 2014 |

The New York Times has been publishing “serendipitous haikus” for the last couple years on a Tumblr called Times Haiku. An algorithm designed to detect potential haikus in text periodically scans the New York Times home page for newly published articles. Then it scans each sentence looking for potential haikus by using an electronic dictionary…