Still not math related

In Zen temples in Japan, and perhaps in the US, I don't know, the evening bell is rung just when the person charged with ringing the bell can no longer see the lines on his hands. I wrote this haiku for that moment.


Ring
by Scott Roche

Last line on my palm
Dark pink fails on curved line
Temple bell: resound

Unwaiting for perfection

It dawns on me that I may enjoy/be better at computer programming than advanced mathematics. I wish I was not now just discovering this (though writing code was always more fun than doing a proof).

In any case, I've been waiting to publish something until I had a perfect idea - this is a fallacy. So here is a haiku I wrote today when I didn't have an internet connection.

Canoe
by Scott Roche

Canoe rounds the bend
Disturbing warm day's sun bath
Small turtle goes plop!

If you've ever been canoeing on a warm day in still water, you know what this is about. If you haven't, then I don't know if I'd put it on top of my list of things to do, but it definitely would be relaxing.