Komaiku Kwestions.

Yesterday's stunt seems to have inspired as much confusion as enthusiasm:

"What?

What the hell?

I mean...
Why?

And in inverse-alphabetical order?"

Reverse-alphabetical order: I put them up in an order that would guarantee I didn't mess up and post one of them twice. There's no reason they have to be in any particular order.

Why komaiku? I get weird ideas sometimes. I wanted to experiment with the Americanized haiku-- a sensory lightning bolt-- and match it to comics, an exclusively visual experience. Most of the poems play on taste, scent, kinesthetics or other senses.

Why 100 in a day? Well, firstly, I had already roughed out almost all of the poems weeks ago, so I wasn't writing that many all at once. I had been posting one a day for about four weeks and the project showed few signs of growth.

I wanted to experiment with a huge temporary boost in posting (with relatively little promotion) to gather data I can use elsewhere. Plus, I wanted to go ahead and complete this project so I'd be free to start others. My original goal for this site was 115 haiku, we have 121 now. Movin' on!