f/k/a archives . . . real opinions & real haiku

 

 

the killer’s hands

    fold a paper

         crane

 

 

seen it all, done it all

         and now

        forgetting

by David G. Lanoue, from Haiku Guy (a novel). 

(Red Moon Press, 2000)  

 

 

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  by dagosan: 

it is!   it isn’t!

genocide – –

just stop it         

                  [Aug. 16, 2004]

 

  Please join the Sudan Day of Conscience, August 25th (see NYT editorial; and passion of the present)

the killer’s hands

    fold a paper

         crane

seen it all, done it all

         and now

        forgetting

by David G. Lanoue, from Haiku Guy (a novel).  

(Red Moon Press, 2000)  

• by dagosan: 

it is!   it isn’t!

genocide – –

just stop it         

                  [Aug. 16, 2004]

  Please join the Sudan Day of Conscience, August 25th (see NYT editorial; and passion of the present)

one-breath pundit  

• — Today, Mass. Bar advocates are helping eachother refuse court emergency appointments.  [article on effects] Some questions for them here.
• — Good Idea: Librarians are taking the copyright message to teens. (see wirednews, Virtual Chase)  Here’s a software industry Cyber-Ethics Code (via Wu/Lessig)
• — The very real Evan Schaeffer wonders if it matters that Anonymous Lawyer is “fictional.” (Me? I’ve gotten more truths from fiction than non-fiction)
• — Thanks to J. Craig Williams: for en-rolling us at May It Please, xpanding coverage on the kindergarten judge, & pointing to Anecdotage.com.
• — Thanks to A Season of Mists.  Why would a nice, bright guy like Alan want to be a lawyer?

Update on our July 17 posting:  Brian Breedlove, whose NY law firm is openly competing on contingency fees with its Fair Fee Promise ads, is hearing grumbling from other lawyers for “breaking the Holy Grail.”  Ethically speaking, he correctly concludes ,  “Nobody does it, but I think it’s required.” (Rocky Mountain News, On Point, Aug. 11, 2004)

 

one-breath punditry

  one-breath poetry

 

     no way out

of these mountains

   rolling thunder

 

 

 

       shimmering heat

a willow dips its branches

        into the steam  

 

from Presents of Mind, haiku and illustrations by Jim Kacian

(Katsura/Red Moon Press, 1996).

 

one-breath punditry

  one-breath poetry

 

     no way out

of these mountains

   rolling thunder

 

 

 

       shimmering heat

a willow dips its branches

        into the steam  

 

from Presents of Mind, haiku and illustrations by Jim Kacian

(Katsura/Red Moon Press, 1996).

 

 

back to school

tiny ants swarm

a wad of gum

 

news of his death

the cigarette smoke rises

straight up

by DeVar Dahl, from New Resonance 3: Emerging Voices in English-

Language Haiku  (Jim Kacian & Dee Evetts, eds.,  Red Moon Press, 2003) 

 

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  by dagosan:

weekend storm passes quickly:

sun works, son plays

overtime

                                                   [Aug. 14, 2004]

 

• 
  
  We agree: Citing emergency, Mass. Judge orders lawyers to take indigent defense cases (but see angry letter to Gov. Romney from Bristol County bar group).  [indignant lawyers for indigent decry indenture!]

one-breath pundit  

• 
  
  Scheherazade proves it again: no photos can match the pictures she paints with words. . . . . .  . .  
  
  
• 
  
  Henniger and Bainbridge score the Left’s “Hollywood plutocrats.” 
  
  
• 
  
  Personally, I prefer rich Californians who care about a social safety net and collateral damage to those who mainly care about not paying taxes. 

 

from Issa:

straight out of a full moon
painting…
the geese depart

in spring rain
chasing the elusive fish…
dog on the shore
              

  [translator  David G. Lanoue, from his Issa website]   

    

rain stopped
her silk blouse
on the chair

.. by paul m., from A New Resonance 2: Emerging Voices (Jim Kacian, Dee Evetts, eds., Red Moon Press, 2001); orig. pub.: Modern Haiku XXIV:2

the far edge
of the sea is lost
misty rain

…. by jim kacian, from Chincoteagu (Red Moon Press, 2000)

sudden lightning–
the street mime
claps

… by michael dylan welch, from snow on the water:  The Red Moon Anthology 1998 (Jim Kacian, et al, Eds.).

    baker’s dozen of
bagels — we eschew
triskaidekaphobia

the garbage bag lands —
squirrel and I
startle eachother

… by dagosan   [08-13-04]

the widower

coaxed to the dance floor

spring equinox

 

the gardener’s sleeves

rolled to the elbow

spring equinox

 

 

by Tom Painting , from A New Resonance 2: Emerging Voices in English-Language Haiku

(edited by Jim Kacian and Dee Evetts, Red Moon Press, 2001)

credits: “gardener’s”: Frogpond  XXIv:2; “the widower”: Modern Haiku XXXI:2

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  by dagosan:

to-read list

and the summer corn

growing, growing

 

                                [Aug. 12, 2004]

 

by Pamela Miller Ness,  from driveway from childhood, 

(Small Poetry Press, Concord, CA, 1997).   to order see .

 

 

midsummer evening

mother’s two-syllable whistle

                         ends our play

 

 

grandma interrupts

childhood tales of rattlesnakes

for her soap opera

 

 

 

thick as April mud

those hot fudge sundaes

            mother & I

• 
  
  by dagosan:

bed made

underwear clean

awaiting mom’s phone call 

                                                [Aug. 11, 2004]

 

by Pamela Miller Ness,  from driveway from childhood, 

(Small Poetry Press, Concord, CA, 1997).   to order see .

 

 

midsummer evening

mother’s two-syllable whistle

                         ends our play

 

 

grandma interrupts

childhood tales of rattlesnakes

for her soap opera

 

 

 

thick as April mud

those hot fudge sundaes

            mother & I

• 
  
  by dagosan:

bed made

underwear clean

awaiting mom’s phone call 

                                                [Aug. 11, 2004]

 

tired of listening
the man walks away…
cicada on a branch

 

 

tired of feeding
on the horse
the horsefly naps

 

 

from Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue  

don’t forget our daily Tea Party with Issa in the Sidebar

 

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  by dagosan: 

a good nap

rudely interrupted –

Urgent mail   

                                              [08-10-04]

 

tired of listening
the man walks away…
cicada on a branch

 

 

tired of feeding
on the horse
the horsefly naps

 

 

from Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue  

don’t forget our daily Tea Party with Issa in the Sidebar

 

• 
  
  by dagosan: 

a good nap

rudely interrupted –

Urgent mail   

                                              [08-10-04]

 

 

earplugs

now my heart is

too loud

 

last night’s bitterness

he adds twice the sugar

to his coffee

 

 

from  Almost Unseen: Selected Haiku of George Swede 

(Brooks Books, 2000)  

 

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  by dagosan: 

two flat tires and

a broken lug wrench:

the shy neighbor asks for help

    

                                                       [08-09-04]

 

 

earplugs

now my heart is

too loud

 

last night’s bitterness

he adds twice the sugar

to his coffee

 

 

from  Almost Unseen: Selected Haiku of George Swede 

(Brooks Books, 2000)  

 

• 
  
  by dagosan: 

two flat tires and

a broken lug wrench:

the shy neighbor asks for help

    

                                                       [08-09-04]