We interrupt this occasionally too-serious weblog — and our crusade against the
5-7-5 haiku myth — to point you to Haiku Circus, by Ken Sakamoto, “A comic strip
that combines drawings with haiku poetry (5-7-5 syllables).”
On the FAQ page, comic-haijin Sakamoto says:
Q: Is this really traditional haiku poetry?
A: It’s pop culture haiku. I break a few rules, but the syllables are still there.
We won’t let his syllable obsession keep us from smiling at Ken’s wit, sharing in
his frequent haiku moments, or wondering just what he’s smokin‘.
the little monkey
chews on a pipe . . .
autumn dusk
translated by D.G. Lanoue
February 4, 2005
haiku circus
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poking holes in a snowdrift
holding hands . . .
until we reach
the blackberries
her leg
swinging, swinging:
the test still incomplete
grandpa’s cedar cane
my son poking holes
in a snow drift
“schoolBrooks” Randy Brooks, from School’s Out
(Press Here, 1999)
by dagosan:
can’t take my eyes off
the bird in flight —
wanting to know its name
[Feb.4, 2005]
“tinyredcheck” I apologize to anyone who has been trying to read the
now-completed jim kacian haiku how-to primer. I believe I have
worked out the bugs and it should be readily accessible with just a
“tinyredcheck”Harvard Law School professor William J. Stuntz has written a follow-up to his piece from Nov. 29, 2004,
called “Faculty Clubs and Church Pews“. In The Academic Left and the Christian Right, Part II
(TechCentral, Jan. 4, 2005), Stuntz continues his theme that evangelicals and leftist intellectuals
ave much to learn from each other and many goals in come. Well worth reading. I wish Prof. Stuntz
would respond to my inquiry at C&F: “are religious perspectives broached in law schools?”
I’m still trying to figure out why it so often seems that folks on the Left treat “questionDudeS”
political opponents as moral inferiors, while those on the Right treat the opposition as intellectual
inferiors (see prior post and updates). This is my best guess as of today:
Why the difference? Perhaps because many of the leading Liberals
fought their first politcal wars over civil rights, the Vietnam War and
Watergate — issues that could realistically be painted in terms of good
and evil. On the other hand, many on the Right, started off fighting high
taxes and big government — issues that have more to do with intellect than
morality. That set the stage for how each side views its adversaries.
Of course, the New Right — the religious Right — also tends to see disputes
as battles between good and evil. That sort of self-rigtheousness is ugly
and unlikely to lead to positive discourse, no matter its source.
On a related topic, I’m about to purchase items from the “Jesus Was a Liberal”
collection at CafePress.com — shirts, calendars, postcards, etc. are available.
interpretation is now online (“Breyer rebuts ‘originalists’ in Tanner Lecture,” Harvard Law
Today, Jan. 20, 2005). (find my summary at C&F).
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