It’s another day that was too good to stay indoors.
And, another day when I was stuck indoors glimpsing
the blue skies through closed windows.
Although missing out on nature, I nonetheless
managed not to write an intended major posting, and am
very late with this daily haiku offering.
I’d be stress out, except that two very good things
happened today:
First, after spending more than a year complaining
that there aren’t enough haiku for me to use from
our Honored Guest Matt Morden, I have discovered
a great source for Matt’s work: his brand-new weblog
(started two days ago, Oct. 2, 2005) named Morden Haiku.
Although Matt is probably tired of puns on his surname,
I think the weblog name is just such a pun, as Matt
combines photos with many of the poems (making
them haiga). [It’s a good thing they’re aren’t any
trademark lawyers working for Modern Haiku!]
Here is the very first haiku at the site (click here
to see the accompanying photo), plus today’s
Morden Haiku posting (click for the photo-poem):
summer’s end
explosions in the gaps
between stars
a barrow of windfalls–
emptying out
apple-scented rain
And, for you,
a bonus pair:
hermitage
a small hole dug
deep in an acorn
following fog
off the cold hill
remains of the moon
“hermitage” – The Heron’s Nest (May 2001)
“a barrow of windfalls–” The Heron’s Nest (Jan. 2002)
“following fog” – Snapshots #2 1988
Second, while doing a quick drive-by at The Legal Underground,
I learned that the gracious, but (stubbornly) anonymous, Editor
of The Blawg Review has written a review of f/k/a, which was
post Oct. 2, 2005. “Ed” focused on the lawyer-poetry connection,
which suits me just fine. Thanks, Nameless One.
potluck
conference yesterday in D.C. and am looking forward to debriefings
from the participants, such as the host, Ted Frank, and Martin
Grace, the RiskProf. I’m also sorry that I wasn’t a (gad)fly on the
wall for the dinner Friday night at Princeton, which brought together
the five co-bloggers from Point of Law.
Yes, I was among those waylaid yesterday by news of the Miers
nomination. But, I did check out Blawg Review #26 at Tom Mighell’s
Inter Alia. Among other good things I found there, was a pointer to
Kevin Thompson at Cyberlaw Central, who had an important warning
last week about the FCC’s intention to require ISPs and broadband
providers supply “backdoors” to law enforcement that will allow them
to monitor communications. CyblerLaw is my newly-discovered
weblawg of the week, and I shall return to Kevin’s window on the digital
world.
asked whether and when jurors should be “blogging” about jury duty. The
question came to her from Josh Hallett and his weblog hyku (not related to
your Editor). She got thoughtful responses from a distinguished panel of
lawyer-bloggers. I certainly agree that having a weblog does not change a
juror’s obligations to the court and the justice system during or after trial,
but that leaves plenty of room for appropriate weblog writing when the
trial is over.
