While the rest of us sleep, eat, and work, Ed Markowski
does all of those, gets in a lot of gardening and ESPN,
and “finds” more haiku and senryu than a dozen other
haijin combined. Here’s a sample from Haiku Harvest
(Fall/Winter 2005), where you’ll find even more:
prairie sunset …
the glow of the cattleman’s
branding iron
morning glories …
the bite & burn
of a double espresso
her kiss
on the cool side of tepid …
indian summer
hunting season
i lower my shotgun
to watch the pheasants
tomatoes …
the weight of sunlight
on mother’s back
dad’s grave
all the flowers he wouldn’t let
mother plant
by dagosan
stained glass window –
a stranger
in autumn twilight
a sheet
where your head once rested —
rainbow from the stained glass
“Historic District” sign –
textured asphalt
painted “brick red”
[Oct. 6, 2005]
potluck
While pols and regulators sleep soundly, our trusty RiskProf
Martin Grace worries that post-Katrina efforts to override explicit
flood exclusions in homeowner policies “may lead to the long-run
destruction of catastrophic insurance markets.” Martin explains
issues of contract interpretation and regulatory oversight in a
maket where “No one can force a company to provide insurance
in the long-run.” He reminds us: “if we abrogate contracts in favor
of current claimants, then the interests of future claimants are at
risk and we are all future claimants!”
