today at her Online Guide to Mediation weblog. And, honestly, I would
have told you about BR #43, even if Diane hadn’t mentioned Your Editor
and this weblog (favorably) a bunch of times. [Thanks, Diane, I’m glad
my Mother was able to lobby successfully on behalf of her youngest child.
Emoticon implied.] What did I lawrn from the blawgy folk?
Diane struggled to find a theme for this week’s Blawg Review, and
ended up waxing dramatic on the interplay between William Shake-
spear and the law (plus, the world of lawyer weblogs):
Why not Shakespeare?
Shakespeare and the law alike embody the power of language–
the poetry and nuance of the written and spoken word. Both stand
as enduring institutions, yet are fluid enough to lend themselves to
reinterpretation. Shakespeare and law are theatre–captivating audi-
ences with tales of comedy, tragedy, crime, justice, betrayal, ambition,
villainy, and love. Both exert profound influence, igniting public passion
and imagination.
“shakespearePlays”
Moreover, law and justice emerge often as themes and metaphors
throughout Shakespeare’s work. For further reading, click] . . . As
I mulled this idea over, it suddenly dawned on me that we law bloggers
even have our very own Bard (true, David Giacalone pens haiku, not
Elizabethan sonnets, but, hey, allow me some poetic license here).
That clinched it for me (especially the serendipitous discovery that
David had been a mediator like I am).
Therefore, I welcome you to the Shakespearean edition of Blawg Review.
Sounded really good to me, too. You’ll probably enjoy it also, as
Diane mixes lines from Shakespeare with descriptions (and links) to some of the
best law-oriented weblogging of the past week, and more — such as our 2003
essay on the profession’s response to Shakespeare’s “kill all the lawyers” line.
I always like to discover one good new-to-me weblog at BR‘s weekly carnival,
and Blawg Review #43 did not let me down. After checking out Dan Hull‘s
What About Clients?, I know I will be returning regularly. Given my feelings
about lawyer branding, I’m looking forward to seeing Dan’s perspectives, and
plan to enjoy the series that began with “Law Firm Logos are Goofy, Useless,
and a Waste of Time and Money.” (see our Brand LEX) I wonder what Dan
thinks about Pape & Chandler’s Pit Bull Logo.
If you come here often, you know that procrastination is an important part
of my personal, professional, and poetic work ethic. So, I was also quite
pleased to find a pointer at BR #43 to David Maister’s recent posting
Done at Last! Thoughts on Procrastination — at least until I saw he was
trying to cure people of procrastination. Nonetheless, you might know
someone who needs it. For myself, despite having a big deadline tonight,
I think I’ll reread Jacob A. Stein’s column in the January Washington Lawyer
“E=procrastination=mc2.” Even if you’re not trying to put off something
unpleasant, I recommend heading over to Blawg Review #43.
community theater –
the audience
is nervous
writer’s block
I try drawing
a woman
February 6, 2006
what i learned from Blawg Review #43
winners from jim kacian
Congratulations to Jim Kacian (f/k/a‘s very first Honored
Guest Poet and godfather), whose poem was recently
awarded 2nd place in the Haiku Society of America’s
unpublish haiku. Here’s jim’s haiku — a great example
that fewer (syllables and lines) can be more:
gunshot the length of the lake
judges’ comments)
Serendipity Alert: I literally just went downstairs and found the newest
annual version of The Red Moon Anthology of English-Languish Haiku
in my mailbox — the most-anticipated annual anthology by many haiku
lovers, including myself. Jim Kacian is the editor and publisher of
Red Moon Press, and the Anthology series has won many awards
and much praise, for assembling “each year the finest haiku and re-
lated forms published around the world in English.”
RMA 2005 is titled inside the mirror (click to see the colorful cover).
The ten co-editors who helped Jim select the poems included in RMA
2005, selected three of Master Kacian’s poems, and here are two
excellent one-liners:
flurries after our argument the need to tell you
the voices I hear aren’t talking to me spring twilight
Let’s celebrate with a few more
haiku from Jim:
a cow comes
out of the barn
half hay
sharp wind
the metal gate bangs shut
bangs shut
three-quarter moon–
imagining she can feel it
move inside her
“moonWaneCres”
the lake laps
all night the same
quiet thoughts
Jim Kacian from Presents of Mind (1996)
except: “three-quarter moon” – mariposa 6; pegging the wind
p.s. You can find a Red Moon Press order form here.
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