{"id":4297,"date":"2005-12-31T00:23:46","date_gmt":"2005-12-31T04:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/new-year-haiku-senryu-new-years-eve-too\/"},"modified":"2009-12-29T09:45:52","modified_gmt":"2009-12-29T14:45:52","slug":"new-year-haiku-senryu-new-years-eve-too","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/new-year-haiku-senryu-new-years-eve-too\/","title":{"rendered":"New Year haiku & senryu (new year’s eve, too)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\" – Enjoy the end of one year and the start of a new year<\/span> with haiku and senryu from <\/span>Kobayashi Issa<\/span><\/a> (translated<\/span> by David G. Lanoue) and from some of f\/k\/a<\/em>‘s favorite <\/span>Honored <\/a><\/span>Guest Poets<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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paying no mind
\nto the year’s last day…
\na floating bird, asleep<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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backstreet–<\/span>
\non the year’s last day<\/span>
\na lover cat<\/span><\/p>\n

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sunset’s bell
\nfinishes it off…
\nyear’s last day<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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…………………………………….. Issa<\/span><\/a>, translated by <\/span>David G. Lanoue<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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new year’s eve<\/span>
\nthe lifers on the engine line<\/span>
\npass a bottle<\/span><\/p>\n

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…………………… ed markowski<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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a red flush<\/span><\/p>\n

on the amarylis bud<\/span><\/p>\n

New Year’s Eve<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

……… Pamela Miller Ness<\/strong><\/span><\/a> – The Heron’s Nest<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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New Year’s eve
\na balloon
\ntied to an empty chair<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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…………………………. Yu Chang<\/span><\/a>– <\/span><\/span>Upstate Dim Sum<\/span><\/em><\/a> (<\/span>2003\/II<\/span><\/a>)<\/span><\/p>\n

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New Year’s Eve –<\/span><\/p>\n

the lentil soup <\/span><\/p>\n

again <\/span><\/p>\n

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………………………………. Tom Clausen<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

from Homework<\/em> (<\/span>Snapshot Press<\/strong><\/span><\/a> 2000)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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year’s end
\nthe bartender
\nblocks my reflection
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…………………… Tom Painting<\/span><\/a> – The Heron’s Nest<\/span><\/a><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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New Year’s Eve<\/span>
\nsleet storm –<\/span>
\nwe take baby steps<\/span><\/p>\n

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last day of the year<\/span>
\nice floes rush<\/span>
\ntoward the waterfall<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Issa and I
\nhome alone again–
\nNew Year’s eve<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

…………………………………………………. dagosan<\/strong><\/span><\/a> \/ David Giacalone<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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around noon
\nNew Year’s Day begins…
\nlittle hut<\/p>\n

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clamoring for New Year’s
\ngifts, children
\nand grandchildren<\/span><\/p>\n

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making the rounds
\nas a New Year’s gift…
\npaper fan<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

a present, a present <\/span>\"\"
\n a New Year’s present!
\nher pink cheeks<\/span><\/p>\n

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New Year’s gift of tea–
\nwhere did you go
\non your jouney back to me?<\/span><\/p>\n

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oh New Year’s god
\nthis year too
\nsend help!<\/span><\/p>\n

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which lucky direction
\nfor drinking sake?
\nNew Year’s almanac<\/span><\/p>\n

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my shadow too
\nfit and trim…
\n“Happy New Year!”<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

for drinking buddies
\nthe usual New Year’s pilgrimage…
\nsake shop<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

hey little snow
\nit’s New Year’s Day!
\nNew Year’s Day!<\/p>\n

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my tumble-down house
\njust as it it…
\n“Happy New Year!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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the cat steals
\na New Year’s nap…
\nsitting room<\/p>\n

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a full round
\nof New Year’s greetings
\nat the inn<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

………………… Issa<\/span><\/a>, translated by <\/span>David G. Lanoue<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

click <\/span>here<\/span><\/a> for more than 200 New Year’s poems from Issa – <\/span>\"snowFlakeS\" <\/span><\/p>\n

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New Year’s Dawn
\nlight first gathers
\nin the icicles
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……………………………… Jim Kacian<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> – <\/span>Presents of Mind<\/em><\/span><\/a> (1996)<\/span><\/p>\n

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New Year’s Day\u00a0 \"snowFlakeS\" <\/span>
\nice flies
\nfrom the roof of a car<\/p>\n

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………………………………… John Stevenson<\/strong><\/span><\/a> – <\/span>Quiet Enough<\/em><\/span><\/a> (2004)<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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my New Year’s resolution
\nbuy
\ntoilet paper<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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……………………………. David G. Lanoue<\/span><\/a> – <\/span>Haiku Guy<\/span><\/em><\/a>, a novel<\/span><\/p>\n

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New Year’s Day–
\nbleaching work shirts
\nback to white<\/p>\n

……………………………Matt Morden<\/span><\/a> – <\/span>The Heron’s Nest<\/span><\/em><\/a> (2003) .<\/p>\n

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I rinse the rice
\na second time
\nNew Year’s Day<\/p>\n

………………………… Peggy Lyles<\/strong><\/span><\/a> – <\/span>To Hear the Rain<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a> (2002);<\/span>Snapshot Haiku Calendar<\/em> (2003)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

new year’s rain
\nthe circles in the puddle
\nwiden<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

new year’s fog
\nshe washes
\nall the windows<\/p>\n

…………………………… Pamela Miller Ness<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

“fog” – Haiku Troubadours 2000
\n“rain” – Millennium Haiku Calendar (2000)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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new year’s morning
\nlike every other
\nwe punch the clock<\/p>\n

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new year’s snow \"snowFlakeS\" <\/span> \"snowFlakeS\" <\/span>
\nnot a single stain
\non my patch of earth<\/p>\n

……………………………………………………… ed markowski<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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January 3rd
\nthe Weight Watchers meeting
\ndoubles in size<\/p>\n

………………………… Carolyn Hall,<\/strong><\/span><\/a> – Edge of Light<\/span><\/a><\/em>: RMA 2003<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

the ball starts to fall\u00a0 \"\"
\ndad\u2019s oxygen machine
\nloud as ever<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 dagosan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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