{"id":10228,"date":"2008-10-31T09:18:23","date_gmt":"2008-10-31T14:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/?p=10228"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:17","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:17","slug":"a-handful-of-haiga-and-haiku-halloween-treats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/10\/31\/a-handful-of-haiga-and-haiku-halloween-treats\/","title":{"rendered":"a handful of haiga and haiku halloween treats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.zombiepumpkins.com\/images\/sample-voteobama.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"84\" height=\"91\" \/> .<strong><em>&#8230;&#8230; a little news, then the treats<\/em><\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <strong><em>R<\/em><\/strong>ealizing that a sign with a big orange pumpkin on it might actually attract children to a house, Maryland parole agents sent out a pumpkin-less version of the sign this week to sex offenders, merely saying \u201c<em>No Candy at this Residence<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Strangely, SO\u2019s apparently have the option to use the pumpkin sign.\u00a0 Parole officials deny they were affected by a Saturday Night Live skit poking fun at their sign (with Seth Myers saying \u201cThey are also being required to take down the signs that read, \u2018Knock if you can keep a special secret.\u2019\u201d).\u00a0 See: \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/law\/2008\/10\/30\/halloween-the-law-part-deux-targeting-sexual-offenders\/?mod=googlenews_wsj\">Halloween &amp; the Law, Part Deux: Targeting Sexual Offenders<\/a>\u201c (<em>Wall Street Journal Law Blog<\/em>, October 30, 2008); and \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/wamu.org\/news\/08\/10\/31.php#23583\">Maryland Sex Offenders Under Close Watch on Halloween<\/a>\u201d (wamu.org, Oct. 31, 2008, with audio)\u00a0 [see our <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/10\/16\/marlyand-halloween-sign-targets-sex-offenders\/\">prior post<\/a> for an image of the pumpkin sign and a discussion of this scary Halloween law]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">half-moon Halloween &#8211;<br \/>\na young face painted<br \/>\nlike yin and yang<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">&#8230; by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/dagosans-archives\/\"><em>dagosan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em> D<\/em><\/strong>avid Brooks ably argues today in his <em>New York Times<\/em> column that any &#8220;stimulus package&#8221; include funds for improving our nation&#8217;s highway and bridges. &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2008\/10\/31\/opinion\/31brooks.html?_r=1&amp;th&amp;emc=th&amp;oref=slogin\">A National Mobility Project<\/a>&#8221; (<em>NYT<\/em>, Oct. 31, 2008).\u00a0 Such a Mobility Project will create jobs and make us a lot safer on the roads:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\">&#8220;In times like these, the best a sensible leader can do is to take the short-term panic and channel it into a program that is good on its own merits even if it does nothing to stimulate the economy over the next year. That\u2019s why I\u2019m hoping the next president takes the general resolve to spend gobs of money, and channels it into a National Mobility Project, a long-term investment in the country\u2019s infrastructure.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><em>two pirates smooch<br \/>\non the overpass \u2013<br \/>\nthe Pumpkin Patrol closes in<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\">\u2026\u2026\u2026 by <em>dagosan<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wgy.com\/cc-common\/mlib\/1155\/10\/1155_1224092645.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"77\" height=\"79\" \/> Besides the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.zombiepumpkins.com\/patterns-president.php\">Presidential Pumpkin Patterns<\/a> that <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/10\/29\/voting-for-halloween-spirit\/\">we told you<\/a> about on Wednesday, check out <a href=\"http:\/\/yeswecarve.com\/\"><em>Yes We Carve<\/em><\/a> for lots of <em>Barack-o-lantern<\/em> pictures and <a href=\"http:\/\/yeswecarve.com\/category\/stencils\/\">stencils<\/a>. (via Ed <a href=\"http:\/\/blawgreview.blogspot.com\/2008\/10\/yes-we-carve.html\">at <em>Blawg Review<\/em><\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 30px\">McCain mask at the door<br \/>\nno thank you<br \/>\nwhen we spread the wealth<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8230; by <em>dagosan<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/10\/annyhalloween91m_2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10229\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/10\/annyhalloween91m_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"178\" height=\"174\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>daddy<br \/>\ngets all the treats &#8211;<br \/>\nfirst Halloween<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">by <em><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/dagosans-archives\/\"><em>dagosan<\/em><\/a><\/em> (with help from Cyndi &amp; Anny Miner, 1991)<br \/>\n(original in b&amp;w at <a href=\"http:\/\/magnapoets.typepad.com\/magnapoets_japanese_form\/2007\/10\/dad-gets-all-th.html\">MagnaPoetsJF<\/a>, Oct. 20, 2007)<\/p>\n<p>starless night-<br \/>\nMars and Milky Way<br \/>\nin the goblin&#8217;s bag<\/p>\n<p>&#8230; by Yu Chang &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp\/~shiki\/kukai\/kukai71-1.html\">Shiki Kukai<\/a> (2nd Place, Oct. 1999)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;text-align: center\">the aroma<br \/>\nof roasting pumpkin seeds<br \/>\njack-o-lantern&#8217;s grin<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;text-align: center\">&#8230; by DeVar Dahl &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp\/~shiki\/kukai\/kukai71-1.html\">Shiki Kukai<\/a> (October 1999)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/magnapoets.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/10\/28\/annyhalloween92magna3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"161\" height=\"178\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">halloween party \u2013<br \/>\nthe shrink dances with a witch<br \/>\nand a cheerleader<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">Poem: David Giacalone<br \/>\nPhoto by Cynthia Miner (1992)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\u2026\u2026see the orig. <a href=\"http:\/\/magnapoets.typepad.com\/magnapoets_japanese_form\/2007\/10\/halloween-party.html\">haiga at <em>MagnaPoetsJF<\/em><\/a> (Oct. 28, 2007)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: center\"><em>seeing ghosts &#8230;<br \/>\ngrandma recalls<br \/>\nHallowe&#8217;ens past<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">.. by Hilary Tann &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/haiku.cc.ehime-u.ac.jp\/~shiki\/kukai\/kukai71-1.html\">Shiki Kukai<\/a> (October 1999)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/magnapoets.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/10\/26\/halloweenvampireg2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"175\" \/> ..<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: right\"><em>mistaken for a mime &#8211;<br \/>\nthe vampire bites<br \/>\nhis tongue<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;padding-left: 60px\">.. by <em>dagosan<\/em> (orig. at <a href=\"http:\/\/magnapoets.typepad.com\/magnapoets_japanese_form\/2007\/10\/please-help-fin.html\"><em>MagnaPoetsJF<\/em><\/a>, Oct.26, 2007)<br \/>\nPhoto by Cynthia Miner (1992)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;padding-left: 60px\">. . .<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-10230 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/10\/nhhalloweenunmasked1955-299x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"217\" \/><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">\u201c<em>No Costume No Trea<\/em>t\u201d<br \/>\ngoth kids<br \/>\nat my door<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;text-align: center\">Photo: Mama G. (1955); Poem: David Giacalone<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 120px\">(orig. haiga in b&amp;w, <a href=\"http:\/\/magnapoets.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/10\/31\/nhhalloweenunmasked1955.jpg\">at <em>MagnapoetsJF<\/em><\/a>, Oct. 31, 2007)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">halloween &#8212;<br \/>\npart of the moon<br \/>\nfollows a bicycle home<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px\">&#8230; by Matt Morden &#8211; <em>Morden Haiku<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px\"><em><strong>p.s.<\/strong><\/em> One last treat: We <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/10\/30\/lawyer-miscellany-and-miss-savage-too\/\">posted two new photos<\/a> of Prof. Yabut&#8217;s new friend <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/10\/23\/wendy-savage-wendy-savage\/\">Wendy Savage, Esq<\/a>., yesterday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>.&#8230;&#8230; a little news, then the treats: Realizing that a sign with a big orange pumpkin on it might actually attract children to a house, Maryland parole agents sent out a pumpkin-less version of the sign this week to sex offenders, merely saying \u201cNo Candy at this Residence\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 Strangely, SO\u2019s apparently have the option to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3298,1852,1414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiga-or-haibun","category-haijin-haikai-news","category-qs-quickies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-2EY","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12134,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10228\/revisions\/12134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}