{"id":10429,"date":"2008-12-24T09:39:10","date_gmt":"2008-12-24T14:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/?p=10429"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:13","slug":"easing-into-christmas-eve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/12\/24\/easing-into-christmas-eve\/","title":{"rendered":"easing into Christmas Eve"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> T<\/strong><\/em>here’s not the slightest chance the f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang will be writing about greedy lawyers or politicians, or otherwise engaging in punditry today. We’ve got a wintry mix changing into a rainy and blustery day here in my hometown of Rochester, New York. And, Mama G. is stuffing calamari and cleaning shrimp out in the kitchen, while I use her computer here in the den.<\/p>\n

While we wonder whose flight will be canceled and where we left the Scotch tape, let’s let a few of our Honored Guest Poet friends help ease us into the peace and joy of Christmas Eve:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Christmas Eve\u2013<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
the hum of power lines<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
just pass the mall<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
… by <\/span><\/span>Alice Frampton<\/strong><\/span><\/a> – <\/span>New Resonance 3<\/span><\/a><\/em>; beyond spring rain<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Christmas eve<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
the carousel animals<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
all motionless<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n
Christmas eve<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
in the courtyard below<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
a flutter of wings<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
\n
Christmas eve- <\/span><\/span>\"\"<\/a>
\nthe row of cut trees
\nno one took home<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n
…. by <\/span><\/span>Pamela Miller Ness<\/span><\/a><\/span> – \u201cChristmas eve\/trees\u201d: \u201cModern Haiku<\/em>\u201d XXIX:2 (Summer 1998)<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cChristmas eve\/carousel\u201d Modern Haiku<\/em> XXIX: 2 (Summer 1998)<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
\u201cChristmas eve\/courtyard\u201d – \u201cCan Collector\u2019s Red Socks<\/em>\u201d (2003)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
<\/span><\/div>\n
Christmas eve <\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
in her pajamas all day <\/span>
\n<\/span><\/div>\n
the youngest one<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n

\n<\/span><\/div>\n
…. by <\/span>Tom Clausen<\/strong><\/span><\/a> – <\/span> <\/span>Upstate Dim Sum<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a> (2003\/1<\/span><\/a><\/strong>)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n
\n

<\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

silent night, holy night <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
three<\/span><\/span>
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
at the bar<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n
… by <\/span><\/span>David G. Lanoue<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span> from the novel <\/span>Haiku Guy<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n
\n
Christmas Eve <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
my niece old enough to ask
\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
for calamari<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n
.. by <\/span>dagosan<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/a> <\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
\n
\n

christmas eve
\nthe starlings begin
\nto flock together<\/p>\n

…. by Matt Morden – Morden Haiku<\/em><\/a> (Dec. 24, 2008)<\/p>\n

christmas evening
\nthe goose she raised
\nall summer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

christmas eve\u2026 <\/span>\"\"<\/a>
\n we yank two ton
\nfrom the # 4 mine<\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n

christmas\u2026
\nthere ain\u2019t enough coal
\nto put in the stockings<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by ed markowski<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There’s not the slightest chance the f\/k\/a Gang will be writing about greedy lawyers or politicians, or otherwise engaging in punditry today. We’ve got a wintry mix changing into a rainy and blustery day here in my hometown of Rochester, New York. And, Mama G. is stuffing calamari and cleaning shrimp out in the kitchen, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku-or-senryu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-2Id","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10429","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=10429"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12081,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10429\/revisions\/12081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}