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<\/a> Modern Haiku<\/em><\/a> XXVII:2 (Summer 1996) was published long before HaikuEsq<\/em> had read his first real haiku poetry.\u00a0 As we said<\/a> last month, he’s going through back issues to find haiku and senryu written by poets who later became members of our f\/k\/a<\/em> Honored Guest<\/a> family.<\/p>\nT<\/em>he following haiku (plus one senryu) were originally published in the Summer 1996 issue of Modern Haiku<\/em>.\u00a0 Except for the first one by Jim Kacian, this is the first appearance of each poem at f\/k\/a<\/em> . . . . .<\/p>\n first autumn wind ..\u2026. by Jim Kacian<\/a> – Modern Haiku<\/em><\/a> XXVII:2<\/p>\n \n underfoot– \n the work gloves off– rain softens \n she lifts her hands– \n window light in the mirror– \n …. by Gary Hotham<\/a>– Modern Haiku<\/em><\/a> XXVII:2<\/p>\n fierce\u00a0 \n \n my \n \n his \n Barber’s ‘Adagio for Strings’ \n spring . . . \n …. by Lee Gurga – Modern Haiku<\/em><\/a> XXVII:2<\/p>\n barefoot \n \n \n insomnia– \n bifocals \n old slippers \n calling in sick \n … by John Stevenson<\/a> – Modern Haiku<\/em><\/a> XXVII:2<\/p>\n … Modern Haiku XXVII:2 (Summer 1996) was published long before HaikuEsq had read his first real haiku poetry.\u00a0 As we said last month, he’s going through back issues to find haiku and senryu written by poets who later became members of our f\/k\/a Honored Guest family. The following haiku (plus one senryu) were originally published in […]<\/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":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10572","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-2Kw","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10572","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=10572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12045,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10572\/revisions\/12045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nnot feeling the knife
\nslice my finger<\/p>\n
\nsnow that was part
\nof the wind<\/p>\n
\nwind slips by
\nmy fingers<\/p>\n
\nthe paper bag–
\nsofter air<\/p>\n
\nwater splashes back
\non water<\/p>\n
\na gray hair
\namong the gray hairs<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/09\/lanoueself.jpg\")
\nbaby
\nferret
\nconquers
\nOctober
\nleaves<\/p>\n
\nferret
\nOscar
\nyou
\nwild
\njumpy
\nteen<\/p>\n
\ndead
\neyes
\nstill
\nopen
\nmy
\ncurious
\nferret<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/HaikuWarsCover.jpg\")
<\/a> … by David Lanoue<\/a> – Modern Haiku<\/em><\/a> XXVII:2
\n[follow the adventures of David’s ferret in his novel Haiku Wars<\/a><\/em>; see our post<\/a>]<\/p>\n
\ndrove right past
\nthe rest area<\/p>\n
\n‘HAIKU 1’ parked
\ndown by the pond<\/p>\n
\nin Mohawk’s shallows
\n–prawn on my toes<\/p>\n
\nthe train tracks are silent
\nall night\u00a0 long<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2009\/02\/centerednameplate_2.jpg\")
…. by Yu Chang<\/a> – Modern Haiku<\/em><\/a> XXVII:2<\/p>\n
\nand magnifying glass
\na coin with his birthdate<\/p>\n
\nthe comfort
\ncoming apart<\/p>\n
\nher own cheerful-sounding
\nrecorded voice<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/06\/band39-1.jpg\")
….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"