{"id":3855,"date":"2005-05-23T00:17:44","date_gmt":"2005-05-23T04:17:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/05\/23\/idlers-at-the-galley\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:42","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:42","slug":"idlers-at-the-galley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/23\/idlers-at-the-galley\/","title":{"rendered":"idlers at the galley"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Our frequent Honored Guest <\/FONT>Pamela Miller Ness<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> was very successful<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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in contests sponsored by the <\/FONT>Haiku Poets <\/FONT><\/A>of Northern California<\/FONT><\/A> for<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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2004 — she scored a first place in the tanka genre, and 2nd place with <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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honored guest <\/FONT>Michael Dylan Welch<\/FONT><\/A> for their rengay sequence.  <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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rengay <\/EM>(defined <\/FONT>here<\/FONT><\/A>):<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Idlers in the Gallery<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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    (by Pamela Miller Ness & <\/FONT><\/FONT>Michael Dylan Welch<\/FONT>)<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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overflowing<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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its cut-glass vase<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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La Farge’s magnolia     pmn<\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Homer’s croquet player<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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hides a ball with her skirt     mdw<\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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strewn across<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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her studio table<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Nell Braine’s turnips      pmn<\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the unused pencils<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Jacob Lawrence grins<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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in his self-portrait          mdw<\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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gathering hollyhocks<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Frieseke’s woman in blue      pmn<\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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to the porch born<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the precise signature<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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on Blum’s two idlers      mdw<\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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[each poem in the Idlers<\/EM> rengay is based on a painting<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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in the National Academy of Design, NYC.  <\/FONT>Five <\/FONT>of the <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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six can be seen <\/FONT>here<\/FONT><\/A>.]<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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\"owls<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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tanka<\/EM> (defined <\/FONT>here<\/FONT><\/A>)<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Dressing<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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for a meal I’ll eat<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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alone<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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I decide to let loose<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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my hair<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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bonus from <\/FONT><\/EM>Pamela Miller Ness<\/FONT>:<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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storm watch<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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we talk<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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about getting old<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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