{"id":3872,"date":"2005-05-30T13:54:23","date_gmt":"2005-05-30T17:54:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/05\/30\/day-for-reflection\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:41","slug":"day-for-reflection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/30\/day-for-reflection\/","title":{"rendered":"day for reflection"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a><\/p>\n

\n


\n

\n

Please have a thoughtful and grateful Memorial Day:<\/EM><\/P>
\n

<\/FONT><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n

\n

\n
old tombstone
losing its name
faint first star<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/A><\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
        <\/FONT>George Swede<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
\n
          from <\/FONT><\/FONT>The Heron’s Nest<\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN><\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN><\/FONT> <\/DIV><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
\n
\"WWIIMem\"<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n

\n

\n

\n

\n

\n
missing in action<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
she dusts off his guitar,<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
returns it to the shelf<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
       <\/FONT><\/FONT>Randy Brooks<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
      <\/FONT>    from WHR<\/EM> Vintage Haiku<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n
<\/FONT><\/EM> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/EM> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/EM> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/EM> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/EM> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/EM> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/EM> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/EM> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/EM> <\/DIV>
\n
strewn driftwood<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
a boy asking<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
about his father<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n

\n
paul m.<\/FONT><\/STRONG> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
from <\/FONT>A New Resonance 2<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A> <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n

\n

\n

\n

\n

\n

\n
war footage<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
on this plump green olive<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
a thin, brittle stem<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
              <\/FONT><\/FONT>Ed Markowski<\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
               from <\/FONT>Haiku Sun<\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n
\"window\"<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n

\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n
Memorial Day-
overwintered in the sandbox
             toy soldiers<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
             Tom Clausen<\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n

\n
peace rally<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
a forgotten scar<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
starts to itch<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
          <\/FONT>Tom Painting<\/FONT><\/A>   <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
             from tug of the current<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV>
\n

\n
<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n

\n

\n

\n
news of his death<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
the cigarette smoke rises<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
straight up<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n

\n

\n

\n
<\/FONT><\/DIV>                        <\/FONT>DeVar Dahl<\/FONT><\/A> from <\/FONT><\/FONT>New Resonance 3<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
 <\/DIV>
\n
 <\/DIV>
\n
 <\/DIV>
\n
 <\/DIV>
\n
 <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/A> <\/DIV>
\n
 <\/DIV>
\n
their gravestones<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
hers newer and taller<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
than his<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
 <\/DIV>
\n
        <\/FONT>George Swede<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> from <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>Almost Unseen<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A> <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n

\n
<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n

\n

\n

\n

\n

\n
fireworks<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
I close my eyes<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
for a second look<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
 <\/DIV>
\n
     John Stevenson<\/FONT><\/A> from TAO<\/FONT><\/A><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT>
\n
<\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
vietman <\/SPAN><\/DIV>
\n
               memorial — <\/SPAN><\/DIV>
\n
the protestor’s reflection<\/SPAN><\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
             <\/FONT>dagosan<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>  [May 30, 2005]<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n
<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT>\"window  potluck<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n

\n
\"tiny The Fool in the Forest<\/A> remembers the Civil War dead and<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
presents an Emily Dickinson poem that begins:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n

\n

\n

\n

It feels a shame to be Alive —
When Men so brave — are dead —
One envies the Distinguished Dust —
Permitted — such a Head —<\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Please have a thoughtful and grateful Memorial Day:       old tombstonelosing its namefaint first star           George Swede            from The Heron’s Nest          missing in action she dusts off his guitar, returns it to the shelf          Randy Brooks           from WHR Vintage Haiku           […]<\/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_feature_clip_id":0,"_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":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-10s","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872","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=3872"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13195,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3872\/revisions\/13195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}