{"id":3877,"date":"2005-06-01T19:20:54","date_gmt":"2005-06-01T23:20:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/06\/01\/surprise-gifts\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:41","slug":"surprise-gifts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/06\/01\/surprise-gifts\/","title":{"rendered":"surprise gifts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\n

Now that The Heron’s Nest<\/A><\/EM> is a quarterly, it is a big event around \"THNlogoG\"<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
the haikuEsq<\/EM> household whenever a new edition comes online.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
So, we recommend that you head over for the gourmet haiku <\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
buffet in the <\/FONT>June 2005 THN<\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/A> — twelve pages of bite-size, fat-free<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
and nutricious <\/FONT>poems.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
Among many other of f\/k\/a<\/EM>‘s Honored Guests, DeVahr Dahl is <\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
represented in the latest THN<\/EM> journal, with this reminder of <\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
a season left behind:   <\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n

\n

\n
scotch mints —
the squeak of my walking stick
in packed snow<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
 <\/DIV>
\n
“THNLogoF”<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
Here’s another pair of haiku from DeVar:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
               <\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n

\n

\n

\n

\n

\n

\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
paper cut —
the origami bird
flaps its wings<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/SPAN> <\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
\n
<\/FONT><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT><\/SPAN> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n

\n
long week<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
a firebug walks<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
the rim of a glass<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
 <\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV><\/DIV>
\n
<\/FONT> <\/DIV>
\n
DeVar Dahl<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
“<\/FONT>scotch mints<\/FONT><\/A>” – <\/FONT>The Heron’s Nest<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A> (June 2005)<\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
“<\/FONT>paper cut<\/FONT><\/A>” – World Haiku Review (R. H. Blyth Award  2002)<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
\n
“long week<\/FONT>” – from A Piece of Egg Shell<\/EM><\/STRONG> (Magpie Haiku Press, 2004)<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/FONT>
\n

 <\/DIV>
\n

\n