{"id":3908,"date":"2005-06-19T00:55:08","date_gmt":"2005-06-19T04:55:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/06\/19\/a-haiku-fathers-day\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:38","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:38","slug":"a-haiku-fathers-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/06\/19\/a-haiku-fathers-day\/","title":{"rendered":"a haiku father’s day"},"content":{"rendered":"

father\u2019s day
\nteeth missing
\nfrom the pocket comb<\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

piano practice
\nin the room above me
\nmy father shouting<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Roberta Beary<\/strong><\/font><\/a>
\n\u00a0– “father’s day” — The Heron’s Nest<\/a><\/em> (Vol. VII, June 2005); “piano practice” — <\/font>New Resonance 2<\/font><\/em><\/a>; Woodnotes<\/em> 31<\/font> <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n


\ntwo lines in the water . . .
\nnot a word between
\nfather and son<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\n

his vomit wiped up<\/font><\/font>
\nmy bowl of wheaties<\/font><\/font>
\nsoggy now<\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…. by Randy Brooks<\/strong><\/font><\/a> from <\/font>School’s Out<\/font><\/a><\/em> (Press<\/font> Here, 1999) <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n


\n<\/font><\/p>\n

prayers over
\ndad’s casket descends
\nthrough a maze of severed roots<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

“red hots!”<\/font>
\nfor an instant i’m ten<\/font>
\nand<\/font>
\nfather’s still alive<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

……… by ed markowski <\/a>\"infielderF\"<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/blockquote>\n

Father’s Day
\nshe tells me
\nI’m not the father<\/p>\n

<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Christmas Day<\/font><\/font>
\nthe exchange<\/font><\/font>
\nof custody<\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/font><\/p>\n

\n

… by <\/font><\/font>John Stevenson<\/font><\/a>– “Christmas Day” – <\/font>Some of the Silence<\/strong><\/font><\/em><\/a>; “Father’s Day” – <\/font><\/font>Quiet Enough<\/em><\/font><\/strong><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n
\n

putting on my socks\u00a0 <\/a> \u2013
\nthat little grunt
\ndad always made<\/p>\n

almost sunset
\nthe weekend dad
\ndrags a sled up the hill<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u2026\u2026…….\u2026 by dagosan<\/a><\/em>
\n\u201cputting on my socks\u201d – Frogpond<\/em> (XXVIII: 2, 2005); inside the mirror<\/a>: The Red Moon Anthology 2005<\/em>
\n\u201calmost sunset\u201d – Frogpond<\/em> XXIX: 2 (2006)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

<\/blockquote>\n

old passport
\nthe tug
\nof my father’s smile<\/p>\n

………….. by Yu Chang<\/a> – Upstate Dim Sum<\/em> (2001\/II); The Loose Thread: RMA 2001<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

sick in bed –
\nmy son pelts the window
\nwith snowballs<\/font><\/p>\n

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

spring sun-<\/font>
\n high in his arms<\/font>
\n the newborn is shown<\/font><\/p>\n

\n
\n

… byTom Clausen<\/strong><\/font><\/a>, – Homework<\/em> (<\/font>Snapshot Press<\/font><\/a> 2000)<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

first breath
\nafter the cesarean
\nmy son\u2019s birth<\/p>\n

opening day
\nin separate bleacher\u2019s
\nthe boy\u2019s parents<\/p>\n

………. by w.f. owen – Haiku Notebook<\/em><\/a> (2007)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

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

\n
<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

potluck<\/em><\/strong><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

\n

\"tiny<\/strong> No time for punditry or gossip today — gotta drive to Rochester<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

to see my Dad<\/a>. He’s 86, and might not be going strong, but he’s still ticking.<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/em><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

father\u2019s day teeth missing from the pocket comb piano practice in the room above me my father shouting Roberta Beary \u00a0– “father’s day” — The Heron’s Nest (Vol. VII, June 2005); “piano practice” — New Resonance 2; Woodnotes 31 two lines in the water . . . not a word between father and son his […]<\/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":[2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3908","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-112","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908","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=3908"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13164,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3908\/revisions\/13164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}