{"id":4380,"date":"2006-02-14T13:30:33","date_gmt":"2006-02-14T17:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/02\/14\/valentine-quickies\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:10","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:10","slug":"valentine-quickies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/02\/14\/valentine-quickies\/","title":{"rendered":"valentine quickies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"2HeartsV\"<\/font> Washington Post<\/em> reporter Joe Heim is right<\/a> (see “Anti-Valentine<\/font> Play List,” Feb. 12, 2006) : <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“The world is divided into two groups on Valentine’s Day:<\/font> Lovers and Others. For the former, life is sweet and the<\/font> sound of music sweeter. But for the Others, certain songs<\/font> cut straight to the heart — to the bone, even.”<\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Heim gives a sample of 14 songs, in the categories of Rage, Regret,<\/font> and Revenge, and gives you the chance to vote on your Anti-Valentine<\/font> Favorite.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, here are the only Valentine Quickies I’ve got this year:<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"emmaForrest\" A year ago<\/a>, we spotlighted author Emma Forrest<\/a>,<\/font><\/font> after reading her quote:<\/font> “Love is so delicate, you can’t <\/font><\/font>afford to<\/font><\/font> risk it on a fake holiday.” <\/font><\/font>(<\/font><\/font>AP\/ Nashua Telegraph<\/em>, <\/font><\/font> “British author had no need for Valentine\u2019s Day rubbish<\/a>,” Feb. 20, 2005; also pub. at CNN.com as “I don’t like Valentine’s Day,” (Feb. 11, 2005) <\/font><\/font> We at fka agree with the <\/font>author of namedropper<\/font><\/em><\/a>,<\/font><\/font><\/font> and “Cherries in the Snow<\/font><\/a><\/em>” that the<\/font> romantic gestures that really<\/font><\/font> count aren’t those coerced through <\/font>commercially-motivated pro<\/font><\/font>motions. It’s the everyday demonstration of <\/font>attention, appreciation and respect that has real meaning (sort of like haiku):<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Heimliched out of me
\npink candy heart
\nwordless now<\/p>\n

…………… by Randy Brooks<\/strong><\/font><\/a> <\/em>from School’s Out<\/font><\/a><\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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\"2HeartsN\" Who would have believed (except my brother) that 40<\/font> years later, I’d be singing the same lonely-lover’s lament in the<\/font> shower that I sang in high school — the 1962 song “Everybody’s Got a <\/a><\/font>Ya-Ya<\/a>,” by<\/font> the UK’s (Three) Viscounts<\/a>. You can Listen<\/font><\/a> to the song, <\/font><\/font>which<\/font><\/font> has the chorus:<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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All the kids are couples,
\nI\u2019m as lonely as can be
\nEverybody\u2019s got a ya-ya
\nEverybody but me <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Well, I have to run out for an EMG. Maybe I’ll have some romantic<\/font> Valentine notions while the electricity is running up and down my arms.<\/font> So, you all come back later (I have no dinner plans). <\/font><\/p>\n

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bingo boards empty–
\nanother widow intercepts
\nthe old man’s wink<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

snap of her bra . . .
\nthe baby stops crying
\nto open his mouth<\/p>\n

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

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Valentine’s Day –
\nI forget to get
\nthe garbage out<\/p>\n

……………. by <\/span><\/span><\/font>Tom Clausen<\/strong><\/font><\/a><\/font><\/strong><\/font> – Upstate Dim Sum<\/em> (<\/font><\/font>2005\/II<\/font><\/a>)<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/font><\/p>\n

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\"tiny Click for more Haiku for Valentine’s Day<\/font><\/a>, from the<\/font><\/font> Global Haiku Tradition Kukai<\/em> 2 (Millikin University, February 14,<\/font><\/font> 2001); you’ll find 30 haiku selected by Prof. Randy Brooks..<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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it’s sealed —
\nthe Valentine card
\nshe never sent<\/p>\n

……………….. by dagosan<\/strong><\/font><\/a>:<\/font> <\/font><\/em><\/font><\/span><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Washington Post reporter Joe Heim is right (see “Anti-Valentine Play List,” Feb. 12, 2006) : “The world is divided into two groups on Valentine’s Day: Lovers and Others. For the former, life is sweet and the sound of music sweeter. But for the Others, certain songs cut straight to the heart — to the bone, […]<\/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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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":[555,2926],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku-or-senryu","category-pre-06-2006"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-18E","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4380","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=4380"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4380\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12778,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4380\/revisions\/12778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4380"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4380"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4380"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}