{"id":4419,"date":"2006-03-08T23:41:46","date_gmt":"2006-03-09T03:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2006\/03\/08\/more-lawyer-poetry-from-legal"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:54:06","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:54:06","slug":"more-lawyer-poetry-from-legal-studies-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/03\/08\/more-lawyer-poetry-from-legal-studies-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"more lawyer poetry from Legal Studies Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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West Virginia law professor <\/font>Jim Elkins<\/font><\/a> has done it <\/font><\/p>\n

again — produced a mammoth collection of poetry by <\/font><\/p>\n

lawyer-poets and poet-lawyers, in an edition of The <\/font><\/p>\n


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Legal Studies Forum<\/font><\/em> (<\/font>Vol. XXX<\/font><\/a><\/font>, 2006<\/font>)<\/a>. (see <\/font>this post<\/font><\/a>, and <\/font>that <\/font>post<\/font><\/a>)<\/font><\/p>\n

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LSF<\/em> XXX<\/font><\/font><\/a> Cover (2006)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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Vol. XXX<\/font><\/a> (which should not<\/em> be confused with Taboo Haiku<\/font><\/a><\/em>)<\/font><\/p>\n

contains more than 700 pages, 500 of which present<\/font> <\/font><\/p>\n

poetry from more than sixty living poets, who <\/font>happen <\/font>to <\/font><\/p>\n

have earned law degrees: from New Hamp<\/font>shire public <\/font><\/p>\n

defender Seth <\/font>Abramson to Illinois appel<\/font>late judge Warren <\/font><\/p>\n

Wolfson. Click here<\/a> for an image <\/font>of the cover that lists all <\/font><\/p>\n

of the contributors.<\/font><\/p>\n

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I’ll have more to say about the legal mind and poetry <\/font><\/p>\n

soon. Until then, you might want to see what Jim <\/font><\/p>\n

Elkins has said about the topic and about his labor <\/font><\/p>\n

of obsessive love, <\/font>Rattle<\/em> #23<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/a> “In Search of the Lawyer<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

Poets,” 2005. A newer version of the Rattle<\/em> essay <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

appears in LSF<\/em> XXX.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Hint<\/em>: Find subscription<\/em> information <\/font><\/p>\n

for the Legal Studies Forum<\/em> here<\/a>. Don’t<\/font><\/p>\n

forget: it looks like a law review journal <\/font><\/p>\n

on your <\/font>desk or book shelf.<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

For my taste, of course, there are not enough haiku <\/font><\/p>\n

poets <\/font>represented, so <\/font>I hope f\/k\/a<\/em> visitors who are in the <\/font><\/p>\n

legal profession <\/font>will take up their pens and start writing <\/font><\/p>\n

haiku or <\/font>senryu (click<\/font><\/a> for tips). Meanwhile, here are haiku <\/font><\/p>\n

from LSF XXX<\/em>, <\/font>by two of my favorite poet-lawyers:<\/font><\/p>\n


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harvest moon<\/font><\/p>\n

the long pull<\/font><\/p>\n

of faraway children<\/font><\/p>\n

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quiet rain<\/font><\/p>\n

. . . the deeper quiet <\/font><\/p>\n

of uncut roses<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"tiny<\/font><\/p>\n

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my daughter’s hands<\/font><\/p>\n

mend the link <\/font><\/p>\n

on my earring<\/font><\/p>\n

the latest skill<\/font><\/p>\n

I never taught her<\/font><\/p>\n

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roberta beary<\/font><\/a> – Legal Studies Forum<\/font><\/em><\/a> <\/font>XXX<\/font><\/font><\/a> (2006)<\/font><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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“harvest moon” – The Heron’s Nest<\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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“quiet rain” – Paperclips<\/em> (Press Here 2001)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

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“my daughter’s hands” – Tanka Anthology<\/em> (2005)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n


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falling blossoms —<\/font><\/p>\n

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

just another tree<\/font><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Adirondack chair<\/font><\/p>\n

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

with snow<\/font><\/p>\n

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frozen river —<\/font><\/p>\n

snow hides <\/font><\/p>\n

the elm’s reflection<\/font><\/p>\n

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david giacalone<\/a> – Legal Studies Forum<\/font><\/em><\/a> <\/font>XXX<\/font><\/font><\/a> (2006)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

“Adirondack chair” – <\/font>Simply Haiku<\/font><\/em><\/a> (Vol. 3, No. 4, <\/font>Winter 2005<\/font><\/a>)<\/font>
\n“frozen river” – <\/font>Mainichi Daily News<\/font><\/em><\/a> No. 669 (March 5, 2005)<\/font>
\n“fallen blossoms” – <\/font>Roadrunner Haiku Journal<\/font><\/em><\/a> (V:4, Nov. 2005)<\/font><\/p>\n

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“zenJudaismR” “For this you went to Harvard Law School?”<\/em><\/font><\/p>\n

\"tiny bonus<\/em>: a bit of <\/font><\/font>Zen Judaism<\/font><\/em> <\/font><\/font><\/a>from <\/font>David M. Bader<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n

“Let go of pride, ego and opinions. Admit your errors<\/em><\/font>
\nand forgive those of others. Relinquishment will lead <\/em><\/font>
\nto calm and healing in your relationships. If that <\/em><\/font>
\ndoesn’t work, try small-claims court.”<\/em> <\/font><\/p>\n

Legal Studies Forum<\/em> <\/em><\/font><\/font><\/font>XXX (2006)<\/font><\/a>; <\/font>
\n from <\/font>Zen Judaism <\/em><\/font><\/a>: For You, A Little Enlightenment<\/em> (2002)<\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

\"torah\"<\/font><\/p>\n

\"tiny When we featured a few of Bader’s Haikus for Jews<\/a><\/em><\/font><\/font>
\nat Passover last year (see “<\/font>haiku schmaiku<\/font><\/a>“), we had <\/font>
\nno idea that he was a graduate of Harvard Law School. <\/font>
\nFinding him just a couple pages from dagosan<\/em>‘s work in <\/font>
\nLSF<\/em> XXX was a pleasant surprise. <\/font><\/font><\/p>\n

According to <\/font>an article<\/font><\/a>, from 2000, in the Harvard Law <\/em><\/font><\/font>
\nBulletin <\/em>, Bader disliked the “boredom and adrenaline” <\/font><\/font>
\nat his two post-degree law firm jobs. “He has heard vari-<\/font>
\nations on the theme of: ‘For this you went to Harvard Law <\/font>
\nSchool?’ . . . Writing humor books was not what he ex-<\/font>
\npected to do when he enrolled at HLS. But he also didn’t <\/font>
\nexpect that he would not like his job practicing law. So <\/font>
\nhe plans to continue writing professionally. Because even <\/font>
\nthough ‘you can make a bad living out of it,’ he said, ‘the <\/font>
\nhours are much better’.”<\/font><\/p>\n

\"ZenJudaismG\"<\/font><\/p>\n

You can find samples from Zen Judaism<\/em> at <\/font>Amazon<\/font><\/a>.com <\/font><\/font>
\nand at the <\/font>Random House website<\/font><\/a>,<\/font> including: <\/font><\/p>\n

If there is no self, whose arthritis is this?<\/em> <\/font><\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Bader’s latest best-seller is <\/font>Haiku U<\/em><\/font><\/a>.100 Great Books in 17 <\/em><\/font><\/font>
\nSyllables <\/em>(2005). I hope David wouldn’t mind my saying that <\/font><\/font>
\nthey’re fun and funny, but they ain’t<\/a> haiku (except perhaps <\/font>
\nby accident). <\/font><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\"LSF30s\"<\/font><\/p>\n

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