{"id":5024,"date":"2004-09-24T11:59:17","date_gmt":"2004-09-24T15:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/09\/24\/an-owl-hoots\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:25","slug":"an-owl-hoots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/09\/24\/an-owl-hoots\/","title":{"rendered":"an owl hoots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a2297'><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/owlssmall.gif\" alt=\"owls small\" \/><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">River current<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">one by one the geese<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">bottom-up<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">First light<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">through old-growth forest<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><EM><FONT face=\"Geneva,Arial,Sans-Serif\" size=\"2\">an owl hoots<\/FONT><\/EM><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\"><\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.haiku-north-america-2003.org\/index.htm\"><\/A><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">from &#8220;A Flutter of Wings,&#8221; by&nbsp;<A href=\"http:\/\/www.worldhaiku.net\/poetry\/eng\/us\/p.miller.ness.htm\"><FONT color=\"#ff0000\">Pamela Miller Ness<\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">printed&nbsp;for the <\/FONT><A href=\"http:\/\/www.haikucanada.org\/index.html\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">Haiku Canada Conference (2003)<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\">&nbsp; <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$1669\">Click<\/A> for contact info.<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"1\"><\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\">&nbsp;<\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT><FONT size=\"2\">by&nbsp;<EM><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$379\"><FONT color=\"red\">dagosan<\/FONT><\/A><\/EM><\/FONT>:<\/FONT><\/FONT><FONT>&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\"><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\"><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV dir=\"ltr\" align=\"left\"><br \/>\n<DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"1\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Arial\" size=\"2\"><EM><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">parents&#8217; new home:<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">old&nbsp;bladders<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\">one bathroom<\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT size=\"2\"><EM>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<FONT face=\"Times New Roman,Times,Serif\" size=\"1\">[Sept. 24, 2004]<\/FONT><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"2\"><\/FONT>&nbsp;<\/DIV><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><SPAN><SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><SPAN><SPAN><FONT><STRONG><EM><A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/06\/27#a1700\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\" color=\"black\">one-breath&nbsp;pundit<\/FONT><\/A><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/FONT><\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\" align=\"left\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><br \/>\n<P dir=\"ltr\" style=\"MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px\"><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Tired hearing about <A href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/england\/london\/3686992.stm\">Cat Stevens<\/A>?&nbsp; How about some Cat <A href=\"http:\/\/ops.tamu.edu\/x075bb\/humor\/CatHaikus.txt\"><FONT color=\"black\">Senryu<\/FONT><\/A>?&nbsp;&nbsp; A collection of <A href=\"http:\/\/ops.tamu.edu\/x075bb\/humor\/CatHaikus.txt\">Haiku for Cats<\/A> is posted on the webpages of Texas A&amp;M&#8217;s <A href=\"http:\/\/ops.tamu.edu\/x075bb\/\">Bob Brooks.<\/A>&nbsp; I wish I could credit the actual author(s), as they appear to have captured well the indifference and arrogance of the domestic feline.&nbsp; (Thanks to lawyer-poet Deborah Sirotkin Butler for passing them on to me.)&nbsp;&nbsp; Here&#8217;s a teaser:<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/LI><\/UL><\/UL><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">The food in my bowl<BR>Is old, and &#8211; more to the point &#8211;<BR>Contains no tuna.<BR><BR><BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; There&#8217;s no dignity<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; In being sick &#8211; which is why<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#8217;t tell you where.<BR><\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><BR><BR>&nbsp; Am I in your way?<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;You seem to have it backwards:<BR>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This pillow&#8217;s taken.<\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><\/P><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<P><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/ethicalesq\/catneg.gif\" alt=\"cat neg\" \/><\/FONT><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<UL><br \/>\n<LI><br \/>\n<DIV><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM><STRONG><FONT color=\"red\">Update <\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/EM>(9 PM): Back home from a rare visit with both siblings (Mom and Dad, too)&nbsp;&#8212; tired, but pleased, I offer two more <A href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/stories\/storyReader$2086\">family photos<\/A>&nbsp;on my Sibs Page.&nbsp; As you&#8217;ll see, <EM>I <\/EM>was not in charge of choosing the pictures.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/LI><\/UL><\/UL><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>River current one by one the geese bottom-up &nbsp; &nbsp; First light through old-growth forest an owl hoots &nbsp; from &#8220;A Flutter of Wings,&#8221; by&nbsp;Pamela Miller Ness printed&nbsp;for the Haiku Canada Conference (2003)&nbsp; Click for contact info. &nbsp; by&nbsp;dagosan:&nbsp; parents&#8217; new home: old&nbsp;bladders one bathroom &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;[Sept. 24, 2004] &nbsp; one-breath&nbsp;pundit&nbsp;&nbsp; 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