{"id":7094,"date":"2006-06-21T22:53:15","date_gmt":"2006-06-22T02:53:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/06\/21\/one-breath-at-a-time\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:55","slug":"one-breath-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/06\/21\/one-breath-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"one breath at a time"},"content":{"rendered":"

f\/k\/a<\/em>‘s\u00a0Punditry Hiatus<\/a> continues, so you still won’t find commentary or carping at the top of the page, despite this new posting.\u00a0 haikuEsq<\/em> will, however, roll out of his hammock occasionally to bring you more one-breath\u00a0poetry from our Honored Guest Poets<\/em><\/a>\u00a0— they are too much of a treasure to keep them hidden during our down time.<\/p>\n

Therefore, new haiku and senryu (along with tanka\u00a0and\u00a0short\u00a0haibun) will be added to the top of this page on an irregular schedule.\u00a0 The f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang will stay out of the way and let our haijin friends advocate for their art, one breath at a time<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let’s start with a dozen poems contributed to the June 2006 edition<\/a> (Vol. VIII: 2) of The Heron’s Nest<\/a><\/em> by\u00a0some of f\/k\/a<\/em>‘s favorite haiku poets:<\/p>\n

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New Year\u2019s Day
\nthe center of the chocolate
\nnot what I expected<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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vast blue sky
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 we empty
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 her closets<\/p>\n

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\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 by Carolyn Hall<\/a>, The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (VIII: 2, 2006)
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

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a penny for my thoughts?
\nthe fireflies
\nof last summer\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

midwinter thaw
\nlast night I dreamed
\nmy dad was alive\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 by John Stevenson<\/a>, The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (VIII: 2, 2006)
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

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mother\u2019s day
\na nurse unties
\nthe restraints<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0 by Roberta Beary<\/a>, The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (VIII: 2, 2006)
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

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starlit sky
\nare you sure
\nwe are alone<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0 by Yu Chang<\/a>, The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (VIII: 2, 2006)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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clear night \u2014
\nsnow shifts
\non the windowpane\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

mid-February
\nchoosing the sunniest spot
\nto fill my tank<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0 by Hilary Tann<\/a>, The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (VIII: 2, 2006)<\/p>\n

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night fading away \u2014
\nnew snow in the playground
\nseats<\/p>\n

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\n\u00a0\u00a0 by Gary Hotham,<\/a> The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (VIII: 2, 2006)
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

sweet-grass braids
\nwe bury Grandmother
\nwithout her wig<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0 by Andrew Riutta<\/a>, The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (VIII: 2, 2006)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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more snow . . .
\nthe brittleness
\nof the wishbone<\/p>\n

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\n\u00a0\u00a0 by Alice Frampton<\/a>, The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (VIII: 2, 2006)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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in the backyard shade
\na small gust brings coolness
\nand a white petal<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0 by George Swede<\/a>, The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (VIII: 2, 2006)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

+ You’ll find many more fine haiku at The Heron’s Nest<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

f\/k\/a‘s\u00a0Punditry Hiatus continues, so you still won’t find commentary or carping at the top of the page, despite this new posting.\u00a0 haikuEsq will, however, roll out of his hammock occasionally to bring you more one-breath\u00a0poetry from our Honored Guest Poets\u00a0— they are too much of a treasure to keep them hidden during our down time. […]<\/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_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":[555,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku-or-senryu","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-1Qq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7094","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=7094"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12643,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7094\/revisions\/12643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}