{"id":7118,"date":"2006-08-10T18:09:57","date_gmt":"2006-08-10T22:09:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/08\/10\/a-frogpond-kind-of-day\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:55","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:55","slug":"a-frogpond-kind-of-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/08\/10\/a-frogpond-kind-of-day\/","title":{"rendered":"a frogpond kind of day"},"content":{"rendered":"

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There’s no better way to spend an August day than browsing the newest issue of\u00a0Frogpond<\/strong><\/a><\/em> (Journal of the Haiku Society of America<\/a>) with a few friends, alongside a real frog-and-lily pond.\u00a0 I’m going to head for just such a spot, right down the road in Duanesburg, New York.<\/p>\n

………………………………………………………………………………\u00a0 \"froglegs\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since I can’t take you with me, I’m going to leave you with some of the fine poetry, selected with care by editor John Stevenson<\/a>, for the Spring\/Summer 2006 edition of Frogpond<\/em> (XXIX: 2), and written by a few of f\/k\/a<\/em>‘s Honored Guests.<\/p>\n

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small town
\nmy accent starts
\na conversation<\/p>\n

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\noutdoor lecture–
\na sparrow
\ntakes my students away<\/p>\n

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\nYu Chang<\/strong><\/a>
\n“small town” – frogpond<\/em><\/a> XXIX: 1 (2006)
\n“outdoor lecture” – frogpond<\/em> XXIX: 2 (2006)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\ncamping alone one star then many<\/p>\n

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a long trip
\nthe final flip
\nof the map<\/p>\n

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jim kacian<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– frogpond<\/a><\/em> XXIX: 2 (2006)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\ntonight’s hotel room —
\nthe stain on the rug
\nnothing to worry about<\/p>\n

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\nnot much to the splash —
\nthe heat
\naround the pond<\/p>\n

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gary hotham<\/strong><\/a> – frogpond<\/a><\/em>\u00a0XXIX: 2 (2006)\u00a0 \"froglegsF\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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early morning love
\nthe glow
\nof the chandelier<\/p>\n

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spring green
\na park bench stranger
\nreturns my grin\u00a0<\/p>\n

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. . . . pamela miller ness<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– frogpond<\/em><\/a>\u00a0XXIX: 2 (2006)\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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too late
\nfor the autumn colors
\nhome town visit\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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circle of pines
\nGod absent
\nfrom the wedding vows<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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winter camelia
\nshe’s surprised to see me
\n. . . whoever I am<\/p>\n

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Carolyn Hall<\/strong><\/a> – frogpond<\/em><\/a>\u00a0XXIX: 2 (2006)\u00a0
\n(“circle of pine” – chosen as best poem from frogpond<\/em> XXIX: 1)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nsunflowers
\nat eye level —
\nI lift my face<\/p>\n

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groundbreaking —
\na clump of weeds
\nflung aside<\/p>\n

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\"frogpond\"\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0peggy willis lyles<\/strong><\/a> – frogpond<\/em><\/a>\u00a0XXIX: 2 (2006)\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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morning drizzle
\nthe shifting shape
\nof the apple sack<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\nlate spring walk
\nflattened grass
\nwhere the ewe was sheared<\/p>\n

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paul m<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0– frogpond<\/em><\/a>\u00a0XXIX: 2 (2006)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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

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hard-to-peel
\ntangerine —
\nher citrus-scented fingers<\/p>\n

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David Giacalone<\/a><\/strong>, a\/k\/a dagosan<\/em>, frogpond<\/em><\/a>\u00a0XXIX: 2 (2006)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"frogondLogo\"<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0Reminder<\/strong>:\u00a0 The journal Frogpond<\/em> is an official publication of The\u00a0Haiku Society of America. Its primary function is to publish the best in contemporary English-language haiku and senryu, linked forms including sequences, renku, rengay and haibun, essays and articles on these forms, and book reviews.\u00a0\u00a0 You\u00a0will receive three issues each year of Frogpond<\/em> as part of your Haiku Socety of America membership<\/a>; the annual fee for those in the U.S.A. is $33.\u00a0 Frogpond<\/em> is a great value, and if you love haiku and related forms of poetry, receiving it in your mailbox is always a delight.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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p.s.<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 If you’re looking for something a little drier than a frogpond, \"roadrunnerAA\"\u00a0 we suggest the latest edition (VI: 3)<\/a>\u00a0of Roadrunner Haiku Journal<\/em>, where editors Jason Sanford Brown and Scott Metz have unveiled a new design at a new web location: www.roadrunnerjournal.net<\/a>\u00a0 [roadrunner image by aurora <\/a>antonovich]<\/p>\n

Naturally, the ubiquitously luminous Carolyn Hall is one of the featured haijin\u00a0in roadrunner<\/em> VI:3.\u00a0 Here’s one of her three poems:<\/p>\n

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new yoga stretch
\nfloood waters begin
\nto recede<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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