{"id":7267,"date":"2006-12-08T00:40:57","date_gmt":"2006-12-08T05:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/12\/08\/gotta-get-a-little-holiday-spirit\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:53","slug":"gotta-get-a-little-holiday-spirit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/12\/08\/gotta-get-a-little-holiday-spirit\/","title":{"rendered":"gotta get a little holiday spirit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"22\" alt=\"snowflake\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2006\/12\/snowflakeS.gif\" width=\"20\" \/>\u00a0 As the following <em>dagosan<\/em> poems indicate, I&#8217;m still not quite in the holiday spirit.\u00a0 Maybe a few more haiku and senryu from my friends will help.\u00a0 If not, I&#8217;ve still got a couple weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>setting up the creche &#8212;<br \/>\nthe Baby\u2019s name<br \/>\nuttered over and over<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>married a decade<br \/>\nshe hides<br \/>\nthe mistletoe<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>married a decade <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"22\" alt=\"snowflake\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2006\/12\/snowflakeS.gif\" width=\"20\" \/><br \/>\nhe buys<br \/>\nnew mistletoe<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/11\/28\/the-so-called-war-on-christmas-and-chicken-little-too\/\">furious<\/a> &#8211;<br \/>\nthat godless salesgirl said<br \/>\n\u201cHappy Holidays!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.professorbainbridge.com\/2005\/11\/a_war_on_christ.html\">Steve Bainbridge<\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>. . . . by <em>dagosan<\/em>\/david giacalone<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"52\" alt=\"santaDude\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2006\/12\/SantaDudeSmF.gif\" width=\"70\" \/><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>christmas morning<br \/>\nthe old retriever gets<br \/>\nall the innards<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>christmas evening<br \/>\nthe goose she raised<br \/>\nall summer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>. . . . by ed markowski<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Christmas pageant\u2014\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"22\" alt=\"snowflake\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2006\/12\/snowflakeS.gif\" width=\"20\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"22\" alt=\"snowflake\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2006\/12\/snowflakeS.gif\" width=\"20\" \/>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<br \/>\nthe one who had to get married<br \/>\nplays virgin Mary<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>another Christmas . . .<br \/>\nmy parents visit<br \/>\nthe son in prison<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u00a0. . . . by Lee Gurga from <em>Fresh Scent<\/em> (1998)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Christmas Day<br \/>\n\u00a0 the exchange<br \/>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 of custody<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>first snow&#8230;<br \/>\nsettling into<br \/>\nold feelings<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>. . . . . by John Stevenson<br \/>\n&#8220;christmas Day&#8221; &#8211; from Some of the Silence<br \/>\n&#8220;first snow&#8221; &#8211; <em>Upstate Dim Sum<\/em> 2006\/I<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"22\" alt=\"snowflake\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2006\/12\/snowflakeS.gif\" width=\"20\" \/><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"79\" alt=\"MomTwins50\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2006\/12\/MomTwins50.jpg\" width=\"80\" \/>\u00a0 <strong><em>Happy 80th Birthday, to Mama G!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"22\" alt=\"snowflake\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2006\/12\/snowflakeS.gif\" width=\"20\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 As the following dagosan poems indicate, I&#8217;m still not quite in the holiday spirit.\u00a0 Maybe a few more haiku and senryu from my friends will help.\u00a0 If not, I&#8217;ve still got a couple weeks. \u00a0 setting up the creche &#8212; 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