{"id":7292,"date":"2006-12-29T23:02:51","date_gmt":"2006-12-30T04:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/12\/29\/2006-let-it-wane-let-it-wane-let-i"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:53","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:53","slug":"2006-let-it-wane-let-it-wane-let-it-wane","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/12\/29\/2006-let-it-wane-let-it-wane-let-it-wane\/","title":{"rendered":"2006: let it wane, let it wane, let it wane"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s December 29, and I still haven’t been able to utter more than one “ho<\/em>” at a time.\u00a0 Christmas Week\u00a0has seemed gray and sluggish (or, is that me?).\u00a0 I’d complain about there being no snow, but I really don’t\u00a0like dealing with\u00a0snow, other than looking at\u00a0a picturesque scene or two.<\/p>\n

\"umbrellaV\"\u00a0Given this lack of\u00a0holiday spirit and\u00a0inspiration, I’m more than ready for the year 2006 (of the Common Era) to end, and for 2007 to arrive, with its tenuous promise of new attitudes and aspirations.\u00a0\u00a0 Meanwhile, a few more seasonal haiku and senryu\u00a0might be in order, followed by a\u00a0bath of poems from my friend Yu Chang<\/a>, who has been battling a nasty holiday flu — contracted in L.A. and brought back home to Schenectady, thanks to our highly-mobile populace and life style.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

steeltown Christmas
\ndrizzle blurs
\nthe neon welcome<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\nchristmas night
\na candle burnt
\nhalf way down<\/p>\n

\n. . . by MATT MORDEN<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n“steeltown Christmas” – The Heron’s Nest<\/em>, Valentine Award (2002)
\n“christmas night” –\u00a0morden haiku<\/a><\/em>, Dec. 25, 2006<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

week after Christmas\u00a0 \"SantaSleighN\"
\nan empty throne
\nin the mall<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\ncold moon \u2014
\na moment of hesitation
\nyears ago
\n\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

. . . by John Stevenson<\/strong><\/a> – “cold moon” – The Heron’s Nest<\/em> VIII:4 (Dec. 2006<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nchristmas eve
\ni give the mall santa
\na jump<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

christmas eve…\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 we yank two ton
\nfrom the # 4 mine
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nchristmas…
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 there ain’t enough coal
\nto put in the stockings<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

. . . by ed markowski<\/a>\u00a0 \"snowflake\"\"snowflake\"<\/p>\n

\u00a0
\nthe year’s first sky
\ngives a gift…
\nsnow flitting down<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0
\nno one to give
\nNew Year’s presents to…
\nlittle hut<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

the chicken is treated
\nto one…
\nNew Year’s herbs
\n\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0
\neven our fleeting snow
\nbecomes
\nBuddha!<\/p>\n

. . . by Kobayashi Issa<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0translated by David G. Lanoue<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

small sad face
\nin the puddle —
\nlast weekend’s snowman<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nwintry mix –
\na snow buddha
\nand a mud buddha\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

last week of the year
\nice floes rush
\nto the waterfall<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n. . . . by dagosan
\n<\/a>“small sad face” – a procession of ripples<\/a><\/em>; orig. Simply Haiku<\/em> V4N3
\n“wintry mix” – Clouds Peak #1 (July 2006)
\n“last week” – Roadrunner Haiku Journal<\/em>\u00a0 Issue VI: 1 (Feb. 2006)<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0\"ChangY\"\u00a0 Yu Chang, featured poet<\/a>, Dec. 2006, Mann Library Daily Haiku<\/a><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

winter sun-
\nthrough my office window
\namaryllis in bloom<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

starry night
\nbiting into a melon
\nfull of seeds<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\ncold morning
\na pair of ducks watching me
\nwatching them<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

left behind
\nat the mountain lake
\nsilence<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

still thinking of her\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"yinyang\"
\nthe sticky threads
\nof the severed lotus root<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

time for breakfast
\nmy cat\u2019s tail
\nin the headlines<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

deepening dusk
\na canoe comes in
\nwith the fog<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

winter moon
\nthrough the grape trellis
\nsquares of light<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

first frost
\na homeless man appears
\nin the new development<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

mountain lake-
\nbasking
\nin your reflection<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

. . . . . by Yu Chang<\/strong><\/a>, from Upstate Dim Sum<\/a><\/em>, etc.\u00a0 \"gullsS\"<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

p.s.<\/strong>\u00a0 I just found a shiny, unwrapped package under my tree — the latest edition of the Roadrunner Haiku Journal<\/em><\/a> –\u00a0 let’s open Issue VI: 4<\/a>\u00a0together and share.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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It’s December 29, and I still haven’t been able to utter more than one “ho” at a time.\u00a0 Christmas Week\u00a0has seemed gray and sluggish (or, is that me?).\u00a0 I’d complain about there being no snow, but I really don’t\u00a0like dealing with\u00a0snow, other than looking at\u00a0a picturesque scene or two. \u00a0Given this lack of\u00a0holiday spirit and\u00a0inspiration, […]<\/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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku-or-senryu"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-1TC","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7292","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=7292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12603,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7292\/revisions\/12603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}