{"id":7367,"date":"2007-02-24T14:21:20","date_gmt":"2007-02-24T19:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/02\/24\/door-to-door-haiku-and-regulation-"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:52","slug":"door-to-door-haiku-and-regulation-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/02\/24\/door-to-door-haiku-and-regulation-too\/","title":{"rendered":"door-to-door: haiku (and regulation, too)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"doorFrontN\"\u00a0\u00a0 Late last night, I posted “protection for door-to-door purchasers<\/a>” at shlep<\/em>.\u00a0 I was inspired by reading Prof. Jeff Sovern’s Consumer Law & Policy Blog<\/em><\/a> posting on the continuing relevance of regulation protecting consumers who make purchasers from “field sales” marketers.\u00a0 It seems that the success of Do Not Call lists has helped revive door-to-door selling (see CNN.com<\/em><\/a>\u00a0and NYT<\/a><\/em>.)\u00a0 If you’d like to know more about Do Not Knock ordinances and the Federal Trade Commission’s Cooling Off Rule<\/a> for home sales, head on over to shlep<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0\u00a0 But, first, join me in appreciating\u00a0some door-oriented haiku from f\/k\/a<\/em>‘s Honored Guest Poets<\/a>\u00a0and its Editor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

May morning
\nthe door opens
\nbefore I knock<\/p>\n

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

Mother\u2019s Day\u00a0\u00a0 \"houseG\"\u00a0\u00a0
\nthat first breath of air
\noutside the door
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

goblins at the door
\nin the darkness behind them
\na cigarette flares
\n\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nmatinee
\nthe summer sun
\nunder the exit door<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

. . . . by John Stevenson
\n“May morning” and “goblins” from Some of the Silence<\/em>
\n“Mother’s Day” and “matinee” from Quiet Enough<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

birdsong
\nopening the sliding door
\nin her red pajamas<\/p>\n

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

almost dusk
\nan open door
\nto the lighthouse<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"doorFrontF\"\u00a0\u00a0 . . . . by paul m.
\n“birdsong” – A New Resonance 2<\/em> & Frogpond<\/em> XXII:1
\n“almost dusk” – The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em> (Dec. 2003)<\/p>\n

\nletting
\nthe dog out–
\nthe stars in<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

. . . . by Gary Hotham –\u00a0breathmarks<\/em> (Canon Press, 1999)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

mud-spattered pickup-
\nfour dogs watch
\nthe tavern door<\/p>\n

. . . by Billie Wilson – The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em> (February 2001)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

through the open door . . .
\nher smile doesn\u2019t forgive
\nall my sins<\/p>\n

. . . . by Randy Brooks – School\u2019s Out<\/em> (1999)\u00a0 \"doorFront\"\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

opened door
\nthe darkness lengthens
\ninto a kitten<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

back door curve
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the batter
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 exits\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

. . . . by Barry George\u00a0
\n\u201dback door curve\u201d –\u00a0 Fan: \u201cHaiku\u201d Special Issue (1998)
\n“opened door” – The Heron\u2019s Nest (Vol. 3, 2001)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

screen door between angry words<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0\"doorFrontN\"\u00a0\u00a0. . . . by Tom Painting – A New Resonance 2<\/em> & Frogpond<\/em> XXI:1
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

first night home from college
\nclick of the latch
\non her bedroom door
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

in the appliance store doorway
\ncalling a Maytag box
\nhome<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

. . . by Carolyn Hall\u00a0 – “first night home” A New Resonance 2\u00a0 \"houseG\"<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0
\n“appliance store” – from the haibun \u201cProtective Coloration\u201d
\nin The Loose Thread<\/em>: RMA 2001; orig., stone frog<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\u201cthe rice cake man
\nis next door!\u201d
\nthe child announces<\/p>\n

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

\"NoSolicitationS\"\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nwiping their feet
\non the baby grass…
\ndoorway<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

the door latch
\nrusting scarlet…
\nwinter rain<\/p>\n

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

in dawn frost
\nat the bathhouse door
\nknocking<\/p>\n

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

facing the river –
\nnext door, it seems
\nis the deep north<\/p>\n

\npinching head lice\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nin a doorway…
\nspring fields<\/p>\n

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

back door–
\nthree spears of pampas grass
\nand Mr. and Mrs. Goose<\/p>\n

back door–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"doorFrontF\"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\npissing scribbles
\nin the first ice<\/p>\n

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

two doors down
\nfrom the moonflowers…
\nmy house
\n. . . . by Kobayashi Issa<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0translated by David G. Lanoue
\n– for 53 “door” haiku from Issa – click here<\/a> –<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

evening warmth \u2014
\nlatchkey kids play rummy
\nin the doorway<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

. . . by Rebecca Lilly\u00a0–\u00a0The Heron’s Nest<\/em>\u00a0(VIII:3)<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nfirst good
\nporch-settin\u2019 day —
\nher outside voice at the door<\/p>\n

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

the stale air
\nof an old man\u2019s home —
\nopening my front door<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201ctrick-or-treat!\u201d
\nat every door but mine —
\nbittersweet binge<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

. . . . by dagosan<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \"NoSolicitationS\"\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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