{"id":7411,"date":"2007-03-20T13:27:19","date_gmt":"2007-03-20T18:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/03\/20\/equinoxally-yours\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:52","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:52","slug":"equinoxally-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/03\/20\/equinoxally-yours\/","title":{"rendered":"equinoxally yours"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Law-schmaw.\u00a0 Despite the forecast for record low temperatures tonight — or, maybe because of it — the f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang needs to celebrate<\/a> the Spring (Vernal) Equinox<\/a> with a few haiku from some of our Honored Guest<\/a> friends.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

expecting a night
\nof spring…
\nnight frost<\/p>\n

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

to one side
\nof my paper lantern…
\nspring’s first dawn<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nhalf of it
\nis flitting snow…
\nspring rain<\/p>\n

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

……… by Issa<\/a>, translated by David G. Lanoue\u00a0(500 more<\/a> on spring)\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

spring equinox
\nmoonshadow deepens
\nthe creek<\/p>\n

\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\nspring-like day
\nthe cat grapples
\nwith a catnip bird<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\nspring longing
\nthe man
\nin the three-quarter moon<\/p>\n

\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n…… by Carolyn Hall
\n\u201cspring-like day\u201d – The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em> (2004)
\n\u201cspring equinox\u201d – The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em> (2000)
\n\u201cspring longing\u201d – frogpond<\/em> XXVIII: 1<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\nthe widower
\ncoaxed to the dance floor
\nspring equinox<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

the gardener\u2019s sleeves
\nrolled to the elbow
\nspring equinox<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n….. by Tom Painting – from A New Resonance 2<\/em> (2001)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\"raindropSF\" \"raindropSF\"
\n\u201cgardener\u2019s\u201d –\u00a0Frogpond<\/em>\u00a0 XXI v:2;
\n\u201cthe widower\u201d- Modern Haiku<\/em> XXXI: 2
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nfirst day of spring
\nall the fly-fishing books
\nout of the library<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\nhigher and higher
\non the trampoline
\nspring rain<\/p>\n

\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n….. by \u00a0MATT MORDEN
\n\u201cfirst day of spring\u201d – A New Resonance 2<\/em> (2001)
\n\u201chigher and higher\u201d – tug of the current<\/em>; Haiku Canada Newsl<\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0
\nsnapping\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
\nthe hood back on my coat –
\nspring arrives<\/p>\n

\n\u00a0
\nlast day of winter –\u00a0 \"raindropSF\" \"raindropSF\"
\nice smothers
\nthe early buds<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0
\nspring arrives —
\nnew snow bleaches
\nold snowbanks<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nmid-March winds –
\na too-warm coat
\nsuddenly too thin<\/p>\n

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

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Spring arrives —
\npeeps melting
\non the dashboard
\n\u00a0<\/p>\n

\nthe lawn crunches
\nSpring’s first bocce match
\npostponed<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…………………… by dagosan<\/em>
\n” last day of winter” – Nisqually Delta Review (Winter-Spring, 2006)
\n” new snow bleaches” – Haiku Harvest (Spring\/Summer 2006)
\n“mid-March winds” –\u00a0 Clouds Peak #1 (July 2006)
\n“peeps melting” – Simply Haiku (Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter 2005)
\n“the lawn crunches” – Simply Haiku<\/em> haiga<\/a> (Vol. 5: 1, 2007)\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\u00a0
\nfirst spring day
\nthe chatter
\nof the starbucks staff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\n\u00a0
\nanother spring
\na tumble of stuffed bears
\nin the divorcee\u2019s bed<\/p>\n

\n\u00a0
\n\"umbrella\u00a0\u00a0………… by Pamela Miller Ness
\n\u201cfirst spring day\u201d – haiku sequence The Can Collector\u2019s Red Socks
\n\u201canother spring\u201d – Modern Haiku<\/em> (Autumn 2003)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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