{"id":7573,"date":"2007-04-30T13:03:35","date_gmt":"2007-04-30T18:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/04\/30\/honoring-virginia-techs-dead\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:49","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:49","slug":"honoring-virginia-techs-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/04\/30\/honoring-virginia-techs-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"honoring Virginia Tech’s dead"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As we mentioned<\/a> last week, today is being observed as One Day of Blog Silence<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at weblogs throughout the blogisphere to pay respect to the victims of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute massacre,\u00a0as well as\u00a0worldwide victims of violence.\u00a0 In general, the world could use more silence — mostly so that we can learn to listen better to eachother.\u00a0Rather than silence at this weblog today, however, I want to acknowledge:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. the deep feeling of\u00a0loss for the families, our nation, and the world, due to the deaths\u00a0of those 33 unique individuals at Virginia Tech;<\/li>\n
  2. the realization that the VPI campus was\u00a0an excellent example of how the\u00a0love and desire for education can bring the world closer\u00a0together — with our nation serving a positive role nurturing learning and community;<\/li>\n
  3. my growing frustration over groups who put grandiose or absolute assertions of\u00a0 individual rights over our society’s joint, interdependent, and fundamental\u00a0need to take reasonable, effective steps to protect\u00a0itself and its members\u00a0from violence of all kinds.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    \u00a0\"window\" There is no single way to appropriately mourn any one person, much less so many, diverse and undeserving victims.\u00a0\u00a0And, mourning will have many meanings as the seasons and years pass.\u00a0 The best that I can do is this collection of\u00a0haiku and senryu from the f\/k\/a<\/em> Honored Guest<\/a> family of poets:<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    the first notes
    \nsqueezed from bagpipes
    \nsmall town parade
    \n\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    cricket sounds
    \nrise into night
    \nthe names of the dead<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    …………………… by Peggy Lyles from To Hear the Rain<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    news of his death
    \nthe cigarette smoke rises
    \nstraight up
    \n\u00a0<\/p>\n

    another year
    \nthe tallest trees shade
    \nthe oldest headstones<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    spring evening
    \nknowing a new moon
    \nis behind the clouds<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    …………… by DeVar Dahl\u00a0\u00a0 \"gullsFN\"\u00a0\u00a0 <\/font><\/font>
    \n“news of his death” from New Resonance 3<\/em>
    \n“another year” – Simply Haiku<\/em> (Spring 2005)
    \n“spring evening” – WHR<\/em>, Robert Spiess Tribute, March 2002<\/p>\n

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

    strewn driftwood
    \na boy asking
    \nabout his father<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    summer\u2019s end\u2014
    \nriding a borrowed bicycle
    \npast the graveyard<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    ……………….. by paul m.<\/a>
    \n“strewn driftwood” – A New Resonance 2<\/em>
    \n“summer’s end” – from finding the way<\/em><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

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

    Stillness of sand
    \nin the hourglass bottom–
    \nthe sound of wind<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

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

    autumn evening —
    \nyellow leaves cover
    \nthe plot reserved for me<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    An obituary
    \ncircled in the newspaper–
    \npale winter moon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    Snow tapering off . . .
    \nat the graveyard, one tombstone
    \nleans on another<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    My small family gone–
    \nants crawl on their graves
    \nin the pale autumn sun<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \"window\u00a0…………………… by Rebecca Lilly<\/a>\u00a0
    \n“Stillness of sand” – Acorn<\/em> #18 (2007)
    \n\u201cAutumn evening\u201d — Modern Haiku XXX:2, and A New Resonance 2
    \n“An obituary”\u00a0 – edge of light<\/em>\u00a0 (Red Moon Anthology 2003); Acorn 10
    \n“Snow tapering off” — Modern Haiku<\/em> XXX:2; A New Resonance 2<\/em>
    \n“My small family gone–” –\u00a0Shadwell Hills<\/em> (Birch Prees Press, 2002)<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    missing in action.
    \nshe dusts off his guitar,
    \nreturns it to the shelf<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    funeral procession . . .
    \nsnowflakes blowing
    \ninto the headlights<\/p>\n

    ……………………………. by Randy Brooks from School’s Out<\/em><\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

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

    cherry blossoms
    \nthe one that falls
    \non mother\u2019s headstone<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 eulogy…
    \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 an amber crow sits behind
    \n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 the altar glass<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    . . . . . . . . by ed markowski<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    old tombstone
    \nlosing its name
    \nfaint first star<\/p>\n

    …………………….. by George Swede – The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em><\/p>\n

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

    after her death
    \ncomposing roses
    \ninstead of words<\/p>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    Mother\u2019s Day alone \u2014
    \na neighbor\u2019s first iris
    \npokes through the fence<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    after her death
    \nfinding the old scar
    \nin my eyebrow<\/p>\n

    \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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
    \n………………….. by     Pamela Miller Ness<\/a>
    \n“Mother’s Day alone-” – The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (Sept. 2003)
    \n\u00a0“after her death” –\u00a0 The Heron’s Nest<\/em> (Dec. 2002)\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    \u00a0<\/p>\n

    among the graves
    \nof strangers
    \nforsythia<\/p>\n

    … by paul m<\/a>.\u00a0from called home<\/a><\/em> (Red Moon Press 2006) \"CalledHomePaulM\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 As we mentioned last week, today is being observed as One Day of Blog Silence\u00a0at weblogs throughout the blogisphere to pay respect to the victims of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute massacre,\u00a0as well as\u00a0worldwide victims of violence.\u00a0 In general, the world could use more silence — mostly so that we can learn to listen better […]<\/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":[555,900],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku-or-senryu","category-viewpoint"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-1Y9","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7573","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=7573"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12549,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7573\/revisions\/12549"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}