{"id":7717,"date":"2007-06-09T21:43:36","date_gmt":"2007-06-10T02:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/06\/09\/a-saturday-for-poetry-not-punditry"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:47","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:47","slug":"a-saturday-for-poetry-not-punditry-apparently","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/06\/09\/a-saturday-for-poetry-not-punditry-apparently\/","title":{"rendered":"a saturday for poetry not punditry (apparently)"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ooh\" For the second day in a row, I have lost a posting while trying to publish it.\u00a0 For a guy who believes deep inside that he should quit the weblog scene and try to have a life, this seems like a big sign<\/em> that should not be ignored.\u00a0 While I think about the fate of my weblog life(style), you can enjoy poetry from four of my favorite haijin:<\/p>\n

big sky
\nthe uncertain legs
\nof the foal<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

either side
\nof the privacy fence
\ndandelions<\/p>\n

all day rain
\non the playing field
\na stray dog<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

paint by number
\nthe child’s river
\nescapes its bank<\/p>\n

………………………. by Tom Painting<\/a> \"wine\"
\n“either side” –\u00a0 big sky<\/em><\/a>: The Red Moon Anthology 2006
\n<\/em>“big sky” – Acorn<\/em> 16 & big sky: RMA 2006<\/em><\/a>
\n“all day rain” from Baseball Haiku<\/em><\/a> (2007)
\n“paint by number” – tug of the current: RMA 2004<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

news of his death
\nI hold tight
\nto the kite string<\/p>\n

election day
\nthe ginko lets go
\nof all its leaves<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

shifting clouds
\nI twist
\nmy wedding ring
\n………………. by pamela miller ness<\/a>
\n“election day” – Bottle Rockets<\/em> #16
\n“news of his death” –\u00a0Modern Haiku<\/em> 37:3 & big sky: RMA 2006<\/em><\/a>
\n“shifting clouds” – Raw NervZ<\/em> VIII:1 & pegging the wind RMA 2002<\/em><\/p>\n

spring dawn\u00a0 \"gulls\"
\nthe stiffness of a sparrow
\non the road to town<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

teenagers…
\nloosening the tie that held
\nthe cherry tight<\/p>\n

an old resume
\nmy son colours in
\nhis rainbow<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

………. by matt morden<\/a>
\n“spring dawn” & “teenagers” – Morden Haiku<\/a><\/em>
\n“an old resume” – Snapshots<\/em> #7 2000<\/p>\n

mountain stillness —
\nthe loon call
\nheld by the lake<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

season\u2019s end
\nanother crop
\nof realtor signs<\/p>\n

sweet grapes
\nthe conversation passes
\nbetween friends<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…………. by Hilary Tann<\/a> –
\n“season’s end”\u00a0 from Upstate Dim Sum<\/em> (2005\/1)
\n“mountain stillness” –\u00a0 The Heron’s Nest<\/em> VIII:4 & big sky: RMA 2006<\/em><\/a>
\n“sweet grapes” – The Heron’s Nest<\/em> VIII:1<\/p>\n

\"RealtorG\" p.s.<\/strong> I had planned to post today about two stories worth checking out.\u00a0To keep myself from spending Sunday doing so, I will just point to them:\u00a0(1) In the wake of the terrorist charges earlier this week, “Guyanese community in NYC fends off images of violence and terror<\/a>,” Newsday.com\/AP<\/em> (June 6, 2007).\u00a0 A similar story\u00a0appears in today’s Schenecady Daily Gazette<\/em>, about the Guyanese community here, where we’ve had a Guyanese Strategy<\/a> to attract people\u00a0of Guyanese descent\u00a0to our shrinking rustbelt\u00a0city (prior post<\/a> – scroll to update). \u00a0 And, (2) Check out the NYT<\/em> article from June 8, 2007, “One City’s Home Sellers Do Better on Their Own<\/a>,” to learn about the comprehensive study of home sales in Madison, WI, from 1998 to 2004, which found that people “who sold their homes through real estate agents typically did not get a higher sale price than people who sold their homes themselves. When the agent\u2019s commission is factored in, the for-sale-by-owner people came out ahead financially.”\u00a0 (See this<\/a> and that<\/a> post at shlep<\/em> about how realtors are trying to make sure you keep paying their standard commissions.)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

busy little buggers
\nthe flower-mad
\nbutterflies<\/p>\n

\n

in full battle make-up
\nshe rollerblades
\nby<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…………… by David G. Lanoue<\/a> from Dewdrop World<\/em> (2005)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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