{"id":8616,"date":"2007-12-08T16:22:26","date_gmt":"2007-12-08T21:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/12\/08\/two-birthdays-i-just-cant-ignore\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:36","slug":"two-birthdays-i-just-cant-ignore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/12\/08\/two-birthdays-i-just-cant-ignore\/","title":{"rendered":"two birthdays i just can’t ignore"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"birthdayCake\" <\/em>My two main haiga collaborators are having birthdays this weekend. They have both provided great photos for me to use in creating the combination of image and linked poem that we call haiga. They’ve also provided lots of memories, love, comfort, and agita over the years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Happy Birthday<\/strong><\/em> today (Dec. 8) to “Mama G,” Connie M. Giacalone<\/strong>, of Rochester, NY)! (See some of our haiga here<\/a>, here<\/a>, there<\/a>, and there<\/a>)<\/p>\n

… [larger<\/a> at MagnaPoetsJF<\/em>] \"\"<\/p>\n

dad on the sofa,
\nmom at the stove –
\nit’s mother’s day<\/p>\n

———————————–
\npoem: David Giacalone
\nphoto: Papa G. (1950)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

the day she spanked
\nthe wrong twin
\nall the other days<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

………………………… dagoSon<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

And Happy Birthday<\/strong><\/em>, tomorrow Dec. 9, to my twin brother Arthur J. Giacalone<\/strong>, of East Aurora, NY, peerless and fearless solo practitioner (who still needs a website!). Find some of our joint haiga efforts here at HaigaOnline<\/em><\/a>, and here at Simply Haiku<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\" [larger<\/a> at MagnaPoetsJF<\/em>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

twins\u2019 birthday –
\ntwo cakes
\nhundreds of miles apart<\/p>\n

—————————–
\npoem: David Giacalone
\nphoto: Mama G. (1953)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\" [<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>original<\/a><\/span> photo in<\/span> full color<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>]<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

his face frozen
\njust like Mama
\nalways said<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

———-
\npoem: David Giacalone
\nphoto: Arthur Giacalone<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

\"Weddingruined3g\"<\/p>\n

rain on
\nmy bald spot —
\nrecalling dry-scalp Aprils<\/p>\n

. . . . . david giacalone<\/em><\/p>\n


\n<\/span><\/p>\n

\n

\"\"Happy Birthday!
\nyou cut and
\ni’ll choose<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

….. poem: David Giacalone \"\"<\/p>\n

\n
\n

………. photo: Mama G.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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