{"id":8634,"date":"2007-12-11T23:30:46","date_gmt":"2007-12-12T04:30:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/12\/11\/sleet-and-snow-and-althouses-chair"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:36","slug":"sleet-and-snow-and-althouses-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/12\/11\/sleet-and-snow-and-althouses-chair\/","title":{"rendered":"sleet and snow and althouse’s chair"},"content":{"rendered":"

L<\/em><\/strong>ately, everybody<\/a> who’s any<\/a>body in the blawgisphere has apparently been using his weblog to talk to Ann Althouse<\/a>, the diva blawgger, columnist and Constitutional Law professor. So, I thought maybe this no<\/em>body up in Schenectady would try, too [update<\/strong><\/em>: and Ann was listening<\/a>].<\/p>\n

\n

sleet against the window
\nat last mother threads
\nthe needle<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

the frozen breaths
\nof the carolers disappearing
\namong the stars<\/p>\n

…………………….. by George Swede from Almost Unseen<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Ann has been residing in both Madison, WI, and Brooklyn, NY, lately, and is currently in New York City. Frankly, I’ve been wondering if she is as sick of our “wintry mix” weather here in New York State as I am. [And, don’t even ask her about<\/a> the unfriendly ice rinks, cement trees and pedestrians of NYC.] Schenectady is a couple-hour drive north (in good weather) from Ann’s current abode. We’ve got more snow\/sleet combo coming our way tonight, and Brooklyn has a couple similar days and nights in its forecast this week.<\/p>\n

\n

freezing rain
\ntallying the strike vote
\nat the union hall<\/em><\/p>\n

. . . . . . . . …………. . . Ed Markowski, Frogpond<\/em> XXV:2<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I bet Ann is missing real<\/em> winter back in Wisconsin (going down to 15 degrees F. tonight), where the temperatures relegate “wintry mix” to the category of snack food. In case Prof. Althouse is feeling nostalgic, I’m going to run a small version of a photo she took two winters ago, while “snowed in<\/a>” in Madison (Jan. 6, 2005).<\/p>\n

[orig<\/a>., by Ann Althouse]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Adirondack chair
\nupholstered
\nwith snow<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

That poem was inspired by the photo, and written the same day it was posted at the Althouse weblog. (see our post on Jan. 6, 2005<\/a>) Since then, it was selected to appear at Simply Haiku<\/a><\/em> (Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter 2005), and anthologized in the Legal Studies Forum<\/a><\/em> XXX (2006). So, you have to wonder why (other than my usual peridementia and faulty memory) I don’t check out Ann’s photography more often at her weblog, which mixes great photos with interesting punditry (often on politics and recently especially on Senators Barack<\/a> H. Obama<\/a> and Hillary<\/a> R. Clinton<\/a>).<\/p>\n

For example, check out her gorgeous shot of the New York skyline, posted on Dec. 3, 2007. (orig. here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

storm alert
\nevery kind of cloud
\nin one sky<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n
<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

…………………….. by David Giacalone<\/font><\/a> – <\/font>Legal Studies Forum<\/font><\/em><\/a> <\/font>XXIX:1 (2005)<\/font><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

freezing wind\u2013 <\/font>
\nthe body builder pumps gas
\nin a muscle shirt<\/p>\n

\n

nearly dark–
\nsnow deepens
\non the baseball field<\/p>\n

……………………………… by billie wilson
\n“nearly dark” – Acorn<\/em> 15 (2005)
\n\u201cfreezing rain\u201d \u2014 New Resonance<\/em> 3; frogpond<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

freezing rain
\ntwo Baby Boomers
\nsteam-up the Volvo<\/p>\n

\n

wintry mix <\/font>
\nthe kids make a snow buddha
\nand a mud buddha<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n
<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

a wintry mix
\nat the bedroom window
\nbig wet ones<\/p>\n

………………………………………….. by dagosan<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“Lanterns: a firefly anthology<\/a><\/strong><\/em>” (Edited by Stanford M. Forrester, Bottle Rockets Press, 2007).\u00a0 Need a respite from thoughts of wintry elements?\u00a0 Or a stocking-stuffer for a loved one?\u00a0 Let me suggest you check out the new 77-poem volumn of firefly haiku from Stan Forrester and Bottle Rockets, with contributions from “53 of the haiku community\u2019s top poets.”\u00a0 The perfectbound (5 x 6.5 inches) book is the first in a series of anthologies, and can be ordered from the publisher<\/a> for $12 (plus S&H).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m honored to have a dagosan poem included in the Lanterns<\/em> collection. Unlike most of my firefly haiku and senryu, this one fits in well with the gloomy meteorology of the rest of this posting.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

cloud-covered night–
\nno moon, no fireflies,
\nno goodnight kiss<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

……………………… by david giacalone <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

winter hike <\/font> <\/font>
\nthe baby\u2019s breath
\nwarms my neck<\/p>\n

<\/blockquote>\n

my tongue
\nexplores a worn tooth
\nthe snowy hills<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

graveside
\nthe mourners stand
\nin a wintry mix<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

…………………………………………….. by Tom Painting,
\n\u201cwinter hike\u201d & \u201cmy tongue\u201d from the chapbook piano practice<\/a><\/em> (Bottle Rocket Press, 2004)
\n\u201cgraveside\u201d – frogpond <\/em>(XXIX: 1, Winter 2006)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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