{"id":9054,"date":"2008-03-15T21:22:38","date_gmt":"2008-03-16T02:22:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/03\/15\/of-palms-and-cherry-blossoms\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:31","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:31","slug":"of-palms-and-cherry-blossoms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/03\/15\/of-palms-and-cherry-blossoms\/","title":{"rendered":"of palms and cherry blossoms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"\" A<\/strong><\/em>mong the items on the crowded mid-March f\/k\/a<\/em> To Do List this weekend I find both palms and cherry blossoms.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

T<\/strong><\/em>here are lots of places to find news<\/a> about Palm Sunday events, or commentary about the religious meaning of Palm Sunday (e.g<\/em>., discussion for kids<\/a>, and adults<\/a>, or a coloring page<\/a>), and there are many webpages devoted to the beauty and botany<\/a> of the cherry blossom. I figure you’ve come to us for some related haiku and senryu, and that’s what you’re gonna get.<\/p>\n

Saturday night
\na priest crosses the road
\nwith an armful of palms<\/p>\n

Palm Sunday
\nfollowing the plow
\nto church<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

Palm Sunday
\nyoung rabbits
\nin the pet store<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

………….. by john stevenson<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> – \u201cSaturday Night\u201d – Some of the Silence<\/em> (1999):
\n\u201cPalm Sunday\u201d – Quiet Enough<\/em>; \u201cEaster rain\u201d – Pilgrimage<\/em>, 2006<\/p>\n

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palm sunday
\nthe gospel choir
\nhypnotically swaying<\/p>\n

…………………… by ed markowski – \"\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

the boys giggle
\nwhen the priest says \u201cass\u201d \u2013
\nPalm Sunday<\/p>\n

……. by dagosan<\/em><\/p>\n

\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Palm Sunday
\nwe polish off
\nthe Easter candy<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…………. haiga poem by dagosan; photo by Mama G.
\n(original at MagnaPoets JF<\/em><\/a>, March 29, 2007)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

update<\/em><\/strong> (March 17, 2008):<\/p>\n

palm sunday
\npicking a chit off
\na seed potato<\/p>\n

… by Matt Morden at Morden Haiku<\/a><\/em> (March 16, 2008)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a> W<\/em><\/strong>e wrote about the Vancouver Cherry Blossom Festival<\/a><\/strong> this time last year — click for our 2007 post<\/a> (which included information about the Washington DC festival, too, along with a bit of cherry blossom philosophy). In addition to gorgeous trees in bloom, the folks in Vancouver have an invitational haiku contest every year. See their 2007 Haiku Contest winners<\/a>, and their 2006 Haiku winners<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2006, seven of f\/k\/a<\/em>\u2019s Honored Guest Poets<\/a> had haiku selected by the VCBF judges for special recognition; in 2007, five members of the f\/k\/a<\/em> Honorable Guest family had winning haiku. Each of their selected poems can be found in last year’s post<\/a>. Here are a few from 2006:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\"canjapSBC\"<\/p>\n

grizzled poet\u2014
\na sprig of cherry blossoms
\nin his knapsack<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

. . . . . . by Laryalee Fraser<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

cherry blossoms
\na street vendor hums
\nthe Ode to Joy<\/p>\n

. . . . . . . . . . by peggy willis lyles \"blossomBranchF\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n
\n

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

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

\"VancouverTreePoole\"<\/a> A<\/strong><\/em>nd, here are the 2008 poems<\/a> by our Honored Guests chosen for special recognition by the VCBF judges:<\/p>\n

– Alice Frampton, Gary Hotham and Peggy Lyles were 2008 Sakura Award<\/em> winners:<\/p>\n

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cherry blossom rain . . .
\nI take the convertible
\nback to the showroom<\/p>\n

……….. by Alice Frampton<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

the rest of the day—
\ncherry blossoms
\nto spare<\/p>\n

….. by Gary Hotham<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

blossoms
\non a leafless bough\u2014
\nthe evening star<\/p>\n

….. by Peggy Lyles<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

A<\/em>nd five more of our f\/k\/a friends won honorable mention: \"canjapSBC\"<\/p>\n

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shaking off
\ncherry blossoms
\nthe deaf dog<\/p>\n

….. by Roberta Beary<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

evening breezes
\nstir the cherry blossoms\u2014
\na newborn’s sweet breath<\/p>\n

…… by DeVar Dahl<\/p>\n

a blanket
\nunder the cherry blossoms\u2014
\ntwo freckled faces<\/p>\n

……. by Laryalee Fraser \"blossomBranchF\"<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\n

patio breeze
\nleaving the blossoms
\nfallen<\/p>\n

……. by jim kacian<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"VCBFLogo\" cherry trees in bloom . . .
\nthe cracked sidewalk
\nof the science museum<\/p>\n

……. by paul m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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