{"id":9526,"date":"2008-06-28T18:33:31","date_gmt":"2008-06-28T23:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/06\/28\/chautauqua-grand-slam\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:25","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:25","slug":"chautauqua-grand-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/06\/28\/chautauqua-grand-slam\/","title":{"rendered":"Chautauqua grand slam"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\". . Baseball Haiku at Chautauqua, June 26, 2008 . . \"\"<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n

– see<\/strong> the 49-minute Roundtable on video at FORA.tv<\/a><\/p>\n

plus, the 13-minute Interview with Jim Roselle<\/a> on WJTN1240 AM —<\/p>\n

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summer loneliness . . .
\ndropping the pop up
\ni toss to myself<\/p>\n

… by Ed Markowski – Baseball Haiku<\/em> (2007); pop up<\/em> (tribe press, 2004)<\/p>\n

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biking to the field
\nunder a cloudless sky
\nmy glove on the handlebars<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

…. by Cor van den Heuvel – Baseball Haiku<\/em><\/a> (2007) <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>and Play Ball (Red Moon <\/em>Press 1999)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

at the produce stand
\na kid with a baseball
\nplays catch with the awning<\/p>\n

…. by Al Pizzarelli – from Baseball Haiku<\/em> (2007); The Windswept Corner<\/em> (2005)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\" M<\/em><\/strong>ore than 150 fans of baseball and haiku gathered at the Chautauqua Institution’s Hall of Philosophy, on Thursday afternoon, June 26, for a Roundtable on Baseball Haiku<\/em>, as part of CI’s \u201cSport in America<\/a>\u201d week. Sponsored by Chautauqa’s Literary and Scientific Circle, the lecture was presented by Cor van den Heuvel, co-editor of Baseball Haiku<\/em><\/a> <\/em><\/em>(W.W. Norton<\/a> Press, 2007), along with two major contributors to that volume, Al Pizzarelli<\/a> and Ed Markowski. f\/k\/a<\/em>‘s editor was lucky enough to be present for the event.<\/p>\n

Cor started the presentation with a discussion of the relationship that both haiku and baseball have with nature and the present moment. That theme was also stressed by Al Pizzarelli in a front page article published that morning in The Daily Chautauquan<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\"baseballdiamond\" <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> Cor, Ed and Al also had an entertaining live interview on Thursday morning, by the popular host Joe Roselle<\/a>, for his daily radio talk show on WJTN News Talk 1240 (Jamestown, NY)<\/p>\n

rainy night <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>
\na hole in the radio
\nwhere a ballgame should be<\/p>\n

…. by Ed Markowski<\/a> – Baseball Haiku<\/em> (2007); Games <\/em>(2004)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

After Cor’s introductory remarks for the Roundtable, Ed, Al and Cor read their haiku, and helped prove again that “Haiku and baseball were made for each other.”<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

H<\/em><\/strong>ere are more of the baseball haiku and senryu presented by Cor, Ed, and Al at the CI Roundtable. <\/em><\/p>\n

through the blue sky
\nthe tape-wrapped baseball trails
\na black streamer<\/p>\n

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conference on the mound
\nthe pitcher looks down
\nat the ball in his hand<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

..\u2026 by Cor van den Heuvel, from Baseball Haiku<\/em><\/a> (2007) <\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em>and Play Ball (Red Moon <\/em>Press 1999)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

late innings
\nthe shortstop backpedals
\ninto fireflies<\/p>\n

\n
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summer haze \"infielderG\"
\ni pick off
\nthe invisible man on first<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u201cred hots!\u201d
\nfor an instant i\u2019m ten
\nand
\nfather\u2019s still alive<\/p>\n

\n

April rain
\nmy grandson practices
\nhis infield chatter<\/p>\n

<\/blockquote>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by ed markowski<\/a> – Baseball Haiku<\/a><\/em> (2007)<\/p>\n

game over
\nall the empty seats
\nturn blue<\/p>\n

at shortstop
\nbetween innings
\nsparrows dust-bathing<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

the score keeper
\npeeks out of the scoreboard
\nspring rain<\/p>\n

.. by Al Pizzarelli<\/a> – from Baseball Haiku<\/em> (2007)
\n“score keeper” – The Windswept Corner<\/em> (2005)
\n“at shortstop” – Past Time<\/em> (1999)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

O<\/strong><\/em>ne more reminder to check out Ed Markowski<\/a>\u2019s new free brochure, \u201cAmerican Sports . . . American Haiku<\/em><\/a>\u201d (June 2008; cover<\/a>), which has two dozen sports haiku and senryu<\/a> that were compiled to celebrate this week at Chautauqua.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a> Below the fold, you will also find several photographs from our two-day stay at the<\/em> <\/em>Chautauqua Institution<\/a>. [See more photos here<\/a> by Ed’s niece Sara Etten] Meeting Ed and Laurice Markowski and dining-schmoozing with them and Cor, and Al and Donna, made the long drive from Schenectady to Chautauqua, NY, much more than worthwhile. Many thanks to Cor van den Heuvel for brining Baseball Haiku<\/em><\/a><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em><\/em> to fruition and making our Chautauqua experience possible.<\/p>\n

<\/p>\n

\"\" (by Sara Etten)<\/p>\n

Al Pizzarelli and Ed Markowski at the Baseball Haiku Roundtable<\/p>\n

\"\" Cor & Ed at the Roundtable (by Sara Etten)<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Ed Markowski and Cor van den Heuvel at the Baseball Haiku book signing (after the crowd had cleared; by D. Giacalone)<\/p>\n

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