{"id":9575,"date":"2008-07-05T10:43:05","date_gmt":"2008-07-05T15:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/07\/05\/lets-celebrate-kissing-and-chocolate\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:24","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:24","slug":"lets-celebrate-kissing-and-chocolate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/07\/05\/lets-celebrate-kissing-and-chocolate\/","title":{"rendered":"let&#8217;s celebrate kissing and chocolate"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hersheys.com\/kisses\/home.asp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/07\/chocolate_kiss_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"147\" height=\"116\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>July 6 is <em>International Kissing Day<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>. . . . . . . . . . . . July 7 is  <em>Chocolate Day<\/em><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em>Indian summer<br \/>\nchocolate kisses<br \/>\non my cheek<\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026. by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/yu-chang-archive\/\">Yu Chang<\/a> &#8211; from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upstatedimsum.com\/\"><em>Upstate Dim Sum<\/em><\/a><\/em> (Vol. 2008\/1)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>W<\/em><\/strong>e highlighted <em>International Kissing Day<\/em> in a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/07\/06\/its-international-kissing-day\/\">2006 post<\/a> and a <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/07\/06\/osculation-celebration\/\">2007 piece,<\/a> but this time we want to do more to celebrate both that holiday and Chocolate Day, which the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ecandy.com\/\">National Confectioners Association<\/a> has set on July 7.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/07\/images_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"72\" height=\"93\" \/> First, for those who &#8212; despite it being the three-day Independence Day weekend &#8212;  insist on serious content from <em>f\/k\/a<\/em>.  Consider re Kissing:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> The Supreme Court&#8217;s decision in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oyez.org\/cases\/1990-1999\/1998\/1998_97_843\/\"><em>Davis v. Monroe County Board of Education<\/em><\/a>, 526 U.S. 629 (1999) allowed an individual student to sue under Title IX when her school administrators failed to protect a 5th grader from sexual harassment by another student.  That led to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachnet.com\/how-to\/manage\/tattling100600.html\">much discussion<\/a> among teachers of whether to encourage tattling, and among administrators (and lawyers) about what constitutes harassment.  As a <em>Washington Times<\/em> article put it (&#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dadi.org\/wt_kiss.htm\">Stealing a kiss has become grand larceny<\/a>&#8220;):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8221; . . . [I]f the teacher counsels the tattletale she&#8217;s overreacting and encourages her to handle the boy herself, well, that might be an expensive mistake, particularly if the child claims that she&#8217;s failing in her studies as a result of the boy&#8217;s attentions. In fact, the teacher who tells the girl not to make a federal case of it will likely find herself in the middle of a federal case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>Reporter Suzanne Fields further notes: &#8220;But narrow definitions of what&#8217;s offensive in harassment cases have a way of expanding into broad definitions in sexual politics, whether the behavior of tots, teens or tarts. Let&#8217;s not forget the 6-year-old boy in North Carolina who was temporarily suspended from school for kissing a little girl on the cheek. He missed the class ice-cream party, too.&#8221; And,<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Reacting to fears of harassment suits, certain college codes of conduct have become ludicrously prescriptive, requiring clear and explicit questions from boy to girl (or vice versa) before either one can initiate an amorous gesture. Stealing a kiss has become grand larceny. Many elementary schools are now writing similar rules.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s been almost a decade since the <em>Davis<\/em> case.  Did school boards over-react?  Is it safe for a smitten 5th Grader to kiss a tattletale?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/07\/lipsg.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <strong><em>P<\/em><\/strong>ersonal Confession: Back in the first grade (circa 1957), at Holy Family School, in Rochester, New York, I snuck a kiss in the cloak room from cute little Elizabeth Muellner, a curly-headed blonde.  Sister Mary Elvira, SSND, did not think it was funny, and I got reprimanded and sent to the principal.  Lucky for me, Elizabeth did not turn my felonious crush into a federal case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li> For a serious sociological study on kiss stealing, see &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/findarticles.com\/p\/articles\/mi_m2294\/is_n7-8_v30\/ai_16125346\">Perceptions of sexual violations: denying a kiss, stealing a kiss<\/a>&#8221; (<em>Sex Roles: A Journal of Research<\/em>,  April, 1994  by Michael R. Semonsky,  Lawrence B. Rosenfeld). According to its <a href=\"http:\/\/eric.ed.gov\/ERICWebPortal\/custom\/portlets\/recordDetails\/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&amp;_&amp;ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=EJ488890&amp;ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&amp;accno=EJ488890\">abstract<\/a>: It &#8220;Compares the perceptions of 387 male and female undergraduates of a scene involving a minor sexual violation in which 1 participant denies a kiss and the other kisses regardless. Differences in perceptions of offender and denier behavior are discussed with reference to social support for determining sexual behavior.&#8221;  See if you can guess which gender took the denial of a kiss and the resulting stealing of one more seriously.  There are some surprises.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em> <\/em><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><em><span style=\"font-size: small\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/07\/kiss_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"86\" height=\"78\" \/> <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><em> <strong>I<\/strong><\/em>n a less academic mood?<em> YM.com<\/em>&#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ym.com\/jsp\/quiz\/jul0204.jsp\">Kissing Trivia Test<\/a> will help you discover whether you are a novice or expert when it comes to smooching (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ym.com\/jsp\/\/quiz\/jul0204.jsp?page=4\">answers here<\/a>). We learned, for example that:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>1) Scientific studies have proven that kissing can help reduce skin rashes and blemishes.<br \/>\n4) In addition to two tablets of Tylenol, kissing can help alleviate headaches.<br \/>\n5) The average person spends 336 hours kissing in a lifetime. [ <em>Ed. Note<\/em>: Are you suffering from a Kissing Deficit?  This might explain Prof. Yabut&#8217;s mood today.  It&#8217;s never too late to catch up.]<br \/>\n6) Kissing can help prevent plaque build-up.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Kissing Day \u2013<br \/>\nthey pause to remove<br \/>\ntheir dentures<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by <em>dagosan<\/em> [re-written, July 6, 2009]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.denplan.co.uk\/\">Denplan<\/a>, a private UK dental health insurance plan, is credited with creating National Kissing Day, in 1995, making this the 13th annual celebration.  Denplan Managing Director, Stephen Gates, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.responsesource.com\/releases\/rel_display.php?relid=40048&amp;hilite=\">said<\/a> [please, Yanks, no Brit-teeth jokes allowed]:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWe created National Kissing Day as a fun way to raise the profile of dentistry among consumers so that it had a connection with everyday life and not just six-month check-ups.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile oral healthcare is a serious matter impacting general health, being sombre about it doesn\u2019t necessarily always get the message across \u2013 people tend to think \u2018that doesn\u2019t apply to me\u2019. National Kissing Day is a great opportunity for people to kiss their loved ones and remember the importance of oral healthcare; we hope everyone will be doing that today.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0099653\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/07\/mv5bmjaxnzk3ndq3ov5bml5banbnxkftztcwodu3mje0mq_v1_sx99_sy139_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"68\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a> <em><strong>T<\/strong><\/em>o celebrate this year, Denplan had a survey taken in the UK to determine the public&#8217;s favorite movie kissing scenes.  According to their July 2, 2008, Press Release, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.responsesource.com\/releases\/rel_display.php?relid=40048&amp;hilite=\">Patrick Swayze voted top big-screen kisser of all time<\/a>.&#8221;  Indeed:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Britain\u2019s all-time favourite screen kiss has been revealed as Patrick Swayze kissing Demi Moore in the 1990 blockbuster film, Ghost.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>Second most popular rated kiss was the Disney classic Lady and the Tramp, where pampered pedigree pooch Lady shares a surprise spaghetti kiss with loveable rogue Tramp (36%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li>In third place was Swayze again, this time with Jennifer Grey in the 1987 blockbuster Dirty Dancing as they kiss in public for the first time (35%).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Swayze was the favorite among females surveyed, with his films ranking 1st and 2nd.  Surprising (to me), males also rated <em>Ghost<\/em> first, but put the cutesy scene from <em>Lady and the Tramp<\/em> second and <em>Titanic<\/em> third.   Elders liked the Spaghetti Kiss best. (Also see  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitalspy.co.uk\/movies\/a107440\/ghost-tops-best-screen-kiss-poll.html\">&#8216;Ghost&#8217; tops best screen kiss poll<\/a>, Digital Spy, July 5 2008)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/writingkwtastings.blogspot.com\/2007_02_01_archive.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/07\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"68\" \/><\/a> Click to see the famous <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vebTTsSbL1Y\">Spaghetti Kiss scene from <em>Lady and the Tramp<\/em><\/a> in a <em>YouTube<\/em> clip (at about 3:50); and catch a <a href=\"http:\/\/vids.myspace.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&amp;VideoID=3837792\">human re-enactment here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>By the Way<\/em>: According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ym.com\/jsp\/quiz\/jul0204.jsp\">YM.com<\/a>, &#8220;<em>You&#8217;re in the Army Now<\/em> features the longest on-screen kiss.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>a breeze<br \/>\nfrom its wagging tail &#8212;<br \/>\nthe dog gets all her kisses<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;. by <em>dagosan<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong><em>S<\/em><\/strong>peaking of animals and kissing, PDSA (UK&#8217;s leading veteinary charity), is warning that &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pdsa.org.uk\/managed\/pr_media_releases_action.html?id=919\">Puckering-up to pets poses risk, warns PDSA<\/a> &#8211; National Kissing Day, 6 July.&#8221;  To wit (and I hope certain lady friends of mine read this):<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartwormfree.com\/heartworm_prevention.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/07\/kiss-dog-kids.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"99\" height=\"66\" \/><\/a> &#8220;[PDSA] is urging pet owners to leave their animals \u2018out of the action\u2019 on National Kissing Day next week, due to the risks of spreading diseases between pets and people.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>&#8221; . . . . PDSA Senior Veterinary Surgeon, Sean Wensley says: &#8216;While kissing a pet or being licked on the face might seem like harmless fun, there are in fact lots of bugs and germs that we can catch from getting too close to our pets. Dogs and cats use their tongues to groom themselves, so contact with a pet\u2019s mouth is not a good idea. Putting our face close to theirs can also be quite threatening to some of our pets, and can contribute to them becoming aggressive&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>C<\/strong><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/reader\/0786864133\/ref=sib_dp_srch_pop?v=search-inside&amp;keywords=dog+trots&amp;go.x=10&amp;go.y=10&amp;go=Go%21\">lick on page 75<\/a> of George Carlin&#8217;s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Napalm-Silly-Putty-George-Carlin\/dp\/0786864133\/ref=si3_rdr_bb_product\">Napalm and Silly Putty<\/a><\/em> for his (R-rated) explanation of why dogs might not &#8220;have the cleanest mouths of any animal.&#8221;  It&#8217;s an argument Your Editor has long used to discourge human-canine osculation.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>dog day heat<br \/>\nthe subtle breeze<br \/>\nof a blown kiss<\/p>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by ed markowski &#8211; <em>Full Moon Haiku<\/em> (July \u201805)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>H<\/strong><\/em>ere are a few more quickie pointers for International Kissing Day:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> With the slogan &#8220;Kiss a queer for Christ\u2019s sake,\u201d LGBTs and their supporters &#8220;will gather in Brisbane and Sydney on July 19 for simultaneous kiss-in protests against &#8216;homophobic religions&#8217; and Pope Benedict XVI\u2019s visit to Australia.&#8221; See &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/qlp.e-p.net.au\/news\/pope-s-queer-kiss-off-2049.html\">Pope\u2019s queer kiss-off<\/a>&#8221; (June 26, 2008).<\/li>\n<li>Using a press release captioned &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.easier.com\/view\/Lifestyle\/Beauty\/Body_Care\/article-186235.html\">Kiss with confidence<\/a>&#8221; (19 June 2008), the UK firm Keeping Face is exploiting National Kissing Day by pointing out solutions they offer for various conditions that might make one&#8217;s mouth or lips unattractive.  Thus, you can go to them for lip-fillers, wrinkle and lip-hair removal, and dental work.  I say: Pucker up and give Keeping Face a nice Bronx Cheer.<\/li>\n<li> In case you believe in the special magic of location, location, location, <em>USA Today<\/em> offered a Valentine&#8217;s list of &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/travel\/destinations\/10great\/2006-02-09-places-to-kiss_x.htm\">10 great places to steal a kiss \u2014 and give one back<\/a>&#8221; (2\/14\/2006) that should do just fine for Kissing Day, too.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial\"><span style=\"font-size: x-small\"><span style=\"font-family: Times New Roman,Times,Serif\"><em><span style=\"font-size: small\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/07\/kiss_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"78\" height=\"71\" \/> <\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><strong><em>W<\/em><\/strong>e&#8217;re all worn out, and the kissing hasn&#8217;t even begun.  One final point: Keep in mind, if you&#8217;re planning to over-do Chocolate Day, that you can burn off up to 600 calories an hour kissing.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em><strong>Y<\/strong><\/em>ou probably need very little advice on celebrating <em>Chocolate Day<\/em>.  But, if you want some inspiration, you&#8217;ll find many ideas at the <em>Candy Addict<\/em> weblog, in &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/candyaddict.com\/blog\/2007\/07\/06\/an-excuse-to-eat-chocolate-chocolate-day-july-7\/\">An excuse to eat chocolate: Chocolate Day, July 7<\/a>&#8221; (July 6, 2007).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Although<em> CandyAddict<\/em> had no problem believing that &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/candyaddict.com\/blog\/2007\/05\/07\/chocolate-is-better-than-kissing\/\">Chocolate is Better than Kissing!<\/a>&#8221; (May 7, 2007),  you may be as surprised as Prof. Yabut was yesterday, reading &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/news\/world\/kiss-and-tell-chocolate-wins\/2007\/04\/16\/1176696758246.html\">Kiss and tell: chocolate wins<\/a>&#8221; (<em>The Age.com.au<\/em>, April 17, 2007):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Researchers who monitored the heads and hearts of romantically involved couples found they responded more to chocolate melting in their mouths than kissing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;. . . The study showed that even the most passionate kisses failed to equal the buzz of chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; &#8216;These results really surprised and intrigued us,&#8217; said psychologist David Lewis, who led the study. &#8216; While we fully expected chocolate, especially dark chocolate, to increase heart rates due to the fact it contains some highly stimulating substances, both the length of this increase together with the powerful effects it had on the mind were something none of us had anticipated&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>CandyAddict<\/em>&#8216;s reaction: &#8220;they actually had to do tests to prove this? Seems like common knowledge to me!&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/07\/baci_logo.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"104\" height=\"58\" \/> <strong><em>Reprise<\/em><\/strong> from our &#8220;bocce advocacy&#8221; piece (Sept. 16, 2005): <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">My Grandpa <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">Bart and the other old Italian <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">guys often <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">said \u201ckissa the palino,\u201d when a bocce ball<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"> rolled up <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">slowly and nestled right up against the<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"> palino (the small ball that is the target; sometimes called a jack).  I did <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">not know as a kid, that they were<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"> making <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\">a translingual pun \u2014 the Italian word for<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"> kiss is <em>bacio<\/em>, and the plural is <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultralingua.net\/index.html?action=define&amp;sub=1&amp;searchtype=stemmed&amp;text=kisses&amp;service=english2italian\">baci<\/a><\/em>.<\/span> <span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"> Click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nestleusa.com\/PubOurBrands\/BrandDetails.aspx?lbid=EB6F4F9F-7034-4F81-925B-0B9E1AD0745E\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"> for the very romantic story of the first chocolate<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial;font-size: x-small\"> kisses \u2014 Baci from Perugina\/Nestle.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>I&#8217;ll be celebrating Independence Day, Kissing Day and Chocolate Day this afternoon with my haiku-&#8216;n&#8217;-bocce buddies Yu and Anita Chang and John Stevenson.  You can find quite a few kiss-related haiku and senryu below, and at our prior posts <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2007\/07\/06\/osculation-celebration\/\">from 2007<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/07\/06\/its-international-kissing-day\/\">2006<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>slow train<br \/>\ni lose count of the cars<br \/>\nwhen the woman blows a kiss<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>her kiss<br \/>\non the cool side of tepid \u2026<br \/>\nindian summer<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/ed-markowski-archive-part-ii\/\">ed markowski<\/a><br \/>\n\u201cher kiss\u201d &#8211; <em>Haiku Harvest <\/em>(Fall\/Winter 2005)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2008\/07\/chocolate_kiss_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"85\" height=\"67\" \/> <strong><em>H<\/em><\/strong>ere are a few that Ed wrote yesterday and overnight, specially for <em>f\/k\/a<\/em> and International Kissing Day:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>our sugar coated lips<br \/>\nstick for a moment&#8230;<br \/>\ncotton candy<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>cold rain<br \/>\nthe line to the kissing booth<br \/>\nlengthens<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>a long kiss<br \/>\non the fire escape&#8230;<br \/>\nsummer wind<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote><p>after the kiss<br \/>\na pair of swallows reach<br \/>\nthe vanishing point<\/p>\n<p>kissing&#8230; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/07\/lipsr.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/files\/2007\/07\/lipsr.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\nthe sound of moths<br \/>\nunder her porch light<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/ed-markowski-archive-part-ii\/\">ed markowski<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<p align=\"center\">saint<br \/>\nvalentine\u2019s<br \/>\nday<br \/>\na white rose and chocolate kisses<br \/>\nfrom<br \/>\nthe<br \/>\nun<br \/>\nbeliever<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">. . . by Lee Gurga &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernhaiku.org\/\"><em>Modern Haiku<\/em> <\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernhaiku.org\/\">Journal<\/a> <\/em> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.modernhaiku.org\/issue39-2\/haiku39-2.html\">Volume 39.2<\/a>, Summer 2008)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>late night ice cream<br \/>\nour cat licks<br \/>\naround the spoon<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u2026.. by <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/hilary-tann-archive\/\">Hilary Tann<\/a> &#8211; from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.upstatedimsum.com\/\"><em>Upstate Dim Sum<\/em><\/a><\/em> (Vol. 2008\/1)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . July 6 is International Kissing Day . . . . . . . . . . . . July 7 is Chocolate Day Indian summer chocolate kisses on my cheek \u2026\u2026\u2026. by Yu Chang &#8211; from Upstate Dim Sum (Vol. 2008\/1) We [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":94,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[555,1414],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-haiku-or-senryu","category-qs-quickies"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6kP1R-2ur","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/94"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9575"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12241,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9575\/revisions\/12241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}