{"id":9860,"date":"2008-09-02T11:56:50","date_gmt":"2008-09-02T16:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/?p=9860"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:21","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:21","slug":"hanging-on-to-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/09\/02\/hanging-on-to-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"hanging on to summer"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

\"widowwearswhite\"<\/p>\n

– poem: David Giacalone
\n– photo: Arthur Giacalone<\/span><\/p>\n

T<\/em><\/strong>he New York Times<\/em> editorial writers warned us yesterday just how fleeting and inadequate Labor Day 2008 would feel, for those who needed a buffer between summer and autumnal duties.\u00a0 Appropriately titled “A Breathless Labor Day<\/a>” (September 1, 2008), they concluded:<\/p>\n

“So rest up, fast. However you recharge your energy and your idealism, recharge them now. The truth is that we\u2019re going to need a Labor Day a week for the next couple of months, and this is the only one we\u2019ve got. The next clearing in the calendar is Thanksgiving, and by then we\u2019ll know what we\u2019d all like to know right now. And Thanksgiving, it goes without saying, looks almost infinitely distant.”<\/p>\n

The f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang fully agrees.\u00a0 We are no where near ready to give up our hammocks for a rush into the workaday world. Around here, it still feels like summer.<\/p>\n

autumn heat
\nslapping the dust
\nfrom his jeans<\/p>\n

first day of school \"\"
\nthe girl smoothes a crease
\nin mom\u2019s face<\/p>\n

autumn sunset
\npapa resting
\nhis eyes<\/p>\n

autumn heat
\nthe swelling
\nof a fresh tattoo<\/p>\n

… by w.f. owen<\/a> – (haiku notebook<\/a><\/em>,\u00a0Lulu.com<\/a>, 2007)<\/p>\n

Of course, if we find the energy, we might get back to this posting later today with a few more haiku to help us and you make the transition.<\/p>\n

update<\/em><\/strong> (1 PM):\u00a0 I don’t think Matt Morden is quite ready either, despite being back from his weblog hiatus:<\/p>\n

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

holiday’s end
\nremembering only
\na shaft of sun<\/p>\n

\n

… by Matt Morden – Morden Haiku<\/em><\/a>, Sept. 2, 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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