{"id":9976,"date":"2008-09-21T08:38:22","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T13:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/?p=9976"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:20","slug":"summer-08-exits-with-class","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2008\/09\/21\/summer-08-exits-with-class\/","title":{"rendered":"summer ’08 exits with class"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> . . Y<\/em><\/strong>esterday’s weather here in Upstate New York was beyond picture perfect — pleasing all of our senses — and beyond my ability to capture adequately in words.\u00a0 Hoping to savor every moment of the gorgeous day, the f\/k\/a<\/em> Gang spent the last Saturday evening of Summer 2008 sitting on a brand new bench on the banks of the Mohawk River here in Schenectady’s Stockade neighborhood.\u00a0\u00a0 My haijin friends couldn’t join me in Riverside Park last night, for the summer’s penultimate sunset, but here are a few of their poems of the season, with images I snapped on September 20, 2008 between 7 and 8 P.M. (click on the images to enlarge).<\/p>\n

end of summer\u2013
\nmountain wildflower
\npressed in her diary<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026 by Randy Brooks from School\u2019s Out<\/em><\/p>\n

cut grass
\ni sweep away
\nsummer\u2019s end
\n\u2026 by Roberta Beary – The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em> (Sept. 2005) \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

summer\u2019s end
\nriding a borrowed bicycle
\npast the graveyard<\/p>\n

…….\u2026\u2026 paul m – finding the way: haiku and field notes<\/em> (2002)<\/p>\n

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\n

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\"\"<\/a>. .\u00a0 . .<\/p>\n

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summer\u2019s end
\nwaves disappear
\nbeneath the pier<\/p>\n

…. by paul m.<\/a> – Crinkled Sunshine<\/em>, HSA Members\u2019 Anthology (2000)<\/p>\n

the home team
\nmath\u2019matically eliminated\u2026
\nautumn equinox<\/p>\n

…… by ed markowski<\/a><\/p>\n

end of summer
\nthe rain arrives
\nwithout thunder<\/p>\n

end of summer
\nthe warmth
\nof a borrowed shirt<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. . by John Stevenson<\/a> – Upstate Dim Sum<\/em> (2003\/I)<\/p>\n

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summer’s last sunset —
\nbaked apple
\nfor dessert<\/p>\n

… by dagosan<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

every mannequin
\nwearing green flannel\u2026
\nautumn equinox<\/p>\n

…. by ed markowski<\/p>\n

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

a wasp nest
\nout of reach of the hose
\nautumn begins<\/p>\n

. . . by paul m<\/a>. – The Heron\u2019s Nest<\/em> (VIII: 3<\/a>, Sept. 2006)<\/p>\n

autumn equinox \u2013
\nawaking to
\nsummer\u2019s last cricket<\/p>\n

… by dagosan<\/em> – Nisqually Delta Review<\/em><\/p>\n

autumn begins\u2013
\nlying down, looking at
\nsnowy mountains<\/p>\n

.\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026by Kobayashi Issa<\/a>
\ntranslated by David G. Lanoue<\/p>\n

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

…. by Matt Morden — Morden Haiku<\/em><\/a> (Sept. 19, 2008)<\/p>\n

the slow creak
\nof the porch swing
\nlate summer dusk<\/p>\n

at dusk\u00a0\u00a0 summer ends\u00a0 on the pier<\/p>\n

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

\"\" A year ago today, we had the honor to reproduce and present here<\/a> at f\/k\/a<\/em> the entire contents of the haiku and tanka chapbook “the hands of women” by Pamela Miller Ness<\/a>. The loving commemoration of the \u201cneedlewomen<\/em>\u201d in Pamela\u2019s life is a lovely reminder of the changes and constants in the cycles and seasons of our lives.\u00a0 Here are three of the ten poems you will find in the hands of women:<\/p>\n

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hurricane over
\nthe click click click
\nof knitting needles<\/p>\n

the wee hours\u00a0 \"\"
\nweaving loose ends
\ninto my knitting<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\n

vigil
\nshe knits a scarf
\nthe color of sky<\/p>\n

… by Pamela Miller Ness<\/a> – The Hands of Women<\/em>
\n(Lily Pond Press\/Swamp Press<\/a>, August 2007)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"\" F<\/em><\/strong>inally, Marcel Marceau’s death<\/a> as autumn arrived last year inspired this poem by dagosan<\/em>:<\/p>\n

autumn equinox \"\"
\nnot even the mime
\ncan balance the egg<\/p>\n

\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. by dagosan<\/a><\/em> [In mem.<\/em>, Marcel Marceau, Sept. 23, 2007]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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