Michael Dylan Welch – photo-poem pairs:
“welch old gray” old folks’ home
the square of light
crosses the room
[Click here to see the original, full-color photo and poem.]
“welch fireworks”
you squeeze my hand
how still the sky
after fireworks
[Click here to see the original, full-color photo and poem.]
Michael Dylan Welch – photo-poem pairs:
“welch old gray” old folks’ home
the square of light
crosses the room
[Click here to see the original, full-color photo and poem.]
“welch fireworks”
you squeeze my hand
how still the sky
after fireworks
[Click here to see the original, full-color photo and poem.]
lazy afternoon–
the digital temperature sign
rises one degree
lift bridge
the broken flow
of tourists
by Tom Painting
calm night
the moon broken
by the oar
by Jim Kacian
coatless
the late Spring day
colder than it looked
[dag, 05-30-04]
lazy afternoon–
the digital temperature sign
rises one degree
lift bridge
the broken flow
of tourists
by Tom Painting
calm night
the moon broken
by the oar
by Jim Kacian
coatless
the late Spring day
colder than it looked
[dag, 05-30-04]
New Guinea 
. . honored guest: jim kacian
cemetery
the sharp edges
of the new names
a letter from a prisoner–
the wide spaces
between words
from pegging the wind: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2002
(Red Moon Press; Jim Kacien, Ed.) Click here for information on the book.
Learn about Jim Kacian and read the first installments of his Haiku Primer.
dad rather not
talk about it
[dag, 05-29-04]
New Guinea . . honored guest: jim kacian
cemetery
the sharp edges
of the new names
a letter from a prisoner–
the wide spaces
between words
from pegging the wind: The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2002
(Red Moon Press; Jim Kacien, Ed.) Click here for information on the book.
Learn about Jim Kacian and read the first installments of his Haiku Primer.
dad rather not
talk about it
[dag, 05-29-04]
Michael Dylan Welch: Honored Guest
gridlock
on the freeway–
the skywriting drifts
[Click here to see the original, full-color photo and poem.]
after the quake
the weathervane
pointing to the earth
[Click here to see the original, full-screen photo-poem.]
From Open Window - an online collection of haiku and photographs by Michael Dylan Welch.
green carpet
turned white overnight
pollen magic
[dag, 05-28-04]
family plot
the gravedigger
severs a root
solicitation
the wildlife activist
flashes her teeth
from the loose thread :The Red Moon Anthology of English-Language Haiku 2001 (edited by Jim Kacien, and the Red Moon editorial staff). Click here for information on the book, and here to learn about Tom Painting.
silently
she lures me to the kitchen -
peeled tangerine
[dag, 01-03-04]
”tree b&W”
almost dusk
driving while distracted
by tree after tree
[dag, 02-23-04]
family plot
the gravedigger
severs a root
solicitation
the wildlife activist
flashes her teeth
silently
she lures me to the kitchen -
peeled tangerine
[dag, 01-03-04]
”tree b&W”
almost dusk
driving while distracted
by tree after tree
[dag, 02-23-04]
More precisely, I will stop all forms of commentary and preaching at this weblog as of this posting — from now on, we’re grumping-out for good, and focusing exclusively on haiku, and related forms of poetry. Given our history of frequent name-changes, you can just call this weblog f/k/a . . ..
The very-public soap opera of my many weblog hiatuses, retirements, and reformulations needs to end. As my wise physician, Joe Hayes, has often said, “David, you’re like an alcoholic who thinks he can go into a bar and have Just One drink.” Cold turkey appears to be my only safe relationship to punditry. Please don’t try to lure me back with flattery or new coping strategies.
With 220,000 page hits in 52 weeks, I’m immensely grateful to my weblogging friends — colleagues, visitors, frrequent commentors, et al. Thanks to all the webloggers who have pointed to us so frequently, and said some pretty darn nice stuff about ethicalEsq. [No more eulogies, the ones last November were enough for a lifetime (or two).]
I’m finally going to have time to visit other weblogs consistently, and to enjoy small pleasures away from my laptop, which have been sorely neglected this past year. Soon, I’ll have more energy, too.
You are all invited to stop by frequently for a haiku moment. I’ll be spotlighting the works of top-notch English-language haiku poets, presenting special materials [such as the serialized preview of Jim Kacian’s How-to Primer, with new installments the first of each month], updating our Haiku Resources Page, with its links to haiku sources, and humbly offering — and always re-editing — my own small poems. This is not goodbye. It is a sigh of relief.
lovely new nurse:
ID flipped over
under her smile
. . . .[dag, 05-26-04]
P.S. By Memorial Day, we’ll have haiku moved into the body of the weblog as befits our new focus. Until then, please check out HAIKUesque in our Margin. Don’t forget, the extensive ethicalEsq Archives and Resources will continue to be available at this site.
P.P.S. More serendipity: The article For Some, the Blogging Never Stops (about addicted webloggers) appeared on the New York Times website this evening. Thanks to TalkLeft for pointing to the article and to Pandagon’s spirited reply. Update: (05-30-04): “Hello, I’m Ernest, and I’m a blogaholic.” My e-buddy Ernie Svenson says he “speaks in blog,” too, and wonders if he needs to seek counseling. From a distance, it appears you’ve got the blog-disease well under control, Ernie. You may think in Blog, but you don’t seem to eat, drink and breathe it — instead, you leave plenty of time for real food, drink and fresh air.
Punditry makes me grumpy (and Sleepy and Dopey). So, it’s quite auspicious that the Third Annual Great American Grump Out took place today. You see, May 26th, 2004, is my First Anniversary as a weblogger, and I’ve decided to ban grumpiness permanently from all future posting on this weblog.
More precisely, I will stop all forms of commentary and preaching at this weblog as of this posting — from now on, we’re grumping-out for good, and focusing exclusively on haiku, and related forms of poetry. Given our history of frequent name-changes, you can just call this weblog f/k/a . . ..
Four things are clear here at my desk:
- I’m unable to maintain an opinionated, topical weblog without obsessing and overweblogging.
- my health is noticeably and chronically worse than it was pre-weblog (when it wasn’t exactly great)
- nothing ethicalEsq, prof. yabut or any other alter ego is likely to achieve by trying to change lawyer behavior is worth further jeopardizing my health.
- on the other hand, haiku is good for my body and soul, and good for lawyers (and other hyper-busy, over-stressed Americans), too.
The very-public soap opera of my many weblog hiatuses, retirements, and reformulations needs to end. As my wise physician, Joe Hayes, has often said, “David, you’re like an alcoholic who thinks he can go into a bar and have Just One drink.” Cold turkey appears to be my only safe relationship to punditry. Please don’t try to lure me back with flattery or new coping strategies.
With 220,000 page hits in 52 weeks, I’m immensely grateful to my weblogging friends — colleagues, visitors, frrequent commentors, et al. Thanks to all the webloggers who have pointed to us so frequently, and said some pretty darn nice stuff about ethicalEsq. [No more eulogies, the ones last November were enough for a lifetime (or two).]
I’m finally going to have time to visit other weblogs consistently, and to enjoy small pleasures away from my laptop, which have been sorely neglected this past year. Soon, I’ll have more energy, too.
You are all invited to stop by frequently for a haiku moment. I’ll be spotlighting the works of top-notch English-language haiku poets, presenting special materials [such as the serialized preview of Jim Kacian’s How-to Primer, with new installments the first of each month], updating our Haiku Resources Page, with its links to haiku sources, and humbly offering — and always re-editing — my own small poems. This is not goodbye. It is a sigh of relief. . . . .[dag, 05-26-04]
P.S. By Memorial Day, we’ll have haiku moved into the body of the weblog as befits our new focus. Until then, please check out HAIKUesque in our Margin. Don’t forget, the extensive ethicalEsq Archives and Resources will continue to be available at this site.
P.P.S. More serendipity: The article For Some, the Blogging Never Stops (about addicted webloggers) appeared on the New York Times website this evening. Thanks to TalkLeft for pointing to the article and to Pandagon’s spirited reply. Update: (05-30-04): “Hello, I’m Ernest, and I’m a blogaholic.” My e-buddy Ernie Svenson says he “speaks in blog,” too, and wonders if he needs to seek counseling. From a distance, it appears you’ve got the blog-disease well under control, Ernie. You may think in Blog, but you don’t seem to eat, drink and breathe it — instead, you leave plenty of time for real food, drink and fresh air.
All the recent jabber on weblogs about lawyer marketing has left skepticalEsq in an entrepeneurial mood, and he offers this money-making idea for an extra profit-center in your law firm:
Fake IDs for Baby Boomer and Greatest Generation Birthday Gifts. These make great gifts for every AARP-ager, but will be especially appreciated by folks who are aging either very gracefully or very poorly. Think how impressed strangers will be, when your faker “proves” that he or she is a decade older than shown on that pesky old original birth certificate or driver’s license!
Immigration and p/i lawyers may already have the necessary machinery in-office; and solos working out of their homes probably have cameras and laminators around the house. Of course, techie lawyers will be able to help establish electronic IDs for up-agers.
We think aging-up is already going on across the nation, but here’s your chance to cash in on it. Listen to the chatter at office and cocktail parties. See how often you hear variations on “wow, you don’t look a day over . . . “ Baby Boomers loved fake IDs as kids. Their vanity and competitiveness will make Aging-Up irresistible as they see themselves faring poorly on the WPQ (well-preserved quotient). There’s money to be made here, for the niche-marketing law firm.
P.S. Do you think Bob Dylan wanted an Aging-Up ID for his 63rd birthday yesterday? Let’s face it, he looks pretty darn good for 75!
All the recent jabber on weblogs about lawyer marketing has left skepticalEsq in an entrepeneurial mood, and he offers this money-making idea for an extra profit-center in your law firm:
Fake IDs for Baby Boomer and Greatest Generation Birthday Gifts. These make great gifts for every AARP-ager, but will be especially appreciated by folks who are aging either very gracefully or very poorly. Think how impressed strangers will be, when your faker “proves” that he or she is a decade older than shown on that pesky old original birth certificate or driver’s license!
Immigration and p/i lawyers may already have the necessary machinery in-office; and solos working out of their homes probably have cameras and laminators around the house. Of course, techie lawyers will be able to help establish electronic IDs for up-agers.
We think aging-up is already going on across the nation, but here’s your chance to cash in on it. Listen to the chatter at office and cocktail parties. See how often you hear variations on “wow, you don’t look a day over . . . “ Baby Boomers loved fake IDs as kids. Their vanity and competitiveness will make Aging-Up irresistible as they see themselves faring poorly on the WPQ (well-preserved quotient). There’s money to be made here, for the niche-marketing law firm.
P.S. Do you think Bob Dylan wanted an Aging-Up ID for his 63rd birthday yesterday? Let’s face it, he looks pretty darn good for 75!
In his thirty-minute speech tonight, President George W. Bush did nothing to squelch the rumors (started here) that his current Exit Strategy is to find a transitional government that will ask for a pull-out of all coalition forces after June 30th. Indeed, he stressed that the new government would have “full sovereignty,” while giving no pullout timetable (See Reuters, “Bush Tries to Allay Mounting Doubts Over Iraq,” 05-24-04)
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