f/k/a . . .

from Presents of Mind, haiku and illustrations by Jim Kacian

(Katsura/Red Moon Press, 1996).

 

      clear here

but haze to the east

   haze to the west

 

 

      heat lightning

a silent snake strikes

  the meadow mouse

 

 moonless night

the dark path lit

 by glowworms

 

• 
  
  by dagosan: 

out my window

the cabbie honking

geese, too                     

  [Aug. 22, 2004]

one-breath pundit  

• Jim Moore gives space to a dissenting voice on the Dafur crisis — a perspective worth knowing.
  
• Good advice to Kerry from Ivins on the Iraq War.
  
• Crammer vs. Crammer – hot debate at Evan’s place over lawyers who cram, and p/i women.
  
• 
  
  Make “internet”, “net” and “web” lower-case: Tony Long.  Not when it’s confusing: Prof. Yabut.  (via B&B)
  
  
• 
  
  seize the (summer) day!
  
  
• 
  
  but, first, read Rufus T. on the ATLA-Schaeffer conspiracy; and being poetic on the LAW.

Join the Sudan Day of Conscience, August 25th    (see why it’s important) 

from Presents of Mind, haiku and illustrations by Jim Kacian

(Katsura/Red Moon Press, 1996).

 

      clear here

but haze to the east

   haze to the west

 

 

      heat lightning

a silent snake strikes

  the meadow mouse

 

 moonless night

the dark path lit

 by glowworms

 

• 
  
  by dagosan: 

out my window

the cabbie honking

geese, too                     

  [Aug. 22, 2004]

one-breath pundit  

• Jim Moore gives space to a dissenting voice on the Dafur crisis — a perspective worth knowing.
  
• Good advice to Kerry from Ivins on the Iraq War.
  
• Crammer vs. Crammer – hot debate at Evan’s place over lawyers who cram, and p/i women.
  
• 
  
  Make “internet”, “net” and “web” lower-case: Tony Long.  Not when it’s confusing: Prof. Yabut.  (via B&B)
  
  
• 
  
  seize the (summer) day!
  
  
• 
  
  but, first, read Rufus T. on the ATLA-Schaeffer conspiracy; and being poetic on the LAW.

Join the Sudan Day of Conscience, August 25th    (see why it’s important) 

 

nobody on the street

stray dog stops to bite

its wagging tail

from  Almost Unseen: Selected Haiku

of George Swede (Brooks Books, 2000) 

 

  No, I haven’t been chasing my own tail or smoking wacky tabaccy.  But,

I have been feeling slightly out of control ever since I discovered this weblog’s

Referers Page a couple weeks ago.  I keep going back to it and clicking to see

the [purported] sources of page hits or visitors to f/k/a . ., especially, when the

referer URL is a search engine.

 

Sure, I could chalk this up to playful curiosity, or the haiku-lover’s penchant

for surprise and juxtaposition.  But, it feels obsessive — as if it is taking up

far too many of each days scarce minutes.

 

It’s not as if I’m alone in this practice:  [click here for the rest of this story]

 

smoking a pipe
by lantern light…
spring breeze

 

from The Haiku of Kobayashi Issa

translated by David G. Lanoue   

 

                          

 

 

nobody on the street

stray dog stops to bite

its wagging tail

from  Almost Unseen: Selected Haiku

of George Swede (Brooks Books, 2000) 

 

  No, I haven’t been chasing my own tail or smoking wacky tabaccy.  But,

I have been feeling slightly out of control ever since I discovered this weblog’s

Referers Page a couple weeks ago.  I keep going back to it and clicking to see

the [purported] sources of page hits or visitors to f/k/a . ., especially, when the

referer URL is a search engine.

 

Sure, I could chalk this up to playful curiosity, or the haiku-lover’s penchant

for surprise and juxtaposition.  But, it feels obsessive — as if it is taking up

far too many of each days scarce minutes.

 

It’s not as if I’m alone in this practice:  [click here for the rest of this story]

 

smoking a pipe
by lantern light…
spring breeze

 

from The Haiku of Kobayashi Issa

translated by David G. Lanoue