It is indeed a wild world — on the heels of Cat Stevens’ deportation, we have hit-meister Phil Spector indicted for murder and the Montreal Expos threatening to bring their hitless brand of baseball to Washington, D.C.
With George Wallace too distracted (by deadlines and billable hours) to post on these topics at Fool in the Forest, the many former editors of this weblog have decided to offer a little commentary. [Click here, if you dare.]
all day rain
on the playing field
a stray dog
… by Tom Painting , from A New Resonance 2: Emerging Voices
As Kobayashi Issa knows,
where there’s people
there’s flies
and Buddhas
translated by David G. Lanoue
shake your 
This past Sunday (Sept. 26, 2004), the New York Times “weddings” page featured three
the Times article told the story of their courtship and resulting wedding on September 18th.
In our guest poet archive, you can find links to postings that feature Roberta, a lawyer-poet who works in
D.C. Many of her haiku reflect a journey from divorce through nurturing a new trust upon which to build a new marriage. Congratulations and best wishes to Roberta and Frank (you lucky guy!).
school photo
the frown my sister
grew into
family picnic
the new wife’s rump
bigger than mine
the poet-bride . . . 
thanks a lot,
clouds -
no moonshadow tonight
[Sept. 29, 2004]
harvest moon
on a clear, rainless night
elsewhere!
one-breath pundit
Among other things, Tom Mighell was kind enough today to point us all to The
will officially change its name to — drum roll — “ALM “on October 1st. I can’t tell you how
much we need another bland, meaningless acronym. Surely, it represents the pulsing
creativity and integrity of panoply of ALM publications and services. Check here for
other meanings of the ALM acronym (I like “a la mode” and “application Loadable Module”).
Dear Political Fundraisers of All Stripes: Please read Prof. Bainbridge’s online missive (Sept. 29) to the National Republican Senatorial Committee and draw the proper conclusions and analogies to your own tactics. Also, stop trying to fool me with addressing script that looks like handwriting, and offering me credit cards from companies famous for ripping off folks who have poor credit. ‘Nough said (I wish).
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Yusuf Islam, f/k/a Cat Stevens, has penned an op/ed piece appearing in today’s Los Angeles Times (Sept.28, 2004), in which he describes his trip last week to the U.S.A. and instant deportation. “Something Bad Has Begun: The former Cat Stevens says he hasn’t changed but the U.S. has.” Islam says “I am a victim of an unjust and arbitrary system, hastily imposed, that serves only to belittle America’s image as a defender of the civil liberties that so many dearly struggled and died for over the centuries.” Click here for other important excerpts.
Although it’s off-topic, we’ve been following this story for a week (see here and here) — probably because of our long affection for the music of Cat Stevens. So far, Mr. Islam’s explanations seem far more plausible than the charges against him — whether new or regurgitated. I also believe we should listen closely to Privacy International’s concerns about the overly intrusive nature of the US-VISIT system.
in this world
among insects too…
good singers, bad singers
by Kobayashi Issa, translated by David G. Lanoue
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It’s not too late for Harvest Moon gazing or