f/k/a . . .

Alaska can stand in today for all the other electoral stepchildren.

Here’s a pair from Billie Wilson:

 

 

 

November chill–

a barefoot man waits

for the northbound ferry

 

                      

 

an avalanche roars

down Thybder Mountain–

first crocus

 

 

from New Resonance 3: Emerging Voices

credits:  “an avalanche roars”  Haiku Headlines (April 2002)

            “November chill” –  World Haiku Review II:3

 

by dagosan (in ny): :

 

the leaves, her face

framed by gray –

autumn beauty

                                  [Nov. 2, 2004]                       

    

 

one-breath pundit

• 
  
  
  

  In a Comment to this post, Prof. Martin Grace has promised to change the unwieldy

  
  

  (hard to spell and type, too) name of his weblog — a tort et a travers– to RiskProf. 

  
  

  We applaud.  Now, maybe we can get Evan to ditch the parentheses and Matt to 

  
  

  ditch his brackets.  However, our slashes stay!
  
  
• 
  
  
  

  Ernie Svenson says: “we have gotten too intolerant of opposing political views.”  Yes.

       

Alaska can stand in today for all the other electoral stepchildren.

Here’s a pair from Billie Wilson:

 

 

 

November chill–

a barefoot man waits

for the northbound ferry

 

                      

 

an avalanche roars

down Thybder Mountain–

first crocus

 

 

from New Resonance 3: Emerging Voices

credits:  “an avalanche roars”  Haiku Headlines (April 2002)

            “November chill” –  World Haiku Review II:3

 

by dagosan (in ny): :

 

the leaves, her face

framed by gray –

autumn beauty

                                  [Nov. 2, 2004]                       

    

 

one-breath pundit

• 
  
  
  

  In a Comment to this post, Prof. Martin Grace has promised to change the unwieldy

  
  

  (hard to spell and type, too) name of his weblog — a tort et a travers– to RiskProf. 

  
  

  We applaud.  Now, maybe we can get Evan to ditch the parentheses and Matt to 

  
  

  ditch his brackets.  However, our slashes stay!
  
  
• 
  
  
  

  Ernie Svenson says: “we have gotten too intolerant of opposing political views.”  Yes.

       

. . .  you can still vote burly, curly, girlie, hurl-y, surly or whirly.

However you do it, please do vote — and, once is enough.

 

 

 

snail–
the butterfly in a mad
hurry

 

 

hurry mist
hurry, hurry…
a bird set free

 

 Issa, translated by David G.                          

 

• 
  
  Doggerel Duty?  Check out the electoral double-dactyl at the Fool’s Forest.                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                              

. . .  you can still vote burly, curly, girlie, hurl-y, surly or whirly.

However you do it, please do vote — and, once is enough.

 

 

 

snail–
the butterfly in a mad
hurry

 

 

hurry mist
hurry, hurry…
a bird set free

 

 Issa, translated by David G.                          

 

• 
  
  Doggerel Duty?  Check out the electoral double-dactyl at the Fool’s Forest.                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                              

See Model Rule 3.1; Fed. Rule 11; cf. Ernie; Walter. 

(Tell your client: you need facts and law and good faith)

 

                                         . . . what would Lincoln do?  how about Shakespeare?

p.s.  Click here for a page of rather well-done political haiku (actually, mostly senryu)

from Democrats Abroad/Japan:

 

p.p.s.  Wee-hours of election night post is here.

See Model Rule 3.1; Fed. Rule 11; cf. Ernie; Walter. 

(Tell your client: you need facts and law and good faith)

 

                                         . . . what would Lincoln do?  how about Shakespeare?

p.s.  Click here for a page of rather well-done political haiku (actually, mostly senryu)

from Democrats Abroad/Japan:

 

p.p.s.  Wee-hours of election night post is here.