own haiku show the multi-dimensional poetic sensibilities that allow
him to breathe life into Issa’s words from two centuries ago. E.g.,
never more alive
sparrow in the cat’s
mouth
the old fart
stacks the winter
kindling
the cold front
reaches the Deep South
nipple by nipple
If you’d like to introduce a friend to haiku, David’s
novel Haiku Guy is the perfect gift — an adventture
with action, romance, time travel, wisdom, and more.
You can read the first two chapters here.
a favorite tree
reflected in the river -
made me look again
[Dec. 2, 2004]
BenefitsBlog. That reminds me: Where CLM still exists, does calling
your paramour “my fiancee” (for a decade or two) defeat a marriage claim?
and at weblogs — is worth your time. He suggests a rule and opines that “the
rules should be the same for old media and new, professional and amateur.” Go there.
Less edifying is finding out that some of Prof. V’s readers couldn’t
figure out all by themselves what he might have meant by “pronouncing
the capital letter in a word.” I hope the clueless ones are nobody’s
lawyer or professor (click here for some examples of its use.
“word of the year.” As we explained recently, the honor means that “blog”
was looked up online more than any other word this year. That might just
be because those four letters give absolutely no hint as to what the word
means or its relationship to any prior-existing word or language. More.
own haiku show the multi-dimensional poetic sensibilities that allow
him to breathe life into Issa’s words from two centuries ago. E.g.,
never more alive
sparrow in the cat’s
mouth
the old fart
stacks the winter
kindling
the cold front
reaches the Deep South
nipple by nipple
If you’d like to introduce a friend to haiku, David’s
novel Haiku Guy is the perfect gift — an adventture
with action, romance, time travel, wisdom, and more.
You can read the first two chapters here.
a favorite tree
reflected in the river -
made me look again
[Dec. 2, 2004]
BenefitsBlog. That reminds me: Where CLM still exists, does calling
your paramour “my fiancee” (for a decade or two) defeat a marriage claim?
and at weblogs — is worth your time. He suggests a rule and opines that “the
rules should be the same for old media and new, professional and amateur.” Go there.
Less edifying is finding out that some of Prof. V’s readers couldn’t
figure out all by themselves what he might have meant by “pronouncing
the capital letter in a word.” I hope the clueless ones are nobody’s
lawyer or professor (click here for some examples of its use.
“word of the year.” As we explained recently, the honor means that “blog”
was looked up online more than any other word this year. That might just
be because those four letters give absolutely no hint as to what the word
means or its relationship to any prior-existing word or language. More.
pruned by the antelope’s
jaws…
New Year’s pine
ISSA, translated by D.G. Lanoue
ethicalEsq and skepticalEsq have been far too active around here lately – 
leading to a homepage with far too many words (far too many of which
are cantankerous). haikuEsq and the Editor promise to keep their cranky
and egotistical alter egoes in check from now on, limiting f/k/a to haiku
inside, as a demonstration of our commitment.
and professor David Rosen and Joel Weishaus, a poet and literary critic, with illustrations
by Arthur Okamura. The book “is a haibun of the psyche, a combination of prose
and haiku about a soulful interactive journey that two old friends set out to accomplish
p.s. Even the very busy RiskProf has noticed our recent lapse into prolixity.
pruned by the antelope’s
jaws…
New Year’s pine
ISSA, translated by D.G. Lanoue
ethicalEsq and skepticalEsq have been far too active around here lately –
leading to a homepage with far too many words (far too many of which
are cantankerous). haikuEsq and the Editor promise to keep their cranky
and egotistical alter egoes in check from now on, limiting f/k/a to haiku
inside, as a demonstration of our commitment.
and professor David Rosen and Joel Weishaus, a poet and literary critic, with illustrations
by Arthur Okamura. The book “is a haibun of the psyche, a combination of prose
and haiku about a soulful interactive journey that two old friends set out to accomplish
p.s. Even the very busy RiskProf has noticed our recent lapse into prolixity.
B.J. Grenier has an interesting post on Common Law Marriage in PA at
