f/k/a . . .

Imagine William Shakespeare penning a sonnet for George at A Fool in the Forest,

or Willie Gary serving as guest-blogger for Evan’s Underground.  That feeling is

almost as good as my being able to introduce Gary Hotham as the newest Honored

Guest here at f/k/a. 

 

I can only say that Gary’s volume breathmarks: haiku to read in the dark       

is my favorite single-poet book of haiku, and I have used it often to introduce the people

dearest to me to the genre.   Here’s what Dr. Lee Gurga, past president, Haiku Society of

America, says about breathmarks:

“What we have all been waiting for a selection of the finest poems by a

true master of American haiku. Gary allows us to see, hear, and touch

the world around us as if for the first time. These poems are true classics

of American haiku.”                                  

If you’re interested in Gary’s philosophy of haiku, please see his Why Haiku?

But, first, do what I’d rather do — enjoy some of his haiku:

 

 

fog

sitting here

without the mountains

 

I lean

into the soup’s steam…

snow flurries

 

 

distant thunder–

the dog’s toenails click

against the linoleum

 

Gary Hotham from breathmarks: haiku to read in the dark 

(Canon Press, 1999)

 

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  by dagosan  [sure, make me follow Gary Hotham!]

her migraine

lingers -

nine (shopping) days ’til Christmas

                                                        [Dec. 16, 2004]

 

• I’m happy to see that preachers, priests and rabbi are learning to laugh at
  
  themselves, even if some lawyers refuse to laugh at lawyer jokes.   
  
  
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  Thanks to RiskProf for pointing to The Top Ten Unfounded Health Scares of 2004 

  
  

  – “stories that warned us of exaggerated or mythical risks, often based on brief,

  
  

  hyperbolized or misinterpreted medical research.”
  
  
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  In case you missed them, there have been several updates on the Lani Guinier

  
  

  story — Letters by her and Corrections by newspapers.  See here.