How do you wile away your time in medical waiting rooms? This
morning, I was lucky enough to remember to bring the newest edition
of Upstate Dim Sum (2005/II), the journal of the Route 9 Haiku Group
here in Upstate New York. While I work up a hospital-gown senryu
or two, here are a pair each from John Stevenson and Yu Chang for
all of you impatient for your f/k/a haiku fix:
sting
of the old man’s
fastball
eightieth birthday
still playing
the numbers
from Upstate Dim Sum (2005/II)
French Open
a couch potato
pumps his fist
evergreens
a long walk
with an old friend
from Upstate Dim Sum (2005/II)
afterwords (5 PM): I just discovered a small cache of tiny poems by
Edith Wharton, thanks to a post at George Wallace’s Fool in the Forest.
George reproduces a half dozen examples “of imagism or semi-haiku,”
that had been published in the January 1920 issue of the Yale
Review. They appear in a brand new American Poet’s Project
volume of Wharton’s poetry. Here are two of her short pieces:
I
My little dog:
A heart-beat
At my feet.
. . .
III Friendship
The silence of midnight,
A dying fire,
And the best unsaid. . . .
p.s. George, Now that you’ve met him, would you say
– speaking of old men, betting, psyched fans, etc.,
our baseball haiku page is always in season, and
especially during the World Series.
Martin is a Professor, and therefore knows whereof he speaks: He is a much closer match for his self-description as “a taller Mr. Spacely” than he is to Mr. Slate, and he has rather more hair — atop his head and on his chin — than either of them.
As for your continuing obsession over these Flintson/Jetstone issues, all I can advise, in the words of my namesake George Jetson, is: Stop this Crazy Thing!“
Comment by George Wallace — October 25, 2005 @ 6:45 pm
Martin is a Professor, and therefore knows whereof he speaks: He is a much closer match for his self-description as “a taller Mr. Spacely” than he is to Mr. Slate, and he has rather more hair — atop his head and on his chin — than either of them.
As for your continuing obsession over these Flintson/Jetstone issues, all I can advise, in the words of my namesake George Jetson, is: Stop this Crazy Thing!“
Comment by George Wallace — October 25, 2005 @ 6:45 pm
Geez, George, don’t get all exorcized over this. I must admit that my memory of what Mr. Slate and Mr. Spacely look like is rather dim — and I only have that one photo of Prof. Grace for comparison.
Your use of the word “namesake” reminds me how confusingly we use that word. Is a namesake the person for whom you are named (as the American Heritage Dictionary states), or the person who was named for you? The OneLook Dictionary “quick definition” says it’s merely a person with the same name as another; and Merriam-Webster gives all three definitions. The Online Etymology Dictionary says, as the source of “namesake”: “1646, “person named for the sake of someone” is probably originally (for the) name’s sake.” Ah, a new tangent for your Humble Editor.
Comment by David Giacalone — October 25, 2005 @ 8:40 pm
Geez, George, don’t get all exorcized over this. I must admit that my memory of what Mr. Slate and Mr. Spacely look like is rather dim — and I only have that one photo of Prof. Grace for comparison.
Your use of the word “namesake” reminds me how confusingly we use that word. Is a namesake the person for whom you are named (as the American Heritage Dictionary states), or the person who was named for you? The OneLook Dictionary “quick definition” says it’s merely a person with the same name as another; and Merriam-Webster gives all three definitions. The Online Etymology Dictionary says, as the source of “namesake”: “1646, “person named for the sake of someone” is probably originally (for the) name’s sake.” Ah, a new tangent for your Humble Editor.
Comment by David Giacalone — October 25, 2005 @ 8:40 pm
I like Mr. Slate, but Mr. Spacely is very more funnie. But, the two bosses are very hilarious! Fred and George are two goofies. :)
Comment by Sávio Morais Cristofoletti — July 22, 2006 @ 7:49 pm