We lawyers, law students and webloggers know few if any humble professors. 
Prof. David G. Lanoue‘s excuse is that he’s an English professor and haiku scholar. He
has contributed mightily to haiku-lovers and this weblog with his lovingly translated
versions of the haiku of Japanese haiku master Issa – found at The Haiku of Kobayashi Issa.
Today, I want to feature David’s own poetry, which can be found throughout his two novels
Haiku Guy and The Laughting Buddha [click the links for access to sample chapters]
“lanoue”
the moon and I
sinking
to eclipse
old stone bridge
whether I cross it
or not
living dangerously
the kite skims
the river
getting drunk
on my arm
the tavern mosquitos
backyard moon
mosquitos rush the poem
You can find more poems by David G. Lanoue at his World Haiku webpageand by clicking the links in our Honored Guest Archive.
by dagosan:
eclipse tonight —
no cover
no rain date
[Oct. 27, 2004] . . . . don’t forget the Blood Moon eclispse tonight …………………………
Jeff Beard describes a survey on gender differences: Men are from MSN, Women from Google?
Even Sabrina noticed the fall colors!
Futurballa’s Rick Coencas was kind enough to refer his artsy visitors to this site for “real haiku,” after
penning [see correction below] twenty-one “Jewish Haiku.” Many of them would cause a haiku purist to moan “oy ve!”, but they sure are fun. Two examples:
Testing the warm milk
on her wrist, she sighs softly.
But her son is forty.
Seven-foot Jews in
the NBA slam-dunking!
My alarm clock rings.
Correction (Oct. 28, 2004): I have just discovered that Rick did not compose the fine haiku
collection. He believed they were written by Anon Ymous, an internet spirit. However, Mr.
Google has helped me learn that the poems are from Haikus for Jews : For You, a Little Wisdom, by DAVID M. BADER (Harmony, 1999). [112 pages. Get it at Amazon for $9.56; but, there are bargains on it in their marketplace!]
Finally, despite rumors and Google results to the contrary, this David Giacalone is not me:
That’s right: I am not an influential, wealthy, Italian wheeler-dealer, journalist, politico, media titan.
(and I’m not to blame for the translation work done by Google’s Language Tool) Do you think he’s irked that the weblog of this broken down ex-lawyer tops the Google search for “David Giacalone”?
