old folks’ home
the square of light
crosses the room
“welch old gray”
morning sun–
a patch of frost
in the holstein’s shadow
reading in bed
my pulse flickering
the lightly held bookmark
first date
letting her
put snow down my neck
accumulating snow–
oven mitts
praying on the counter
“first date” – edge of light: RMA 2003
“morning sun” – pegging the wind: RMA 2002
“reading in bed” – Open Window – haiku and photographs
“old folks’ home” – Open Window – haiku and photographs
“accumulating snow–” frogpond XXVIII: 1 (Winter 2005)
“snowflakeS” potluck
Carolyn Elefant muses over why so many lawyers in BigLaw firms
seem to want to escape. She points to Orin Kerr, who is also wondering
whether the trend of blogging anonymously and snagging a book deal might
provide a new career path for unhappy lawyers. Prof. Yabut is hoping that
“creative” pseudononymous weblogging will snag him a min-series by year’s
end.
PSST! In reaction to our post “we should make the word “blawg” obsolete“, the
Editor of Blawg Review sought expert assistance from linguist Mark Liberman at
Language Log. I don’t think Ed got much solace. Check it out. The touchstone
for acceptance of a neologism into the general language is its use and acceptance
by the public. I do wish that Liberman had read the article behind the headline that
was misleadingly cited by Ed. (See ‘Blawg’ use in law firms is on the rise.) The head-
line suggests that law firms use the word “blawg” more than ever, but the article never
broaches that topic; it merely says law firms have more weblogs now.
“snowflakeS” “snowflakeS”