High-brow Snowmen? Last night, f/k/a was honored to be the first featured site in a new series at Bob Eckstein’s Today’s Snowman weblog — see “High-brow Snowman; The Series Part I.” Many thanks to Bob for honoring us with a bouncy description of our weblog, links to a couple of our recent snowman postings, and a pair of related haiku. (Part II focuses on “prolific poet Darryl Price.”)
Speaking of high-brow: Eckstein is studying whether snow-buddhas were being sculpted as far back as the 7th Century A.D. in China. (You can find more on the topic in his book The History of the Snowman.)
snow turns to rain –
Buddha’s visit
cut short………………….. by dagosan
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As for buddha-like impermanence: the once-mighty 9′-Aspen, Colorado snowman now stands alone, melting away.
March ice storm —
a starter snowman melts
in the freezer…….. by dagosan
It may be March, but Bob is continuing his monthly Snowman Today snowman contest. I sure hope Southern Hemisphere webloggers will help spread the word, and nominate local snow creatures for future months, as we in the North America, Europe and Asia head into spring.
stiff march wind
the sound
of an airball……………………….. by ed markowski
Ready for March Madness? This photo by my brother Arthur Giacalone (turned into a haiga here), reminds me we’re in that in-between season of lambs and lions, thaws and freezes, snowmelt and snowstorms. This morning, I awoke to 810WGY’s morning talk host Don Weeks noting that Monday March 17 will be both St. Patrick’s Day and Brackets Day. Don mused over how much more difficult it might be to decide on your NCAA basketball brackets picks when filled with green beer. That coaxed a smile out of Prof. Yabut, but didn’t keep the rest of the f/k/a Gang from bemoaning just how quickly mid-March has descended on us (not to mention the new, unnaturally-premature Daylight Savings Time).
mid-March thaw –
et tu,
snow buddha?………………… by dagosan
It prompts questions like: 
- Where the heck did we leave our piece on the Ides of March?
- Should we remind our readers again how boring we find Final Four and Big Dance cliches?
- Do we dare reprise our Irish Setter Stew graphic, after blurbing this week about Animal Rights? And, can we be politically incorrect on the heels of Geraldine Ferraro’s gaffs, and mention the 7-course Classic St. Patrick’s Day Feast.?
- what the heck is a hoya?
We’re gonna have to nap on these a few times this weekend. Meanwhile, just in case we don’t get around to it, or you simply can’t wait for us to post them, click here for a bracket-full of basketball haiku and senryu by our Honored Guests.
boy shooting baskets–
deep snow piled
all around him
……. by lee gurga from Fresh Scent
game over
men turn to leave
the tv department………………….. by John Stevenson – Upstate Dim Sum (2004/I)