New Year's Haiku
Labels: Poetry, Poetry Break
posted by Horace Jeffery Hodges @ 12:00 AM
9 comments
Gypsy Scholar
Brainstorming about history, politics, literature, religion, and other topics from a 'gypsy' scholar on a wagon hitched to a star.
Friday, January 01, 2010
About Me
- Name: Horace Jeffery Hodges
- Location: Seoul, South Korea
I am a retired professor. I last taught at Ewha Womans University, mostly composition, research writing, and cultural issues, but also the occasional graduate seminar on Gnosticism and Johannine theology and the occasional undergraduate course on European history. My doctorate is in history (U.C. Berkeley), with emphasis on religion and science. My thesis is on John's gospel and Gnosticism. I'm also an award-winning writer, and I recommend my novella, The Bottomless Bottle of Beer, to anyone interested. I'm originally from the Arkansas Ozarks, but my academic career -- funded through doctoral and postdoctoral fellowships (e.g., Fulbright, Naumann, Lady Davis) -- has taken me through Texas, California, Switzerland, Germany, Australia, and Israel and has landed me in Seoul, South Korea. I've also traveled to Mexico, visited much of Europe, including Moscow, and touched down briefly in a few East Asian countries. Hence: "Gypsy Scholar."
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9 Comments:
Even afer three years in teh cold at this time of year, for me New Year's is a day of sun, beach and warmth.
Wonderful image evoked...thanks!
May you and yours never lack for a warm coat.
Back in the Arkansas Ozarks, New Year's Eve was usually one of the coldest nights, so I often wondered about that poor little baby New Year coming naked into the world, but perhaps he didn't hang around long in the colder climes.
Thanks for the well-wishes . . . and the same to you and yours.
Jeffery Hodges
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Happy New Year to you and your family, Dr. Doom!
Thanks, Charles, and I suppose you realize that "doom" is merely "mood" spelled backwards. Or is it the other way around?
Either way, same to you and yours.
Jeffery Hodges
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Incidentally, I modeled 'my' haiku after a Bashō classic:
初しぐれ 猿も小蓑を ほしげ也
hatsu shigure saru mo komino wo hoshige nari
the first cold shower
even the monkey seems to want
a little coat of straw
Just go to Wikipedia and check under "Haiku" for the example and more information.
Jeffery Hodges
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Happy New Year to you and your family. All the best for 2010.
Thanks, Eshuneutics, and the same to you and yours.
Jeffery Hodges
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I have been reading poetry since 1973, and this is one of the poignant poems I have ever read. As soon as I read it, all I could say in reaction was, "Oh my dear God."
Thank you for posting. 9Janxciv
You're welcome. I'm glad you liked it.
Jeffery Hodges
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