Who doesn’t enjoy a good digression now and then? As Laurence Sterne once said, “Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine; they are the life, the soul of reading.” Or, as Ralph Caplan put it, “Nothing is more to the point than a good digression.” And bless Ray Bradbury, who said “Digression is the soul of wit,” but we’ll see about that. What follows are various random oddities and other miscellaneous digressions, some serious, some for fun, some historical (at least for me), and some ongoing, arranged into categories. They don’t seem to fit anywhere else. So they fit here. + Haiku and TankaAmerican Haiku Archives (1996) Celebrating Earth Day (2017) Cherry Blossom Postage Stamp (2012) Cherry Petal Mats (2014) Folklife Haiku Performance (2008) Haiku Bookmark (2004) Haiku Broadside (2018) Haiku Christmas Cards (1990–1997, 2012) Haiku North America (1991 and ongoing) Haiku on Buses (2007)Haiku on Buses (2014) Haiku on Sticks (2010 and ongoing) A Haiku Path (1994) Holiday Haiku (2007) Itoen Judge’s Award (2004) Katikati Haiku Pathway (2000) Moonshine Series (2014) NaHaiWriMo (2010 and ongoing) Opening the Haiku Window (1988) Per Diem Haiku (2012) Seabeck Haiku Getaway (2008 and ongoing) The Simpsons Do NaHaiWriMo (2012) Street-Guided Meditation (2016; short film with my haiku) Tanka Society of America (2000) Tokyo Traffic Culture Exhibition (2018 and 2019) Typos Happen! (1993 and ongoing, alas) Vancouver Haiku Stone (2006–2008) Woodnotes (1989–1997) Other PoetryBurning Word (2008) Ekphrastic Assimilations (2016) Magazine Cover (2016) Monsieur Joliat (1972) My First Poetry Readings (1990) Ode to Physics (1979) Poetry Crossword Puzzle (2014) Poetry Kit (2018) Poets Against the War (2003) Poet’s Market Definitions (2004) Poets Wanted (2013–2017) Redmond Association of Spokenword (2008 and ongoing) Redmond Poet Laureate (2013–2015) SoulFood Poetry Night (2006 and ongoing) Waverley Writers (2007) LanguagePersonal and FamilyBirthday Newspapers (2003 and ongoing) 50 Questions (2010) My Favourite Numbers (1972) My Son’s Interview (2016) Name Badges (2010 and ongoing) Racquetball (1976) Speed Stick Deodorant (tracked sine 1997) Thomas on Violin (2020) 25 Random Things About Me (2009) All the RestDigressions (2010 and ongoing)
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