Friday, April 16, 2010
Haiku Friday: Graduation season
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We are on the verge of graduation season-- Baylor Law's spring commencement is only a few weeks away now, hard as that is to believe. I'm thinking hard about the commencement address I'll be giving at Vanguard High School here in Waco. It seems especially important, in a way, because I have no direct connection to that school. I'm going to make it really good. In addition, the "Last Lecture" I will be giving on Monday has some overtones of commencement to it as well.
The picture above is at my own college commencement; I am outside of William and Mary Hall with my Mom. I had tried out for commencement speaker but was rejected as too "iconoclastic." Probably true, in retrospect. Our speaker dutifully talked about us "taking on the world." That type of phrasing was not part of what I had planned to say.
So, let's haiku about graduations. To make it easy, I will provide the first line: "Graduation day:" Just follow that with a seven-syllable line and a five-syllable line, and you have a haiku!
Here is mine:
Graduation Day:
Sunburned feet and racing mind,
Horizon line fades.
Now it is your turn...
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Justin--
You've got to be kidding. Look at the photo. My beard comes in RED. I look like a friggin' Viking. (albeit, a Viking with a college degree).
Graduation Day:
Sacking England's coast all week,
Degree? Piracy.
You've got to be kidding. Look at the photo. My beard comes in RED. I look like a friggin' Viking. (albeit, a Viking with a college degree).
Graduation Day:
Sacking England's coast all week,
Degree? Piracy.
Graduation Day
Ralph Sampson* marched next to me
Walking down the Lawn
Graduation Day--
UVA--Family
Only saw Sampson.
Graduation Day
"Oh, yeah, you were, uh, in there
Near Ralph Sampson, right?"
*(The 7'4" basketball phenom, for you young things out there)
Ralph Sampson* marched next to me
Walking down the Lawn
Graduation Day--
UVA--Family
Only saw Sampson.
Graduation Day
"Oh, yeah, you were, uh, in there
Near Ralph Sampson, right?"
*(The 7'4" basketball phenom, for you young things out there)
# posted by 
: 1:48 AM
: 1:48 AM
Graduation Day
Bottle of warm champagne, passed
To me, said What the hell,
Graduation Day
UVA. Warm champagne on
Sunday morning's Lawn
Graduation Day
Pouring rain, soaking wet, an
Absurd adventure.
Bottle of warm champagne, passed
To me, said What the hell,
Graduation Day
UVA. Warm champagne on
Sunday morning's Lawn
Graduation Day
Pouring rain, soaking wet, an
Absurd adventure.
# posted by : 1:54 AM
: 1:54 AM
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How do you consistently get spammed??
You look like a frigg'in Viking? You are moving to Minnesota - home of the Vikings. Perhaps the beard of Graduation Day is appropo in your future home.
Graduation Day
Parents watching and thinking
When will you move out?
Graduation Day
Parents watching and thinking
When will you move out?
Graduation Day
I am skipping commencements
Having drinks instead
I actually won't be drinking that early but I don't feel like going. I'll be driving back to Detroit the next day.
Brennan
I am skipping commencements
Having drinks instead
I actually won't be drinking that early but I don't feel like going. I'll be driving back to Detroit the next day.
Brennan
# posted by : 11:32 AM
: 11:32 AM
Graduation Day
Moved to Austin day before
I'm still a Viking
(although, that's a hippie beard, not a Viking beard)
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Moved to Austin day before
I'm still a Viking
(although, that's a hippie beard, not a Viking beard)
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