Forthcoming from Oxford University Press: Fatemeh Shams, University of Pennsylvania, A Revolution in Rhyme: Poetic Co-option Under the Islamic Republic (2021) (Oxford Oriental Monographs). Here from the publisher’s website is a description of the...
Elections / Law and Poetry / Law and Politics / Poetry
by · Published November 3, 2020 · Last modified November 4, 2020
Hedgehogs and Foxes called for submissions of Election 2020 Haiku and received many more submissions than we expected, and we’re thrilled! In fact, there were so many high-quality submissions that the Hedgehogs & Foxes...
Born OTD: Wallace Stevens (1879-1955). Mr. Stevens studied literature at Harvard and also pursued earned a law degree from the New York School of Law in 1904 and practiced law for a while, then...
Call For Submissions / Law and Poetry / Poetry
by · Published September 23, 2020 · Last modified September 24, 2020
Call for Submissions: Hedgehogs and Foxes Election Haiku Contest Hedgehogs and Foxes (HaF) welcomes Haiku submissions from poets and from those who dabble, especially writers from the legal academy. As you know, a...
Elizabeth Bales Frank writes about introducing poetry to attorneys at her law firm in her essay My Life as Poet Laureate (Of a Law Firm). She notes that convincing her colleagues of the value of...
It’s Walt Whitman’s Birthday! He was born OTD in 1819. Below is a short bibliography on law and politics and the works of the distinguished poet. Askin, Denise T., Whitman and the Law: A Prophetic...
Check out this Valentine’s Day hashtag: #IPHaiku. The USPTO, the Global IP Law Center, Office de la propriété intellectuelle du Canada, various U.S. state governments, non-profits, and practicing attorneys have joined in to create...
Wilfred Owen, Dulce et Decorum Est Bent double, like old beggars under sacks, Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge, Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs And towards our...
In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place, and in the sky, The larks, still bravely singing, fly, Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are...
Elections / Featured / Law and Poetry / Poetry / Politics
Louisianans! Do you wonder why it seems as though at every election you find you must make decisions about some constitutional amendment or other? Professor John Devlin of the Louisiana State University Law Center...
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