old chestnuts
X-mas song fest
at the Senior Center
Cattails, Winter 2015
Neal Whitman
Chinese Translation (Traditional)
老板栗
老人中心主辦
聖誕歌節
Chinese Translation (Simplified)
老板栗
老人中心主办
圣诞歌节
Bio Sketch
Neal Whitman lives in Pacific Grove, California, with his wife, Elaine. Neal is the haiku editor for Pulse: Voices from the Heart of Medicine and is Vice President of the United Haiku and Tanka Society.
The juxtaposition of "old chestnuts" and "X-mas {not Christmas) song fest" and "Senior Center" is emotionally poignant, and the matter-of-fact tone of this shasei haiku says something loudly about the way our consumer-oriented graying society keeps this centuries-old tradition "alive."
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