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Denise Howell is a seasoned appellate and intellectual property litigator based in Los Angeles. Denise writes one of the first and most popular law-related blogs, Bag and Baggage, coined the term "blawg" and helped pioneer podcasting for lawyers. Microcontent obsessed since 2001, she is frequently quoted in the media on legal issues involving intellectual property and technology law. "Sound Policy" is Denise's show at IT Conversations, and it's also what she hopes results from the briefs she submits to court. Email Denise at dhowell@gmail.com.

Dennis Kennedy is a computer lawyer and legal technology expert based in St. Louis, Missouri. An award-winning author, a frequent speaker and a widely-read blogger, he has more than 300 publications on legal, technology and Internet topics, many of which are collected in his e-books. Dennis has been described as someone who knows almost every rock song in existence and, more importantly, how they apply to technology and law. Email Dennis at his gmail address.

Tom Mighell is Senior Counsel and Litigation Technology Support Coordinator at Cowles & Thompson in Dallas. He has published the Internet Legal Research Weekly newsletter since 2000 and blogged about the Internet and legal technology at Inter Alia since August of 2002. With Tom's singing, Ernie on guitar and Dennis' encylopedic knowledge of rock music, we may have the beginnings of a good band, if this whole blog thing doesn't work out. Email Tom at tmighell@swbell.net.

Marty Schwimmer left a partnership in the largest trademark practice in the world and founded Schwimmer Mitchell, a full-service IP micro-boutique in Westchester County, New York, where he represents owners of famous and not yet famous trademarks. He founded The Trademark Blog, the first IP law blog and the one with the most pictures. He is the first to come in and the last to leave in his firm. Email Marty at marty@schwimmerlegal.com.

Ernest Svenson practices law with a mid-sized law firm in New Orleans, specializing in business-related lawsuits. Most of his practice takes place in federal court, especially the Eastern District. He is best known for his weblog Ernie the Attorney, which he started as an experiment. Like many experiments it got out of control. Nevertheless, he continues to practice law and, occasionally, to seek enlightenment. Email Ernest at esvenson@gmail.com.
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October 2, 2005

The Between Lawyers Poetry Corner

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Posted by Dennis M. Kennedy

It's turned into a poetry fest at the Between Lawyers blog, with both Denise and Ernie taking breaks from brief-writing to post poems this weekend.

First, 'twas Denise's deservedly praised blog poem (with hyperlinks) called 'Twas the Night Before Zeitgeist.

Then came Ernie's post with his reflective poem, Driving to the Airport.

I thought I'd join Denise and Ernie and post a poem I wrote a few years ago. It is based on my reading and some remixing of a wonderful book by Peter Matthiessen, not any trip to Tibet by me.

Tibetan Daydream
(after Peter Matthiessen)

The ground, whirling its own energy
in a slow spiral,
joins my body to the sun
until, no longer mine,
small, silver breaths of cold, clear air
are lost in the mineral breathing of mountains.
Grown onto the mountains like moss, bewitched
in blinding snow peaks, crystalline air,
sounds of earth and heaven drifting into a silence
of requiem birds, mythic beasts, flags, great horns,
old carved stones and rough-hewn Tartars
in braids and homespun boots.
Silver ice on a black river,
the Crystal Mountain.
In a rising spring of forgotten knowledge,
a glimpse of one's own nature,
a homegoing that needs no home,
like that waterfall on the Suli Gad
that turns to mist before it touches earth,
then once again rises into the sky.

- DK

Marty? Tom? Care to join in?


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1. David Giacalone on October 3, 2005 4:26 PM writes...

Clarence Darrow said "inside every lawyer is the wreck of a poet." haikuEsq says "Inside every lawyer is a heck of a poet."

Pretty soon, you guys will be featured at Prof. Elkins' website on Lawyers and Poets.

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