. . .. . . On Wednesday, July 7, 2004, Ringo Starr will be the first of the Beatles to turn
With images of Valentines and firesides, we all wonder “Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I’m sixty-four?” [above photo from barbarabach.com; thanks, Carlos. See lyrics to Ringo’s hit “Photograph” here.]
Issa wrote many haiku on growing old. Here are three of my favorites:
even to these old eyes–
cherry blossoms!
cherry blossoms!
growing old–
even the cherry blossoms
a bit annoying
in an old, old
OLD kettle…
pure water
from The Haiku of Kobayashi Issa, David G. Lanoue, translator.
see our SideBar “Tea Party with Issa” for more.
by dagosan:
startled
by the old guy
in the men’s room mirror
best wishes, Ringo . .
July 5, 2004
Ringo’s almost 64
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taking time to notice
by Alice Frampton, 
from the World Haiku Association website
so much to do
my son points out
the lightning
red maple
against the white wall
of the fire station
by dagosan:
typing stops —
cloud puffs float
through the window-framed sky
[dag, 12/12/03]
- To Evan, Matt, Yvonne: All the good lawyers must do something about all the bad ones. [e.g., see Inexcusable Delay, and here, there]
- Very interesting: The Chinese Century (NYT, July 4, 2004) How will we act when we are #2?
- I believe it: Gen-Xers make better parents than Boomers. Look Who’s Parenting (NYT , 07/04/04)
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