{"id":3767,"date":"2005-04-18T17:54:04","date_gmt":"2005-04-18T21:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/04\/18\/haiku-and-the-national-pastim"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:47","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:47","slug":"haiku-and-the-national-pastime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/04\/18\/haiku-and-the-national-pastime\/","title":{"rendered":"haiku and the national pastime"},"content":{"rendered":"

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abandoned ballpark<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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George Swede<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> from <\/FONT>Almost Unseen<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A> (Brooks Books, 2000) <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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perfect line-drive <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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coach says I swang late<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“baseballg”  As I discover them, I’ll be collecting <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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