{"id":3847,"date":"2005-05-17T17:23:30","date_gmt":"2005-05-17T21:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/05\/17\/new-leaves\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:43","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:43","slug":"new-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/05\/17\/new-leaves\/","title":{"rendered":"new leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Carolyn Hall<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>  from <\/FONT>Haiku: A Poet’s Guide<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>, by Lee Guruga.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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vain.  The least the “Haiku Police” can do is suggest a very practical <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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yet enjoyable guide to understanding what makes a poem a haiku and <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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what makes for good haiku.  I unequivocally recommend poet<\/A><\/FONT>-editor <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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become a better haiku reader or a haiku poet.  I wish I would stop <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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You can get a taste for Gurga’s writing and <\/FONT>insights, at the <\/FONT>Haiku World<\/EM><\/FONT> website,<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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which has posted a chapter from <\/FONT>the book called “<\/FONT>Writing and Revising Haiku<\/FONT><\/A>.”  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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standards and conventions, are apt to produce poems that have no <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"tiny Prof. Martin Grace<\/A> doesn’t waste time — he’s already responded<\/A> to \"Prof <\/EM><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The Stick <\/EM>I <\/FONT><\/FONT>handed him<\/FONT><\/A> last Friday, offering an <\/FONT>interesting peak<\/FONT> at a Risk-geek’s reading <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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habits.  You’ve got to love<\/FONT> a professor who can still recite <\/FONT>Mr. Brown Can Moo<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>.”<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Can you?<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"tiny Creatively<\/FONT><\/A> dubbing the practice <\/FONT>Rapunzelling<\/FONT><\/A>, <\/FONT>LawGirl<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A> has made some suggestions <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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for law firms that would probably make our <\/FONT><\/FONT>Decloaking<\/FONT><\/A> campaign and <\/FONT>Kevin Heller<\/FONT><\/A>‘s<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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decloaking offer unnecessary.  So, listen up firms, and treat your associates with <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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respect. (via <\/FONT>Point of Law<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>)  I wonder if <\/FONT>RiskProf<\/FONT><\/A> can recite <\/FONT>Rapunzel<\/EM><\/FONT><\/A>, too.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"microphoneF\" Since I don’t listen to podcasts, I missed Evan Schaeffer’s announcement yesterday <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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about redoing his weblog.  Today, it is renamed <\/FONT>Evan Schaeffer’s Legal Underground<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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[yeah! no brackets] and Evan explains more about why he is reconstructing the site.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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For one thing, he notes that there was just too much weblog — and that important folk <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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might think he wasn’t devoting enough time to lawyering (I hope he doesn’t blame that <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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rascal Prof. Yabut<\/FONT><\/A>).    Around here, all the guys hope Underground<\/EM> stays pretty much <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the same — with Evan-the-polymath-host attracting guests who are interesting and amiable.  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Good luck to the new ESLU<\/EM>.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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