{"id":3961,"date":"2005-07-17T16:45:35","date_gmt":"2005-07-17T20:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/07\/17\/an-empty-swing\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:34","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:34","slug":"an-empty-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/07\/17\/an-empty-swing\/","title":{"rendered":"an empty swing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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my son and i
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“far from home” – Frogpond XIX:3 (1996) (for Anita Virgil) <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/DIV>
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“picking strawberries” – Commended, Basho 300th Anniv. International Haiku Contest (1994); HIA<\/EM> (1996)<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“my son and i” – First Prize, Penumbra<\/EM> (1999); included in <\/FONT>The Thin Curve: RMA 1999<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/I><\/A> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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