{"id":4893,"date":"2004-07-05T17:29:24","date_gmt":"2004-07-05T21:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/07\/05\/ringos-almost-64\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:38","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:38","slug":"ringos-almost-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/07\/05\/ringos-almost-64\/","title":{"rendered":"Ringo’s almost 64"},"content":{"rendered":"

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. . .  <\/STRONG>\"RingoBach\" . . .  <\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> On Wednesday, July 7, 2004, <\/FONT>Ringo Starr<\/STRONG><\/A><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN> will be the first of the <\/FONT>Beatles <\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>to turn <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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sixty-four<\/FONT>.   <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>a\/k\/a<\/EM>  “Mr<\/EM>. <\/FONT>Barbara Bach<\/FONT><\/A>,” Ringo <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>is a <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>harbinger for a generation hoping <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>to age well. <\/DIV><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>
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With images of Valentines and firesides, we all wonder “Will you still need me, will you still feed me,
When I’m sixty-four<\/A>?”  [above photo <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>from barbarabach.com; thanks, Carlos. See lyrics to Ringo’s hit “Photograph” <\/FONT>here<\/FONT><\/A>.]<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Issa<\/FONT><\/A> wrote many haiku on growing old.  Here are three of my favorites:<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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even to these old eyes–
cherry blossoms!
cherry blossoms!<\/FONT>
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growing old–
even the cherry blossoms
a bit annoying<\/EM><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><\/BLOCKQUOTE><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>
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in an old, old
OLD kettle…
pure water<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT>
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from <\/FONT>The Haiku of Kobayashi Issa<\/FONT><\/A>, David G. Lanoue, <\/FONT>translator<\/FONT><\/A>.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV>
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see our SideBar “Tea Party with Issa” for more.<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/DIV><\/BLOCKQUOTE>
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