{"id":5084,"date":"2004-10-23T15:47:09","date_gmt":"2004-10-23T19:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/10\/23\/pols-poets-kids-and-morden\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:19","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:19","slug":"pols-poets-kids-and-morden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/23\/pols-poets-kids-and-morden\/","title":{"rendered":"pols, poets, kids, and morden"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m always a little skeptical when politicians talk about their children.  . . . \"unicycle\"<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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But, some of my favorite haiku feature the poet’s kids.  <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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summer’s end –
my children try to teach me
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winter sickness
my daughter tucks me in
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an old resume
my son colours in
his rainbow<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"bike  credits<\/STRONG>: “summer’s end” – <\/FONT>The Hornet’s Nest<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>  (Jan. 2003)<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“winter sickness” – <\/FONT>The Heron’s Nest<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>, Valentine Award (July 2003)<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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“an old resume” – Snapshots<\/I> #7 2000; <\/FONT>World Haiku<\/FONT><\/A> <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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