{"id":5090,"date":"2004-10-27T12:36:07","date_gmt":"2004-10-27T16:36:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/10\/27\/a-humble-professor\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:18","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:18","slug":"a-humble-professor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/10\/27\/a-humble-professor\/","title":{"rendered":"a humble professor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We lawyers, law students and webloggers know few if any humble professors.  \"buddha\"<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Prof. David G. Lanoue<\/FONT><\/A>‘s excuse is that he’s an English professor and haiku scholar.  He<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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has contributed mightily to haiku-lovers and this weblog with his lovingly translated<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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versions of the haiku of Japanese haiku master Issa – found at <\/FONT>The Haiku of Kobayashi Issa<\/FONT><\/A>.<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Today, I want to feature David’s own poetry, which can be found throughout his two novels<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Haiku Guy<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A> and <\/FONT>The Laughting Buddha<\/FONT><\/EM><\/A>  [click the links for access to sample chapters]<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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old stone bridge<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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whether I cross it<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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living dangerously<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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getting drunk<\/EM><\/DIV>
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\"haiku  You can find more poems by David G. Lanoue at his <\/FONT>World Haiku<\/FONT> <\/FONT><\/A>webpage<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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and by clicking the links in our Honored Guest <\/FONT>Archive<\/FONT><\/A>. <\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/FONT> <\/DIV>
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