{"id":5105,"date":"2004-11-02T12:56:35","date_gmt":"2004-11-02T16:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/11\/02\/haiku-from-a-non-battleground"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:17","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:17","slug":"haiku-from-a-non-battleground-state-of-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/11\/02\/haiku-from-a-non-battleground-state-of-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"haiku from a non-battleground state of mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Alaska can stand in today for all the other electoral stepchildren.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Here’s a pair from <\/FONT>Billie Wilson<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A>:<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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November chill–<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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a barefoot man waits<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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for the northbound ferry<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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an avalanche roars<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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down Thybder Mountain–<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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first crocus<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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\"tiny from New Resonance 3: Emerging Voices<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/A><\/FONT><\/FONT> <\/EM><\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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credits:  <\/EM>“an avalanche roars”  Haiku Headlines<\/EM> (April 2002)<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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            “November chill” —<\/EM>  <\/FONT>World Haiku Review<\/EM> II:3<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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by dagosan<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/A> (in ny): <\/FONT>:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the leaves, her face<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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framed by gray —<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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autumn beauty<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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one-breath pundit<\/STRONG><\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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