{"id":5168,"date":"2004-12-02T16:47:46","date_gmt":"2004-12-02T20:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2004\/12\/02\/no-translation-needed\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:58:10","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:58:10","slug":"no-translation-needed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2004\/12\/02\/no-translation-needed\/","title":{"rendered":"no translation needed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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David G. Lanoue<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A> is the word-wizard behind the hundreds of haiku    \"dlanoue\"<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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you’ll find at this site by Japanese master Kobayashi Issa<\/FONT><\/A>.  David’s<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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him to breathe life <\/FONT>into <\/FONT>Issa’s words from two centuries ago.  E.g<\/EM>.,<\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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       never more alive<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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     the old fart<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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stacks the winter<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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the cold front
reaches the Deep South
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credits: “never more” and “old fart” from from: Haiku Guy<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/A> (Red Moon<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/A>, 2000) <\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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             “cold front” from <\/FONT>World Haiku Ass’n<\/FONT><\/A> website.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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