I’m always a little skeptical when politicians talk about their children. . . .
But, some of my favorite haiku feature the poet’s kids.
Matt Morden is a great example:
summer’s end –
my children try to teach me
how to smile
winter sickness
my daughter tucks me in
for the first time
an old resume
my son colours in
his rainbow
credits: “summer’s end” – The Hornet’s Nest (Jan. 2003)
“winter sickness” – The Heron’s Nest, Valentine Award (July 2003)
“an old resume” – Snapshots #7 2000; World Haiku
by dagosan:
just one glass of wine –
Google keeps asking
“did you mean ______ ?”
[Oct. 23, 2004]
another stray dog
finds
her
[for e, Oct. 23, 2004]
In a thoughtful post, the Uncivil Litigator says he’s still undecided.
Athough she sure doesn’t trust Bar Counsel, Carolyn Elefant wants to let solo
practitioners read weblogs for CLE. Call us skeptical about honest compliance.
Inconsistent Brits? Although writing new laws to ban inciting religious
hatred, 17th Century anti-blasphemy laws remain on the books, which
penalize anyone who challenges the truth of Christian doctrine or the Bible.
(IndyStar.com, scroll to last item)
Interesting NYT Op-ed today (free reg. req’d):
– Nicholas Kristof on God and Sex (NYT, free reg.)
– Vaccine shortage priorities: liars, and Congress, and bears, oh my! [but, Europeans have enough]
– David Brooks asks “why are we still tied?” and concludes
“It just so happens that America is evenly divided about what sort of leader we need: the Republican who leads with his soul or the Democrat who leads with his judgment. Even the events of the past four years have not altered that disagreement.”
Longing to get away from presidential politics? How about joining the COMPLETE
project — a collaboration among researchers in five countries aimed at fully mapping nearly
1,000 square lights years of star-forming material in the Milky Way galaxy. [Let’s see,
5,880,000,000,000,000 square miles. Do they have tv election ads out there?]