Pre-Christmas Self Pity: Haiku My self-pity haiku a week before Christmas: When you tried hard to/ avoid “Cat’s in the Cradle”/ yet they’re distant? Weep. Posted in Writing about Feelings and tagged Cat's in the Cradle, Dad's lonely Christmas, Emotional poetry, haiku, hurting, I was a good Dad, ignored by my kids, Kuhns, pain, Poetic Lament, revolutionary contexting Haiku, self-pity, working through issues.