In Alabama,
a stupid football coach will
become governor.
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Poetry by Wade Kwon
haiku for 1/28/2026
haiku for 12/19/2025
A deadly sentence
for state prisoners at the
mercy of the guards.
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haiku for 10/27/2023
haiku for 8/5/2022
This state taxes food,
not for the revenue but
out of danged sheer spite.
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haiku for 1/18/2022
Come sit a spell with
me beneath the oversize
peach water tower.
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haiku for 4/27/2021
The morning storms spun
up lesser tornadoes to
scar Alabama.
The evening brought a
furious set of twisters.
Hundreds would be killed.
We remember that
day 10 years on, what we lost,
who we miss dearly.
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haiku for 1/29/21