Putin brandishes
his military might by
killing families.
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Poetry by Wade Kwon
haiku for 12/20/2022
haiku for 11/20/2022
New patterns based on
old ones that oppress, detain
and discriminate.
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haiku for 11/4/2022
The little dumdums
made up activities and
had others take tests.
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haiku for 10/30/2022
haiku for 10/28/2022
All he remembered
of the mugging was the gun
pointed in his face.
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haiku for 10/9/2021
They reach unseen in
wallets and purses to shop
for pizza and gas.
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haiku for 5/30/2021
He’s not such a bad
guy, they’d say in defense. That’s
just how he was raised.
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haiku for 2/6/2021
Marauders hell-bent
on toppling democracy
and hanging its reps.
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haiku for 10/25/20
In her apartment,
an innocent bystander
shot by cops six times.
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haiku for 6/24/20
From the corner stores,
but especially from the
swank corporate board rooms.
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