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Poetry by Wade Kwon

Wade's Daily Haiku

Tag: depression

life has beaten me down

haiku for 1/17/2026

life has beaten me down

Tired of getting up
in a world indifferent
to menial lives.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on January 17, 2026December 30, 2025Format QuoteTags depression, mental health, societyLeave a comment on life has beaten me down

seasonally, affectively disordered

haiku for 1/11/2025

seasonally, affectively disordered

Long nights bring gloomy
moods. Such dread manifests in
the gray winter sky.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on January 11, 2025January 1, 2025Format QuoteTags depression, environment, mental health, winterLeave a comment on seasonally, affectively disordered

spiraling

haiku for 10/10/2024

spiraling

Each day, the feeling
of depression is bigger
than the one before.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on October 10, 2024October 4, 2024Format QuoteTags depression, health, mental healthLeave a comment on spiraling

an extra helping of depression

haiku for 4/3/2024

an extra helping of depression

It masks itself in
extra sleep and slowly drains
my vitality.

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Wade's Daily Haiku
Author Wade KwonPosted on April 3, 2024March 31, 2024Format QuoteTags depression, man vs. self, mental healthLeave a comment on an extra helping of depression

feeling blah

haiku for 9/13/2023

feeling blah

Depression sometimes
lurks as demotivation
to do anything.

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Wade's Daily Haiku
Author Wade KwonPosted on September 13, 2023August 30, 2023Format QuoteTags depression, mental healthLeave a comment on feeling blah

a depressive state

haiku for 6/17/2023

a depressive state

Not so much dreaded
as defeated. Familiar
feeling of the funk.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on June 17, 2023May 31, 2023Format QuoteTags depression, mental healthLeave a comment on a depressive state

moping around the house

haiku for 6/7/2023

moping around the house

Too alone with no
plans, no activities, just
me and depression.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on June 7, 2023May 31, 2023Format QuoteTags depression, loneliness, man vs. self, mental healthLeave a comment on moping around the house

the mid-morning nap

haiku for 3/10/2022

the mid-morning nap

A brief siesta
to prep the body for lunch
and afternoon drudge.

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Author Wade KwonPosted on March 10, 2022March 6, 2022Format QuoteTags depression, mental healthLeave a comment on the mid-morning nap

the fear and now

haiku for 10/25/2021

the fear and now

Between depression
and anxiety, I’ve got
past and future locked.

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Wade's Daily Haiku
Author Wade KwonPosted on October 25, 2021October 1, 2021Format QuoteTags anxiety, depression, mental healthLeave a comment on the fear and now

in the grips of depression

haiku for 7/24/2021

in the grips of depression

Each morning I sink
back into the ooze, drowning
slowly on dry land.

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Wade's Daily Haiku
Author Wade KwonPosted on July 24, 2021July 17, 2021Format QuoteTags depression, man vs. self, mental healthLeave a comment on in the grips of depression

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