Tired of getting up
in a world indifferent
to menial lives.
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Poetry by Wade Kwon
haiku for 1/17/2026
haiku for 1/11/2025
Long nights bring gloomy
moods. Such dread manifests in
the gray winter sky.
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haiku for 10/10/2024
Each day, the feeling
of depression is bigger
than the one before.
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haiku for 4/3/2024
haiku for 9/13/2023
haiku for 6/17/2023
Not so much dreaded
as defeated. Familiar
feeling of the funk.
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haiku for 6/7/2023
Too alone with no
plans, no activities, just
me and depression.
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haiku for 3/10/2022
A brief siesta
to prep the body for lunch
and afternoon drudge.
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haiku for 10/25/2021
Between depression
and anxiety, I’ve got
past and future locked.
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haiku for 7/24/2021
Each morning I sink
back into the ooze, drowning
slowly on dry land.
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