Wade's Daily Haiku

trick or treatment

haiku for 10/31/20

*doorbell* *temperature
check* *hand sanitizer* *tongs*
*drop candy* Repeat.

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haiku for 10/19/20

Carve a jack-o’-lan-
tern, put it in a mask. Hang
a skeleton. Same.

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haiku for 10/13/20

Bobbing for vaccines.
Trick or grab-and-go bagged treat.
Masks and nothing else.

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haiku for 7/4/20

A declaration
of freedom for some, leaving
all others behind.

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haiku for 5/25/20

Today we honor
their sacrifices. Can we
not sacrifice, too?

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haiku for 4/12/20

Bunny hops to and
fro but everyone’s hiding
their eggs inside homes.

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haiku for 4/1/20

An annual rite:
The joke is on all of us
again and again.

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haiku for 12/31/19

Thirteen twelve ele-
ven ten nine eight seven six
five four three two one

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haiku for 12/26/19

Snow smothering the
land, long nights of despair and
dread, bitterness reigns.

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