The calendar is
new, but you’re still the same old
you with more mileage.
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Poetry by Wade Kwon
haiku for 1/1/2026
The calendar is
new, but you’re still the same old
you with more mileage.
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haiku for 1/1/2025
… I muttered after
throwing my dead clone into
the nearest dumpster.
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haiku for 1/1/2024
Time to start anew.
New hopes, new dreams and new goals.
The new year awaits.
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haiku for 1/1/2023
haiku for 1/5/2022
Freedom from worry,
from suffering, from violence,
from things ’21.
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haiku for 12/31/2021
A waltz, a kiss, a
toast, a vow, a glance, a shared
look and a new year.
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haiku for 10/28/2021
A nonstop orgy
of gifts, eating, dressing up
and some reflection.
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haiku for 1/1/21
Never have we been
so grateful to see the dawn
of another year.
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haiku for 1/1/20
We are reborn like
stars, planets and galaxies
from so much space dust.
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