Masked armed thugs from the
government round up people
of color on sight.
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Poetry by Wade Kwon
haiku for 12/18/2025
Masked armed thugs from the
government round up people
of color on sight.
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haiku for 10/21/2024
His clothes reeked, his hair
reeked. But the officer could
not find any weed.
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haiku for 7/27/2023
A police training
site that the people don’t want
in their wooded lot.
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haiku for 6/9/2023
Bullets are flying,
people are dying, and the
cops are in the dark.
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haiku for 1/13/2023
Bodies drop every
day in the city. Nothing
slows down the killing.
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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 8/5/20
Protesters marching
peacefully and lawfully.
Shock troops on the way
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haiku for 7/11/20
What does it look like
when a society re-
thinks its policing?
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haiku for 6/22/20
haiku for 6/7/20
We absolutely
need to reform the police
to save our black friends.
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