Who stands in for us
in media, government,
board rooms and healthcare?
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Poetry by Wade Kwon
haiku for 8/6/2025
Who stands in for us
in media, government,
board rooms and healthcare?
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haiku for 8/21/2021
It slips into our
conversation so quickly
I fail to push back.
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haiku for 7/26/2021
Keep pushing people
of color to the brink. Fuck
around and find out.
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haiku for 4/5/2021
Not every person
of color gets asked Where are
you from?” Lucky us.”
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haiku for 4/3/2021
haiku for 2/11/2021
Those who cannot re-
member the Black past are con-
demned to repeat it.
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haiku for 7/9/20
haiku for 6/7/20
We absolutely
need to reform the police
to save our black friends.
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haiku for 6/5/20
Marchers shine a light
on police brutality.
while enduring it.
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haiku for 6/4/20
The statue is gone,
but the Confederacy
lives on in their hearts.
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