Smut filled the pages
of the paperback novel
leading her astray.
• • •
Poetry by Wade Kwon
haiku for 1/15/2026
Smut filled the pages
of the paperback novel
leading her astray.
• • •
haiku for 9/8/2025
If you made it to
the end of this short poem,
congratulations.
• • •
haiku for 8/3/2025
The staff shows a deep
love of books in reels pushing
reading as vital.
• • •
haiku for 4/19/2025
I barely know who’s
cancelled, who’s fighting who and
who’s screwing around.
• • •
haiku for 1/11/2024
Enough self help! She
wants to lose herself in a
mystery romance.
• • •
haiku for 8/13/2023
Plenty of time for
binging and doomscrolling, need
to make time for books.
• • •
haiku for 4/3/2022
Devouring this
book in nightly sessions while
boredom falls away.
• • •
haiku for 4/2/2022
The absolute joy
of holding a book and thumbing
through its rough pages.
• • •
haiku for 1/21/2022
She sped through all kinds
of fiction, sharing her love
with literati.
• • •
haiku for 7/27/2021
The longest book is
the one sitting patiently,
ready to be read.
• • •