Alert the lifeguards
and get out the deck chairs. It’s
time to go swimming.
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Poetry by Wade Kwon
haiku for 4/21/2024
Alert the lifeguards
and get out the deck chairs. It’s
time to go swimming.
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haiku for 1/18/2024
The residents burst
to life as they gazed at old
pictures from their youth.
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haiku for 8/22/2023
Float around with friends,
sipping coladas, swatting
insects, keeping cool.
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haiku for 10/20/2022
Get beaten over
and over because it’s how
we always do things.
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haiku for 10/15/2022
Talking in vain while
listening to the band play
deafeningly loud.
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haiku for 10/5/2022
Bring on the art and
exotic foods and music
and cooler weather.
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haiku for 9/17/2022
A warm summer’s eve
as the bluegrass band takes the
stage before a crowd.
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haiku for 9/11/2022
They spent their weekend
nights peeling out in circles
while evading cops.
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haiku for 9/7/2022
The boys made up new
tricks as they glided and jumped
and fell on each curve.
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haiku for 12/28/2021
Their innuendo
proceeded with every card
dealt, every brow raised.
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