They served food with a
welcoming atmosphere and
still ended up closed.
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Poetry by Wade Kwon
haiku for 1/11/2026
They served food with a
welcoming atmosphere and
still ended up closed.
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haiku for 9/9/2025
haiku for 5/1/2025
A quaint storefront with
confections galore and a
hungry clientele.
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haiku for 4/21/2025
It’s just us and a
waitress/bartender hopping
around the tables.
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haiku for 4/20/2025
The chairs are put up,
the guard is locking up, the
cooks are cleaning up.
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haiku for 4/11/2025
We shared slices and
beers at this pizzeria
joint on the southside.
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haiku for 4/10/2025
Steam tables loaded
with tempting Asian dishes
all to fatten us.
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haiku for 3/7/2025
We share a moment
(and some tots) at the end of
the new restaurant.
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haiku for 3/6/2025
Kids would run and scream
and laugh and clamber on the
staircase before lunch.
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haiku for 3/5/2025
It was hard (SCREEE!) to
hold a conver— (SCREEE!) sation
with (SCREEE!) all that noise.
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