Wade's Daily Haiku

southern politeness

haiku for 6/2/2025

Soft noncommittal
answers dance around probing
inquiries, y’all see.

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haiku for 5/15/2023

Paddling along the
grand waterway in search of
an old legacy.

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haiku for 5/6/2023

The damn yankees snatched
up a hometown favorite
just to watch it die.

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haiku for 5/2/2023

Who are these weirdos
selling biscuits in our back
yard? Pricy and twee.

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haiku for 12/21/2022

Southerners dream of
snow, but wake up to icy
nightmares all around.

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haiku for 5/1/2022

Working the pit at
four in the morning, tending
those meats carefully.

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haiku for 3/14/2021

Anyone could tell
that the translucent bag had
a mess of fried pies.

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haiku for 8/31/19

They argued over
who made the better sweet tea
while eating takeout.

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haiku for 6/24/19

Can’t be captured in
lame sweet tea homilies and
down home duncery.

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