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404 Haiku written in Allston, Massachusetts on 04/04/19 by Brighton Word FactoryFor the occasion of April March Penn's birthday

The contributors: April March Penn, Michael F. Gill, Susanna Kittredge, Nathan Comstock, Sue Savoy, Josh Elbaum, RoswellSeamarket, Lihi Zaks, Robert Coyne, Charles Rose, Cali Stenson, Abigail McFee, Suzanne O'Toole, Arturo Fernandez, Patrick Shaughnessy, and Angela Davis.

Haiku signed “BWF” are collaborative pieces where everyone contributed one linePreface by Gemma Cooper-NovackPrelude by Jonah Comstock

Thank you to everybody

Preface

Dearest supportersand chapbook readers, I hope

you enjoy haiku(so so so many haiku

—it’s seriously absurd)

—now as you’re reading,consider the poetic

roads travelled to getto the ludicrousness that

this collection’s composed of:

a haiku birthdayparty represents peak

Brighton Word Factory

-GCN

Prelude

There sure are a lotOf haikus in this P D

F. I’m just sayin'...

-JC

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I’ll arrive verylate like winter was and theseline bound’ries, fruitless.-And

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Seen at CVSJalapeño M & MsI want to leave Earth-NC

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Search for my suitcaseMy whole life is inside itAt least two days worth-NC

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Write the bad haikuIt’s the only way you getTo the good haiku-NC

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Is this a cheesecake?It technically has no cheeseTasty semantics-NC

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Is this a cheesecake?If it’s not 5-7-5?Formalist Dessert-NC

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It’s word factory!Did you meet your word quota?To the word gulag!-NC

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What is a gully?A sunken place where waterSinks into the ground-NC

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A couch of SusansSsh! I’m not a real SusanDon’t tell anyone-NC

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Analog HaikuNo digital haiku hereSorry google docs-NC

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CapitalismWhere each syllable costs youShit we’re out of mon--NC

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Haiku factoryFourteen people in a roomCounting on fingers-NC

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Promptless and not promptI, too, count on my fingersRiding the B line-And

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No more doorbell buzzJust rustling pages, scribblingAnd gentle chewing-NC

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All of our productsOrganic and gluten freeI mean all of them-NC

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Will Joe Biden run?In which direction? How far?He is kinda old.-NC

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Next stop Harvard Ave.Can I slip in unnoticed?Sorry for the buzz!-And

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Fascists on popcorn,Chomsky plays harmonica…I’m getting the gist.-And

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You can’t fix stupidBut you can make them tweet withtoe socks on their hands.-And

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Evenings with poetsengender new perspectives:“On Furry Twitter, …”-And

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The girl on the trainholding a gigantic stickand no one knows why-AMc

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Distancelonging is a word invented by thepoet when she left.-AMc

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A loosened garden.I don’t quite know what they grow—things that got away.-AMc

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Does it have waterand how smoothly does it moveand where to, and why?-AMc

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In a sunken placein the long conversation the pause between words. -AMc

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Shimmer shatteringand ongoing wonderingas the slow noon ebbs.-AMc

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The most desperate organ would likely be thekidney, I’m thinking.-AMc

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That everything begins or ends with this word:capitalism. -AMc

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Specificity takes up much more spacethan you’d like to think. -AMc

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At first, just the fields. Then the question of growing. Then taking from them. -AMc

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This is how they learned:at first moving their fingers,marking their own words.-AMc

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You had roots and words,Nebraska and lines formingthrough the written fields.-AMc

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Inside the haiku:this must be accounted forthis and this and this. -AMc

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This challenge sponsoredby the saxophoning tonguesand some of those features.-AMc

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So many junctioned leavesand furthermore that riveris eating me up. -AMc

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Ditch Rd. is acceptedas a name because we’re scaredof risking diction.-AMc

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I was disgustedby Didion’s trash perfume:New York afternoon. -AMc

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I want to hear more:a different city bloomingfrom the obvious. -AMc

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Daring endeavorscome from the house of hungerand what’s screened in it. -AMc

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Michael does not getcurious morbidity. What is it with death? -AMc

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I heard about awoman who baked goods for herown funeral guests.-AMc

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To be both balance and means of movement forwardtoes require socks. -AMc

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Floral arrangementWhich of you are the Leos?Gerbera daisies. -SO

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cherry blossom starepuddle looking back at usspring opens her hands-SO

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Ghosts knock three times firstand if you say, “Not right now,”they’ll come back later. -SO

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Once there was a man but not so much anymore. Being wore him out. -SO

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Under stress can youwrite any worthwhile poem?Or are they just trash?-SO

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Tell us about them!Tell us about the haiku!Tell us! Tell us, now!-SO

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Turn on the noises. We shall all bear witness now. Inspiring noises. -SO

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Sometimes I wonder:Will this book be the kind of thing someone will read?-SO

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Sometimes I wonder:Is this collection of wordshelpful to someone? -SO

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“Traditional fun”whatever that might have been. Does fun still exist?-SO

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grade school bad grammar soon scratches itself away then becomes precious. -SO

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Two more haiku. Wow, this is nearly complete! Well done, friends! Nice job!-SO

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Internet repeats until someone finds the end. Oh cool, here it is. -SO

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Orange-vanillafizz in the nose:not a joke-AF

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Pivoting word:pointing at a manwho has no answers-AF

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Glass gulliesholding on to suitcases:shop windows-AF

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A daisy made ofVenetian stained glass:fragility-AF

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Gummy dummyin a stop-motion world:Classic kids’ TV-AF

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Victory in theHaiku-based rat race:Signs of a sad existence-AF

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Cutting linesat the suitcase storewith a glass knife-AF

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Blue suitcaseon a moving walkway:lone wanderer-AF

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Daiya cheesecake:Bland protagonist of aSuperhero life-AF

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Syllable count: thecrutch of a puerile puristwho ain’t creative-AF

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Sugar rush blues:A song that resultsin bigger waistlines-AF

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Salt and lime and adash of coconut milk:Cupcake base-AF

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“I brought papaya”:the sound of excusesfor late arrivals-AF

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Elimination spell:Miss Vanjie, Miss Vanjie,Miss… Vanjie-AF

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Meme lord:He who wears silicon crownsof stolen laughs-AF

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Glass gully prompt:Ted Turner’s toolboxfor stone throwing-AF

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Recorded haiku:Interrupted by aScruff notification-AF

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Cilantro stemsby a French baguette:better than mouthwash-AF

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This is a short rant:Am I cursed to be the oneWho’s always on time?-AF

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This is a short rant:Whenever shall we move onFrom “Haiku Realness”?-AF

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Unreal frogsIn an unreal tournament:First-person shooter-AF

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Haiku that say“Capitalism”:Hard to write.-AF

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Old Tevye’s daughters:Innocent victimsOf tradition-AF

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Older womanGets a rich man to say:“Hello, Dolly!”-AF

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It’s the last midnightEverybody smashed flatBy a rolled eye.-AF

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Notebook coil:He who digs gravesIn my right pinkie-AF

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Don GiovanniGetting dragged to hell:The crowd rejoiced!-AF

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One more haikuuntil my hands are freedFrom bullshit pain!-AF

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Triumphal march:The joyous sounds of releaseFrom spiral pain-AF

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Thirty second longHaiku writing session rushAw crap I ran out---AF

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Harmonica blast:A loud invitationTo laugh at a clown-AF

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All tea, all shadeFrom a saxophone dreamOf socialism-AF

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Every day is shark weekAnd, um, may not be aRosy applause-AF

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Out of townOld-fashioned qualities:It’s like coming to Congress!-AF

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We’re notSounding like we’re on the moon:Real conversation-AF

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Donald Trump:Alright children, that’s a ringtoneOf real conversation-AF

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Certainly, it’s okay,I’m behind on my haikusLike a hooking fee-AF

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Noam ChomskyCannot be yelling:Verified by Italians-AF

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American sci-fi:There is lots of different waysTo read Kim Chi-AF

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Shivering Skyscraper:An interesting grade schoolOf arrogance-AF

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Seitan ninja sword:Vegan warrior womenDoling out the pain-AF

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Vicarious life:Mutilating enemiesBy way of proxy-AF

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Toe socks:The grand discomfort ofFoot corsets-AF

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Pointe shoes:An evolution of classAnd its destruction-AF

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Last minuteOf the haiku blood drive:And yet we live-AF

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A room of writersNo one has good handwritingAll of us have hands-PS

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A lost brown suitcaseAjar revealing glassesPint, sun, and three dee-PS

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Eight AM easterBells are ringing loudlyBells don't feel the cold-PS

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Bag of swedish fishAncestrally from swedenDo not contain fish-PS

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Newborn bear cubGlances at its first flowerSquints in the sun-PS

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The end of a stringLooped around a grooved red discBobs and spins sideways-PS

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One might try the cakeThough it's experimentalLike a beckett play-PS

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Never let poetsDecide what poetry isThey game the system-PS

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Fruit has sugarVegetables have sugarWe have sugar-PS

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Witch doctor chefPut the lime in the coconutIn the turducken-PS

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Birthday papayasLess common than piñatasMore than piranhas-PS

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Minutes of silenceCut sharply by our host's bellLike slicing a cake-PS

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Writing on a screenNot sure how to transfer thisOut of my cell phone-PS

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The box once held teaNow it holds stationeryT, too, is a letter-PS

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Missing glass seagullWashes ashore weeks laterCracked but not broken-PS

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Bought a new toiletNow i need a roommate forJustification-PS

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A large numberDivisible by two primesA lock and a key-PS

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Enter frog palaceWith unreal frogs twenty nineThey chirp at twilight-PS

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Microsoft haikuEach word requires a licenseOr you find a crack-PS

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I wanted to writeIn seventeen emojiThere was no blender-PS

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Open the door wideLet all the words come through itBut check their I.D.s-PS

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Mysterious limeLike a sea monster in fogKey lime or loch lime-PS

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Neither green nor lineOld rails to transport boxesOf motion sickness-PS

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Tried again to useEmoji for haiku countNo harmonica-PS

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Ernest hemingwayA man with a thousand toesI have heard it said-PS

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Narwhal capitalAccumulates wealth by theUnicorn's labor-PS

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People look like antsSeen from up high, confusingThis one giant ant-PS

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Anything that's wordsSomething borrowed, something blueSomething audible-PS

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Today's hard lesson:People need things besides forksThings such as drinks-PS

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Might as well burn downThe library of congressNone of them read it-PS

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We may not have peaceWe have so few certaintiesBut we have sugar-PS

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Old fashioned toiletAnatomy hasn't changedAlthough hygiene has-PS

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Laptop in a bagTyping on the phone insteadI have no lap-PS

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Asking my cell phoneTo autocomplete haikucount on your post on-PS and autocomplete

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More autocompletehaiku is more like a goodidea of the work-PS and autocomplete

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Phone tells me I'm notgoing anywhere but Iwould maybe go back-PS and autocomplete

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Autocomplete isthe spinal beam of your braincells in each other-PS and autocomplete

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A grade school teacherAbout to throw an orangeJustifiably-PS

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Spades, hearts, clubs, diamondsClovers, balloons, pots of goldCups, wands, coins, et al-PS

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Furries in bonnetsEither way's problematicWar or baby ones-PS

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A sock's not a footShouldn't simulate too muchJust be a sock please-PS

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More autocompletefor a team slam on the endjeeves is the last one-PS and autocomplete

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One minute, he says.Michael Gill's unstuck in time,I must now conclude-PS

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The cake was a lieThe walls are white like the moonHaiku portalling-PS

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what should I doif my feet keep falling asleepagain and again-RC

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The Hawthorne HotelOn the common, Salem, MANathaniel’s tavern-JE

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Some observationComment on observationWitty final phrase-JE

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I eat this sandwichSurrounded by people whoDon’t eat sandwiches-JE

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3 poems is enoughTo call yourself poetOr is it 7-JE

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Someday a strangerMight be my doppelgangerIt never works out-JE

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Expecting to seeeyes, find my fingers insteadAn unsettling day-JE

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Vampire friendsFamily of vampire slayersConflict resolution-JE

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Are you in a band?People always ask me thisMaybe it’s the hair-JE

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My Dad always bragsAbout seeing Noam ChomskyAt the airport twice-JE

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You look like a teenfrom the waist down, the front deskattendant tells me-JE

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Grade school teacher lifeMaking an ocean out ofjello, gummy sharks-JE

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Seitan or SatanSo realistic that it makes heaven feel ashamed-JE

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What’s wrong with toe socksNo one ever shames peopleFor finger mittens-JE

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When you swallow timeIt will keep you regularYou shit out minutes-BWF

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Sometimes I wonderIf clustered stars ever endOr are they breadsticks-BWF

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Free pizza! Hot stuff !A restaurant of culture ishaute bro & hot dawg.-BWF

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Come on come on whywon’t you be my baby-oh?Don’t you like my songs?-BWF

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Begin at the start.At the floundering foundingplatform of plastic.-BWF

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Stable communitiesAre always boring to kidsKids are always bored-BWF

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How about ideaMake haiku about fondue?Innuendo, ho!-BWF

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Vampire masquerade Everyone dressed as puppiesCutest lil’ monster-BWF

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This corpse of haiku:Finding words on our fingersIsn’t quite easy-BWF

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Let’s see glasses help.Do they sharpen or construct?Shimmer-shift the floor.-BWF

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Celestial mindIt’s a message from the starsTwinkle, twinkle, friend.-BWF

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I am glowing soundBut I have no sense of smellWill you lend me yours?-BWF

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Where are we going?Well, you gotta live somewhere.You gotta love space.-BWF

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India-no-place:Bring lots of ImodiumMeet your friend’s mother-BWF

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Noticeable manHands a balloon to a tree:U.S. intervention-BWF

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Forever evil.So slinky, and utterlyserpentine indeed.-BWF

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Perfume of voicesPermeates music of smokeReggae touché yeah-BWF

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A slippery soundA fish tongue--relish of light-- A glimmering scale-BWF

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When I was a kidDad played the harmonicaFired Piano Man-BWF

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Math about popcornA simpleton’s game of chuteTry to think backwards-BWF

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Ghost harmonicaI keep hitting the sevenA limit can help-BWF

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A public statement:Giddy up saddles! Ride fastand kick up some dust!-BWF

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Eww! Get this haikuout of my mouth! It's rancid!I must spit this out.-MFG

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is this a haiku or not? only the puristsseek out the answer-MFG

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bonu$ pointsif capitalism is inthe middle of haiku-MFG

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wish i had a transcriptinside this haikuof everything you said-MFG

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loneliness is anormal weather patternpermeating our lives-MFG

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the sound of all of uscounting on our fingerstasting every word-MFG

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fourteen people try to stay quiet wait for inspiration to sound-MFG

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i'm in line at the grocery storeit's greatbut it's not a cheesecake-MFG

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eat this in 17 syllable burstshaiku digestion starts here-MFG

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ok I have found one now-MFG

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((fill this haiku in later))((use a blank space))((wait for interruption))-MFG

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yes i'm the sound of a city falling asleepyes i'm wide awake-MFG

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first date make out seshgood time to tell me you justgot over head lice-MFG

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Angela Davisnot the infamous onethe one with papaya-MFG

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If Patrick S wouldautocomplete this haikumy day would be made-MFG

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Josh needs a prompt.I ask him what he wants to do.Opposites attract.-MFG

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Charlie R appears. A double-stranded universebegins to speak.-MFG

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Robert appears. Writes a single haiku. Disappears. Unseen lightning.-MFG

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Sue Savoy's Netflix password is "Netflix." Heremail is her address.-MFG

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Susanna finally mishears a phrase the way I mishear a phrase! <3 <3 <3 -MFG

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That one poem about hockeylives inside Suzanne O'Toole and I-MFG

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Nathan ComstockLet's write more of our podcast soonI want to leave Earth-MFG

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Art launches papaya deep inside the orbitof furry twitter-MFG

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I can't tell Abbyall my middle names 'causeI use them as passwords.-MFG

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All my haiku arejust things Cali Stenson says,says Cali Stenson.-MFG

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It took me three weeksBut I will never forgetLihi Zaks again.-MFG

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The universe endsbut Ros and I keep havingthis conversation-MFG

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April March Penn isthe greatest frog pond on Earth.Somebody to love.-MFG

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Happy Lent I’ve gotNothing left to give our God’sChurch is robbery -CS

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Unicorns versusNarwhals show us everythingFights.Horns.Fairytales.-CS

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Orange VanillaNot real Coke what is this stuffCapitalism-CS

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I hate haiku - fuckI’m so bad at these stupidPoetic ventures-CS

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I thought a duck wasLiving here - quacking doorbellInterrupting noise-CS

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I can’t tell storiesLike this. Broken verse all mashNo real line breaks -- damn.-CS

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This is Josh Elbaum’s Pen. I convinced him to giveIt to me. Stole it.-CS

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What’s your favoriteMusical? Wind comesSweeping down the plain-CS

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Can’t look up for nowRunning the world and stuff toBeat patriarchy-CS

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Floor or couch where doYou sit? Spread out lay down herePoets’ living room home.-CS

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I hate my landlordCan’t stop emailing about dryerI know she broke - jerk.-CS

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What’s your favoriteStuffed animal? Was ita TY baby?-CS

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My car’s named PaltowDrove her like a frame across statesDallas to Boston-CS

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Write one more it won’tReach twenty six syllablesRos wins this one. Okay?-CS

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I’m searching for theFive syllable words like gemsSave me from counting-CS

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Laptop laptop - kidsWon’t understand why DoraHad a real map view.-CS

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Indianapple!There. I fixed it for us. Whew.Trusty capitol.-CS

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Folding chair like BenAnd Regina were here onceBut Ben never knew-CS

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Harmonica soundBroccoli loud it’s fascists fromThe popcorn hotel-CS

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Corned beef seitan yumTake your wheat gluten knead itDisgust the vegans-CS

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Toe socks and vibramsWhat’s more comfortable thanEvery digit boxed-CS

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I’m early for breakfast Too excited for helloDate’s nerves, smiles, and again?-CS

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Michael thinks he isan Allston lifer but heknows not what it means-SS

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Just because you havea T-shirt doesn't make youbelong to that thing-SS

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Gummies are yummyThey're exactly the rightamount of chewiness-SS

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Sugar is myKryptonite. Without it I haveSuperpowers -- NOT!-SS

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Azucar is theSpanish word for sugarI know other words too-SS

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Donde está elbaño? No hay un baño.Sucio gringo-SS

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In my day there wereAlways at least three SusansIn all my classes-SS

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CapitalismFeudalism, Fascism,Socialism, oh!-SS

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Easter is the nextholiday coming up, areyou ready to rise?-SS

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Jesus Christ, babyHe’s the messiah on highSuper holiest-SS

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Everyone has abetter phone than me. Do Icare? A little bit.-SS

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I wish when peopletalk I could turn onsubtitles, pause, or rewind.-SS

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This haiku sponsoredby everyone who everhated me in life-SS

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I want my upstairsneighbor killed. Can't see how elseto be rid of him.-SS

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A cacophonyof TV noises is alljust white noise to me-SS

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April was born inNineteen-eighty-six. What wasI doing that year?-SS

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A nuanced haikuhas many levels like athree story condo-SS

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Serial killersI don’t get how you don’t findthem fascinating-SS

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Nature haiku forBoston. It's always too colduntil it's too hot.-SS

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Toe socks eat mac andCheese through a string bean straw, thenFart ferris wheel crunch.-AMP

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The space that you takeHas no edible daisies,Only olive eyes.-AMP

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I have weird food bearsIn my nostrils and I don’tKnow why they are there.-AMP

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I dreamed in gummyDaisies, care bear lullabies,Glass gullies, suitcases.-AMP

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This haiku has feetLike my bathtub. I wash wordsOn calligraphy.-AMP

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What is a poem?Does the spine of words tingleLike feeling warm light?-AMP

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Just add a curse wordAnd wait for a sizzlingSpit of hot oil.-AMP

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Oil that leaps upLike a headless dragon canBe a bruised, gray goose.-AMP

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Quality is hotWaffles for spreadsheets, paperGraphing a swan dive.-AMP

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I do not make sense.I spend sense, a penny fromThe steel war of self.-AMP

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I have been eatenBy my Google Drive, wildGeese pill bottles-- gulp!-AMP

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Everyone write downCapitalism-- duckyLucky stupefied!-AMP

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I ate this haikuThe way capitalismStole my phallic cat.-AMP

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Interruptions tapMy brain like a handwrittenScratching post for dreams.-AMP

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Everyone is nowCounting on their sword fingersLike flesh is a fight.-AMP

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Ah! Let the haikuBegin like a march of lostTape placings-- ghost blood.-AMP

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When you played a songAbout the moon, the oceanRose up my belly.-AMP

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I like ice cream hot.I like sandwiches with feet.I sing like melon.-AMP

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My cantaloupe breathesA whaling tear, small forestOf seeds crumbling juice.-AMP

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All my friends are whalesGone into the wine-dark sea,The sky-swallowed tails.-AMP

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I have magic linesThat disappear time, curtainsThat are a window.-AMP

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This challenge has teaIn the simple language ofHello perfection.-AMP

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Supreme has new rankFrom the west coast, a cowgirlToilet mixture tray.-AMP

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Contains it’s like-- wordWhat technology is airYou-- nuance-- a doll.-AMP

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Hurray, yeah, lawn ofMow-- slowly so you can stand.Suzie lee-- tell um!-AMP

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Open the rest ofThe world- we went to hisTaxi manatee.-AMP

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Oh my God that is1992-- the train,That’s where we start.-AMP

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Did you try goingOn the opposite train, soYou had a full media?-AMP

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Never play someoneWho you are not; don’t post theMom who like the view.-AMP

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Noam-- stop yelling, I Want to careen into theGreat American!-AMP

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A great moment-- scenesIn my most recent appeal-- wordsIn the Shakespeare vest.-AMP

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What should young peopleDo with their cure for braceletsCast in a box work?-AMP

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Why does language reachThe false teacher throwing--ohNuanced fruit Rupaul!-AMP

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Seitan is satanTo Celiacs-- do not eatThe lacy gut leak.-AMP

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True death is a bowlOf candied lobsters-- red coles--Tangent of idea.-AMP

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Secret symbols kissMy fandom is-- the searchEngine of costume.-AMP

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with an anarchistex, capitalism hasbecome a punchline-LZ

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linger a littlelonger, lay in my lap andlet your limbs loosen-LZ

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3 AM panicdid he ever — is he dangerrelease in morning-LZ

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tickle tantrums tendto tantalize tumult-ous tyrannic trolls-LZ

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all she wrote was afew damn poems that made senseto no one at all-LZ

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popcorn hotel iswhere the kernels meet but popat general sight-LZ

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you cup the waterwatch it slide through your fingersbecoming slick time-LZ

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when more than fifteenmeet at April’s, the floor falls through into Earth’s core-LZ

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this isn’t workingfor me, we all say to Mich-ael. hope he understands -LZ

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dairy and map towns take sepia tones into beeps of city life-LZ

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sink into stableequilibria, avoidmy unstable bend-LZ

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you gotta live some-where so I moved to the bott-om of the ocean-LZ

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I told them to leave me be where octopi weren’t painful memories-LZ

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to you because Ican’t remove your sadness withmy own longing for-LZ

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something I haven’t had but want for myself that you can’t lose again-LZ

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and so you’ve closed offwelcoming abyss alonenot to hurt others-LZ

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Satanic seitanhere to terrorize the meatlovers in the room-LZ

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we could attempt to be prolific — to reach three hundred sixty five! -LZ

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murder macabre — myst-ique to manic pixie dream girls and metal heads-LZ

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come up with cleverlines to end this cycle ofhaiku voices please-LZ

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capitalism:some say serfdom two-point-ohsome just call it hell -RS

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unfortunatelyI had to leave too earlywho won last night’s slam?-RS

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in allston-brightonthe wind is still howling harshit’s not really april yet-RS

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mayakovsky saidhe never made it to maynor his whistling heart-RS

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poor mayakovskyhis heart whistled everywherebut not summer songs-RS

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congratulate me—i am resisting the urgeto write in russian-RS

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too many poetson the floor in April’s houseto be quite legal-RS

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once you start to countit’s hard to break the patternof five-seven-five-RS

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there was a challengeto use “capitalism”issued by Cali-RS

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but no-one orderedthe assembled writers herenot to socialize-RS

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a charming old booka frontispiece in russian“nationalize bread”-RS

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i still can’t believe i saw shevchuk in concerthe seems a sweet soul-RS

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i’ve never been called any kind of math personi dread grad exams-RS

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i love translationif i make pushkin say fuckno-one can be mad-RS

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i hate translationwhen pushkin really says fuckno-one believes me-RS

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will they give awardsif we read enough of thesewill someone pay us-RS

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there’s a ghost in herehe smokes in the hall sometimesmy landlord blames me-RS

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and that’s unjust, yeahbut i’ll take the fall, it’s fineghosts have fallen far-RS

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hemingway kept catsonly a few cats at oncea thousand toes, though-RS

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i hadn’t realizedhow close i am to the roadmost places i go-RS

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how many haikucan i write while i’m waitingfor my turn to read-RS

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a lot of haikui almost have twenty-sixjust four more to go-RS

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petersburg is younga frost-grizzled bachelorgrids imitate age-RS

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spring revs its motorit backfires in the street, coldblossom-like exhaust-RS

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misfortunate fleshi was born to walk, maybebut my head’s spinning-RS

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my whole chart is dampstars reflect only waterlike kurt cobain— fuck!-RS

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i’m always shakingregardless of the weathera fever that lasts-RS

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he bought me a bookand wrote a sonnet insidepushkinian verse-RS

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i can’t seem to findthe fork’s in michael’s kitchenhow can i eat cake?-RS

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expecting to seea message from our sponsors?we don’t do that here-RS

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but pushkin sonnetsare not suited to english.great effort though, friend-RS

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we anticipate our very own “brief delays”congratulations!-RS

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noam chomsky cannot yelllinguistics and politicsquiet sciences-RS

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they can be loud, tooamplification can helpas can bombs, i guess-RS

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prestige dialectsare instruments of controlas norms always are-RS

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for dr. berlindostoyevsky’s a hedgehogand pushkin’s a fox-RS

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i’m quite fond of himi should write him a sonneta haiku will do-RS

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the tetris effectnot just video games, nowrepetitive sight-RS

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a meat substitute can be worse than the real thingin multiple ways-RS

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the suits of the cardsdo not have to be dry-cleanedand thank god for that-RS

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crime and punishmentwas the first detective bookis demons true crime? -RS

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i think the possessed is a sexier title even if it’s wrong-RS

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We’re on the home stretchHow many do we have now?365 yet?-RS

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it took me a whilebut i finally got some cakefuck yeah i love cake-RS

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according to friendsi resemble something like smokedo i sting your eyes?-RS

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i’m trying to bea true heir of billie joebut what IS pop-punk, though?-RS

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it’s always riversdehydration’s not my stylein poems at least-RS

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tsar alexander:blown to hell on my birthdayif you use old dates-RS

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i wish i had hairas cool as Josh Elbaum’s hairthen people would ask-RS

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i’m not in a bandjust so we’re all clear on thatI wish I was, though-RS

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clockwork anarchyall the years together likebouquets of flowers-CR

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a whale with four legs and hooves swims in the sea - a prehistoric creature-CR

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many tentaclesinterior forgettinglittle red well house-CR

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the hub of the wheelI look around and aroundthe red strawberry-CR

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the haunted hotelwould you sleep alone all night?clear flowers blooming-CR

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this meal so messya vague stew, weather reportspositive salad.-CR

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o elephant your house plantis dead. captive topassive passivity.-CR

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too many people at desks. conversation isblue opium. See?-CR

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I wish I knew whatwas behind me all the time.dark side of the mind.-CR

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keep going sky swirlingowl eyes cypress, gentle hillsnocturnal graphite.-CR

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I don't want to inhale parent tumbleweedred rocks western shore.-CR

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three dimensional shakespeare. Constellations of pentameter.-CR

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Eleven haikuDigi-documented. Now I have done my job.-CR

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Wherever you liveYou did not choose to live thereWell, unless you did-NC

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A Fair Trade gift shopI can’t increase Noam ChomskyThe problem was me-NC

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India-no-placeNot a bad city unlessYou’re writing haiku-NC

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Is Boston my home?Is it even a real city?Will I wake up soon?-NC

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1986April Penn was born that yearDid this redeem it?-NC

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The Popcorn hotelNo fascists allowed in there Just fancy butter-NC

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Tetris 99Processions of spinning blocksInvading my dreams-NC

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If I had a bandFor each band name I’ve thought ofI would never sleep-NC

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Trying to pluck wordsHarvesting cacophonySmoothing our chaos-NC

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Haiku marathonfor April’s birthday party:This is how we do.-SK

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Lindsay fed her songrapes, gummies, and Cheez-its fordinner. Balanced meal.-SK

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I am the conductor,says Michael from the gullyIn the middle.-SK

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Avocado:29 grams of fat,4 of them saturated.-SK

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Wedding websites sayyou need to buy all the things.Capitalism.-SK

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How to find the best florist for under fiftyThousand dollars.-SK

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Plan your wedding day:Don’t forget favors, flowers.Don’t eat your guests.-SK

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Perfect wedding day:Buy all the things or it willbe badly ruined.-SK

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Primer, foundationConcealer, highlighter, blushBronzer, gloss: beauty.-SK

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Hair, makeup, dress, shoes,food, favors, flowers, venue,drinks, officiant. -SK

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Get in line. Get inlime. Citrus surrounding you.Wait here patiently.-SK

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Fairy the guinea pigwas white as snow but toobelligerent.-SK

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Pressed my face against the glass. Bianca del Riobut what are you saying?-SK

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Use the phones and usethe words. Don’t use Michael, heis broccoli loud.-SK

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But then again, yay!A three hour delay! You goin there. It’s shut down.-SK

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Her style is bitterand we got all of these oldlaptops. Broken. Dead.-SK

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Right in front of you;her nasal erudite voice.We sure love her, though.-SK

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The judges say “no, it’sOK. Don’t post a meme, anddon’t Founding Father.”-SK

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Noam Chomsky:Liberal darling; linguisticterrorist. Grandpa.-SK

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Why is bad grammar, today, making my homeIndianapolis.-SK

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я сдаюсь уже хочу писать по-русскик сожалению -RS

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no, I must resistcommunication is key. we all know English.-RS

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sometimes it’s worth ityou gotta get some headliceand see where it goes-RS

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ripped from the headlinesis kind of a cheap plot source@dostoyevsky-RS

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we are so close nowgroup effort and single skillWill bring us the win-RS

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the doctor listens he asks if I have a willmy heart skips a beat-RS

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i haven’t yet saidbut i want to wish Aprila happy birthday-RS