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Year: 2026

04/05/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Mathias Reding

Stand in line
All we need is
Your compliance

Blast from the Past:

I should fall in line?
For a job? That’s never worth
It in the long run.

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on April 5, 2026April 5, 2026Categories Daily Haiku, Poems about Capitalism, Business, and Work, Poems about SocietyTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

04/04/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Nils Rasmusson

How are we
Supposed to build
Our fortresses of resilience
Upon only
Loneliness, stress, and exhaustion?

Blast from the Past:

I keep circling
The vortex of agony:
Cycle of anger

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on April 4, 2026April 4, 2026Categories Daily Haiku, Poems about Life, Poems about PsychologyTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

04/03/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

I sit here bobbing
Angsty yet bored, waiting out
The rest of my life

Blast from the Past:

Prisoner I am
Locked in a cage of freedom
Waiting for a key

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on April 3, 2026April 3, 2026Categories Daily Haiku, Poems about Life, Poems about PsychologyTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

04/02/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Juan Davila

The call deafens me
From the unstruck note sounding
Within the abyss

Blast from the Past:

Ascend the abyss
Mayo you be blinded by the
Patient rays of light.

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on April 2, 2026April 2, 2026Categories Daily Haiku, Poems about Philosophy, Poems about PsychologyTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

04/01/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: ėžŽė˜ 허

It’s very bitter.
My heart’s bitter through and through.
Eat some. I just did.

Blast from the Past:

What form should I take?
None of these do me justice
Shadows of my truth

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on April 1, 2026April 1, 2026Categories Daily Haiku, Poems about PsychologyTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

03/31/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Han-Hsing Tu

Water flooding at my face
Down down down I fall
My rope my only comfort

Blast from the Past:

Who would recognize
The withered leaf turned adrift
Whenever they pass

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on March 31, 2026March 31, 2026Categories Daily Haiku, Poems about NatureTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

03/30/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Michelle Tresemer

If our pets knew what
We humans were really like,
Would they choose to stay?

Blast from the Past:

Strapping boys end up
Mensplainers set in their ways.
Disappearing men.

Author ETHNODATA1Posted on March 30, 2026March 30, 2026Categories Daily Haiku, Funny Poems, Poems about SocietyTags dailyhaiku, dailypoem, dailypoetry, dailysenryu, dailyzappai, flashpoetry, haiku, haikuchallenge, micropoetry, poem, poetry, senryu, zappai

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Past Haikus:

  • June 1, 2026–June 7, 2026
  • May 25, 2026–May 31, 2026
  • May 18, 2026–May 24, 2026
  • May 11, 2026–May 17, 2026
  • May 4, 2026–May 10, 2026
  • April 27, 2026–May 3, 2026
  • April 20, 2026–April 26, 2026
  • April 13, 2026–April 19, 2026
  • April 6, 2026–April 12, 2026
  • March 30, 2026–April 5, 2026
  • March 23, 2026–March 29, 2026
  • March 16, 2026–March 22, 2026
  • March 9, 2026–March 15, 2026
  • March 2, 2026–March 8, 2026
  • February 23, 2026–March 1, 2026
  • February 16, 2026–February 22, 2026
  • February 9, 2026–February 15, 2026
  • February 2, 2026–February 8, 2026
  • January 26, 2026–February 1, 2026
  • January 19, 2026–January 25, 2026
  • January 12, 2026–January 18, 2026
  • January 5, 2026–January 11, 2026
  • December 29, 2025–January 4, 2026
  • December 29, 2025–January 4, 2026
  • December 22, 2025–December 28, 2025
  • December 15, 2025–December 21, 2025
  • December 8, 2025–December 14, 2025
  • December 1, 2025–December 7, 2025
  • November 24, 2025–November 30, 2025
  • November 17, 2025–November 23, 2025
  • November 10, 2025–November 16, 2025
  • November 3, 2025–November 9, 2025
  • October 27, 2025–November 2, 2025
  • October 20, 2025–October 26, 2025
  • October 13, 2025–October 19, 2025
  • October 6, 2025–October 12, 2025
  • September 29, 2025–October 5, 2025
  • September 22, 2025–September 28, 2025
  • September 15, 2025–September 21, 2025
  • September 8, 2025–September 14, 2025
  • September 1, 2025–September 7, 2025
  • August 25, 2025–August 31, 2025
  • August 18, 2025–August 24, 2025
  • August 11, 2025–August 17, 2025
  • August 4, 2025–August 10, 2025
  • July 28, 2025–August 3, 2025
  • July 21, 2025–July 27, 2025
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  • July 7, 2025–July 13, 2025
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  • June 16, 2025–June 22, 2025
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  • May 26, 2025–June 1, 2025
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  • May 12, 2025–May 18, 2025
  • May 5, 2025–May 11, 2025
  • April 28, 2025–May 4, 2025
  • April 21, 2025–April 27, 2025
  • April 14, 2025–April 20, 2025
  • April 7, 2025–April 13, 2025
  • March 31, 2025–April 6, 2025
  • March 24, 2025–March 30, 2025
  • March 17, 2025–March 23, 2025
  • March 10, 2025–March 16, 2025
  • March 3, 2025–March 9, 2025
  • February 24, 2025–March 2, 2025
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  • February 10, 2025–February 16, 2025
  • February 3, 2025–February 9, 2025
  • January 27, 2025–February 2, 2025
  • January 20, 2025–January 26, 2025
  • January 13, 2025–January 19, 2025
  • January 6, 2025–January 12, 2025
  • December 30, 2024–January 5, 2025
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  • December 23, 2024–December 29, 2024
  • December 16, 2024–December 22, 2024
  • December 9, 2024–December 15, 2024
  • December 2, 2024–December 8, 2024
  • November 25, 2024–December 1, 2024
  • November 18, 2024–November 24, 2024
  • November 11, 2024–November 17, 2024
  • November 4, 2024–November 10, 2024
  • October 28, 2024–November 3, 2024
  • October 21, 2024–October 27, 2024
  • October 14, 2024–October 20, 2024
  • October 7, 2024–October 13, 2024
  • September 30, 2024–October 6, 2024
  • September 23, 2024–September 29, 2024
  • September 16, 2024–September 22, 2024
  • September 9, 2024–September 15, 2024
  • September 2, 2024–September 8, 2024
  • August 26, 2024–September 1, 2024
  • August 19, 2024–August 25, 2024
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