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08/15/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Anatoliy Shostak

Walls of our old home
Full of so many stories
Left there unfinished

Context (if you’re interested):

This poem is about the nostalgia of looking back at an apartment of a relationship that didn’t quite work out.

08/14/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: CDD20

I’ll always be here
To patch whatever was lost
Back onto your heart

(The story behind this poem; only read this part if you’d like to hear my personal story. Skip if it you’d prefer to glean your own meaning from the poem: I wrote this poem to help me vent my emotions about a specific dispute that happened. I am trying to convey how humans tend to event more and more arguments to solidify their initial impression in their mind even as more facts made it clear their position was wrong.)

This one is based on a poem I read while in Manila about someone unwilling to deal with a break up.

08/13/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: wal_172619

I’ve been too caught up
In what thinking about what I ought to do
To actually be

(The story behind this poem; only read this part if you’d like to hear my personal story. Skip if it you’d prefer to glean your own meaning from the poem: I wrote this poem to help me vent my emotions about a specific dispute that happened. I am trying to convey how humans tend to event more and more arguments to solidify their initial impression in their mind even as more facts made it clear their position was wrong.)

This poem is about the pressure to uphold one’s obligations instead of thinking about what works best for you as an individual.

08/12/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: billycm

The world’s so messed up
That you must have a purpose,
Your part to fix it

(The story behind this poem; only read this part if you’d like to hear my personal story. Skip if it you’d prefer to glean your own meaning from the poem: I wrote this poem to help me vent my emotions about a specific dispute that happened. I am trying to convey how humans tend to event more and more arguments to solidify their initial impression in their mind even as more facts made it clear their position was wrong.)

This poem is about my own struggles to find my purpose, my way to help make the world a better place.

08/07/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

Photo Credit: Joel Lee

“Only to get by.”
“There’s no other choice.”
“You’re overthinking.”

The story behind this poem; only read this part if you’d like to hear my personal story. Skip if it you’d prefer to glean your own meaning from the poem:

This is about how others say to not think and just follow what those who tell you what to do when these leaders give unreasonably and/or unethical proscriptions. I was particularly thinking about how this happens in workplace.

08/06/26 A New Haiku for a New Day

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Growth lies in knowing 
All your imperfections are
Gifts for you to hold

The story behind this poem; only read this part if you’d like to hear my personal story. Skip if it you’d prefer to glean your own meaning from the poem:

We shouldn’t beat ourselves up for our imperfections but see them as gifts. Usually our biggest strengths and our biggest imperfections interconnect.

(I had bad internet, so I could not post this day of, but I did write it on that day.)