{"id":1209,"date":"2025-07-07T10:50:00","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T14:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/?p=1209"},"modified":"2025-11-19T07:11:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T12:11:16","slug":"07-07-25","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/07-07-25\/","title":{"rendered":"07\/07\/25 A New Kwansaba for a New Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andrik-langfield-kCQwY1rd6I-unsplash.jpg?resize=840%2C560&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1210\" style=\"width:494px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andrik-langfield-kCQwY1rd6I-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andrik-langfield-kCQwY1rd6I-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andrik-langfield-kCQwY1rd6I-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andrik-langfield-kCQwY1rd6I-unsplash-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andrik-langfield-kCQwY1rd6I-unsplash-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/andrik-langfield-kCQwY1rd6I-unsplash-scaled.jpg?w=2520&amp;ssl=1 2520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Photo Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/photos\/man-and-woman-holding-each-others-hands--kCQwY1rd6I\">Andrik Langfield<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">-for my ex-girlfriend<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">we set off united with joyful hearts<br>though we ended up having to part<br>i still cherish my time with you<br>writing silly stories, hiking through distant lands<br>you&#8217;ll always have a place in my story<br>for pushing me out of my rut<br>hope you say the same about me<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">We recently broke up, and I used the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.writersdigest.com\/write-better-poetry\/kwansaba-poetic-forms\">kwansaba<\/a> format to reflect on this. 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