{"id":2036,"date":"2026-01-18T10:07:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/?p=2036"},"modified":"2026-01-18T05:20:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T10:20:34","slug":"01-18-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/01-18-26\/","title":{"rendered":"01\/18\/26 A New Haiku for a New Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1860\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sculpture-of-child-blowing-glowing-earth-like-bubble-scaled.jpg?fit=744%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2037\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.726565034057736;width:263px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sculpture-of-child-blowing-glowing-earth-like-bubble-scaled.jpg?w=1860&amp;ssl=1 1860w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sculpture-of-child-blowing-glowing-earth-like-bubble-scaled.jpg?resize=218%2C300&amp;ssl=1 218w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sculpture-of-child-blowing-glowing-earth-like-bubble-scaled.jpg?resize=744%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 744w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sculpture-of-child-blowing-glowing-earth-like-bubble-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C1057&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sculpture-of-child-blowing-glowing-earth-like-bubble-scaled.jpg?resize=1116%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 1116w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sculpture-of-child-blowing-glowing-earth-like-bubble-scaled.jpg?resize=1488%2C2048&amp;ssl=1 1488w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sculpture-of-child-blowing-glowing-earth-like-bubble-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C1651&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/crackeddoor.com\/daily-haikus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Sculpture-of-child-blowing-glowing-earth-like-bubble-scaled.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" 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\/sculpture-of-child-blowing-glowing-earth-like-bubble-_0JvvHf0V-w\">Daniel Radu<\/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\">People who get lost<br>In their fantasies struggle<br>With reality.<br>Eventually, their bubble<br>Will have to burst in their face<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Blast from the Past:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Loosen the chains of<br>Reason and bathe in the sea<br>Of your fantasy<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People who get lostIn their fantasies struggleWith reality.Eventually, their bubbleWill have to burst in their face Blast from the Past: Loosen the chains ofReason and bathe in the seaOf your fantasy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[85,32],"tags":[45,46,14,17,89,18,21,20,19,83],"class_list":["post-2036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-psychology","category-alternative-poems","tag-alternativepoems","tag-alternativepoetry","tag-dailypoem","tag-dailypoetry","tag-dailytanka","tag-flashpoetry","tag-micropoetry","tag-poem","tag-poetry","tag-tanka"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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