Wade on Birmingham

world’s slowest speedway

Wednesday, January 29, 2014 by Wade Kwon

Motorists leave a
freeway’s worth of cars to the
gray merciless snow.

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the rainbow zoo cafe, snow day hours

Tuesday, January 28, 2014 by Wade Kwon

With school closed, she made
snow creams, enough for seven
skinny harbor seals.

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rancor in the rockies

Monday, January 27, 2014 by Wade Kwon

Hollywood types and
trust fund kids vs. people
trying to get by.

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crust to crust

Sunday, January 26, 2014 by Wade Kwon

The baker puzzled
over the finishing edge
for his latest pie.

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spiritual harvest

Saturday, January 25, 2014 by Wade Kwon

The community
garden nourished bodies and
planted seeds in souls.

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death by pleasantries

Friday, January 24, 2014 by Wade Kwon

Throngs of people close
in and swallow me, drowning
my soul in chit chat.

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the ire next time

Thursday, January 23, 2014 by Wade Kwon

He steadied himself
not for the audience’s
scorn, but for his own.

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the heavens in winter

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 by Wade Kwon

Frozen noses point
to Orion, frozen toes
planted on hard earth.

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looking back, looking forward, looking around

Tuesday, January 21, 2014 by Wade Kwon

Is life a bucket
list, a cabaret or a
tombstone’s etched hyphen?

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Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!

Monday, January 20, 2014 by Wade Kwon

Video: Martin Luther King Jr. in a TV interview.

Take a look at Martin Luther King Jr. discussing the various causes and challenges for the civil rights movement, not just in the 1960s but in 21st-century America.

triumph of the passable

Monday, January 20, 2014 by Wade Kwon

The city’s collapse
came not from corruption but
mediocrity.

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diy sonnet kit

Sunday, January 19, 2014 by Wade Kwon

Tell her she’s special.
Tell her she’s totally hot.
Tell her she’s the one.

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the splat comes at the end

Saturday, January 18, 2014 by Wade Kwon

He played by the rules
and took care of others, then
was hit by a truck.

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brief getaway

Friday, January 17, 2014 by Wade Kwon

He stared at the glass
of pale bourbon, unable
to shove it aside.

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this postmodern world

Thursday, January 16, 2014 by Wade Kwon

The boogeyman does
not hide nor shock, but merely
points out our failings.

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