Haiku Composed While Trying to Catch a Cab on 21st Street in Queens

14 Apr 2011

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1 Min

By: William Shunn

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Woman in burqa
Pushing her grocery cart
Texting on her phone

Haiku Poems Queens

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William Shunn

Hugo and Nebula Award nominee. Creator of Proper Manuscript Format, Spelling Bee Solver, Tylogram, and more. Banned in Canada.

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Haiku Composed While Trying to Catch a Cab on 21st Street in Queens

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And I Love Her

Smells Like Brooklyn

Saturday Morning in Astoria, Queens

Uh-oh! Oreo!

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