Seven Late-Night Haiku Stanzas About Substack

1.
In the dark, the light 
Of my phone’s screen casts shadows
Across my wife’s face.

2.
Give them a platform
To stand on, and they will show
You how they can dance.

3.
Substack is to X
As New Orleans is to Hell
As poetry is.

4.
There are poets here
But these Procrustean screens
Cause their lines to wrap.

5.
James Joyce could be here
Gradually amassing
His pomes penyeach.

6.
Bashō writes haiku
And posts them to a Substack
Made of butterflies.

7.
Sign up for a free
Or paid subscription as they
Migrate into sleep.

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