Heartache & Haiku

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“heartache & haiku — feels sooooo deep that words cannot describe how much of a joke romance is to me”

poems/photos nobody asked for by ally wong

too many feelings lot of shitty poetry tears and fire trash

Dictionary

Definitions from Oxford Languages haiku

noun a Japanese poem of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven, and five, traditionally evoking images of the natural world. a poem in English written in the form of a haiku.

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a heartbreak cycle of unserious haikus leaves fall, love is dead

don’t wanna fall in love

KYLE

romanticising cold nights spent under your sheets I couldn’t reach you
from the start
Laufey

a false attachment yearning; an empty embrace tears turned bitter frost

symptomatic

your slick, honeyed words regretting the warmth we shared your mind—delulu

ungodly hour

Chloe x Halle

grasping

the surface farce of authenticity

where are the real ones?

fck boys

it’s not that deep but many can’t communicate treading the shallows
meteor
Kenya Grace, SOLOMON

infuriating countless arguments, no more grateful it’s over

what is love

cowards, I hate them the worst, they can’t deal with things a damned living mess

the sign

Ace Of Base

forcing connection it’s unnatural, the apps modern dating; bad toxic

character building I keep trying, for the plot the dumb lover girl shoop Salt-N-Pepa

ugh! the dirty talk off-putting, cringe—please just stop it feels too rehearsed

say too much

self-awareness—where? most do not seem to get it thick as red brick walls

paint the town red

Doja Cat

apologetic sorry I could not accept Us; better apart

thank you SOLOMON

I see memories but I will never go back the waves ebb and flow

shake it off

you made me realise I have standards—so upside the bar’s not in hell

IT GIRL

Aaliyah’s Interlude each teardrop that fell the ocean in my heart grew vast with a sunset

see you again

Tyler, The Creator, Keli Uchis

you, me; imperfect yet you yearn for an ideal effort is what counts

he wasn’t man enough

Toni Braxton

injected self love strike me with epiphany no regret, just growth

do my thing

Erila de Casier

my past and present proved I’ll get through, I got me note: my feelings suck take me

Miso

speaking to the soul trying to understand you yet my voice falls deaf

please don’t fall in love with me

Khalid

hoping we connect not a vessel—middleground the right frames: time, mind

7. what is love Haddaway

8. the sign Ace Of Base

9. toxic Britney Spears

10. shoop Salt-N-Pepa

11. say too much Kaliii, Young Nudy

12. paint the town red Doja Cat

13. thank you SOLOMON

14. shake it off Mariah Carey

15. IT GIRL Aaliyah’s Interlude

16. see you again Tyler, The Creator, Keli Uchis

17. he wasn’t man enough Toni Braxton

18. do my thing Erika de Casier

19. take me Miso

20. please don’t fall in love with me Khalid

21. get your wish Porter Robinson

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