put on pause
___
when watching a tv program
freezing time
with the click of a button
is effortless and easy
however if history has taught
us anything,
we must learn
resilience, patience, and gratitude
President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066 on February 19th, 1942 which forcibly removed over 120,000 Nikkei from their homes, schools, and businesses to live in incarceration camps.
On May 18th, 2008, the University of Washington commemorated 449 Japanese Americans, who were students from 1941 to 1942, at “The Long Journey Home” event.
As a Gosei and third generation University of Washington alumnus, my haiku pays homage to the Japanese Americans, including my late grandfather, who were unable to complete their higher education journeys from 1942.
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