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How a Diecisiete haiku becomes a shirt or a print at ZURC: the poems move from the page to Poem Tees, prints, and stickers, word for word.

<p>Poetry apparel is clothing that prints a poem as its design. No stock illustration, no borrowed quote. The text is the graphic.</p> <p>That is how ZURC treats it. The poems exist first, as writing. Then some of them get printed.</p> <h2>from page to shirt</h2> <p>ZURC&#x27;s haiku are the Diecisiete poems: three lines, seventeen syllables, dated and published at <a href="https://zurc.dev/diecisiete/">/diecisiete/</a>. A poem that earns its place can move onto a shirt, a print, or a sticker. Word for word.</p> <p><a href="https://zurc.dev/poem-tees/">Poem Tees</a> carry the lines as type. Nothing decorates them. The poem is the print.</p> <h2>on a tee</h2> <figure class="plate"><img src="/assets/shop/diecisiete-rebel-horizon-tee.jpg" alt="Gold ZURC tee printed with the Diecisiete haiku Look up, feel better! Move the horizon higher! Let us revolt now! in dark green" loading="lazy"></figure> <p>One Diecisiete poem on a tee:</p> <blockquote><p>Look up, feel better!<br> Move the horizon higher!<br> Let us revolt now!</p></blockquote> <p>Seventeen syllables, from attention to a demand. The shirt prints all three lines and the word DIECISIETE underneath, small.</p> <h2>on a print</h2> <figure class="plate"><img src="/assets/shop/overwhelmed-i-wait-haiku-print.jpg" alt="White ZURC print with the haiku Overwhelmed? I Wait in green type, the last line highlighted" loading="lazy"></figure> <p>The same poem can live on paper. The <a href="https://store.zurc.dev/p/overwhelmed-i-wait-haiku-print/">&quot;Overwhelmed? I Wait&quot; poem print</a> sets the lines in green type:</p> <blockquote><p>Overwhelmed? I Wait<br> I Prefer Aged Feelings, Please<br> Memories Change Well</p></blockquote> <p>The <a href="https://store.zurc.dev/p/overwhelmed-i-wait-haiku-tee/">haiku tee version</a> prints the same poem on cotton. Same words, different surface.</p> <h2>on a sticker</h2> <p>The <a href="https://store.zurc.dev/p/diecisiete-haiku-sticker-sheet/">Diecisiete haiku sticker sheet</a> puts short poems on vinyl. A poem on a laptop or a water bottle keeps talking after the tab closes.</p> <h2>what to check</h2> <p>Not all poetry apparel prints a real poem. Before buying one anywhere:</p> <p>1. read the whole text: a complete poem or a fragment<br> 2. find the writer: a named poet and collection behind the words<br> 3. check the format: tee, print, or sticker, and where each is listed</p> <h2>browse</h2> <ul><li>the Diecisiete poems: <a href="https://zurc.dev/diecisiete/">/diecisiete/</a></li><li>Poem Tees: <a href="https://zurc.dev/poem-tees/">/poem-tees/</a></li><li>currently listed poem products: <a href="https://store.zurc.dev/poems">store.zurc.dev/poems</a></li></ul> <p>Poetry apparel works when the words are real. The rest is fabric.</p>