Time Warps: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

When you want to be/
with someone, hours are minutes /
and never enough.

On Pioneer Day, Walk With Me: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

Pioneer daughter,/
think of wastelands, then take steps/
into the unknown.
Or
Pioneer daughter:/
Think of wastelands, then join me/
probing the unknown.

Dealing With Struggles: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

In our own struggles,/
we often forget others’/
sufferings as well.

Dealing with our own/
struggles, we often forget
other’s sufferings, too.

Embracing Beauty: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

A friend from the Midwest saw this photo of the sunrise over the Vashon Island ferry dock, She asked: “If one sees this every day, does one notice the beauty everyday?”
Valid question, to which I wrote this haiku:

Beauty shows herself./
She appears in diff’rent forms./
We embrace each view.

To A Mother At Church Feeding A 3-Year-Old: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Context: On the pew in front of me, at church was a VERY chubby 3 year old. Through the course of the meeting her mother gave her a bag of gummi bears, string cheese, a bag of apple chips, more candy, and a bag of some other snack. Maybe there is a reason she needs it, and I’ll try not to throw the first … chocolate kiss!
If you stuff your kids/
with junk food, they will end up/
looking fat like you.