Ripping out lawn to/
plant wildflowers brings wild birds./
A double bonus!
Category Archives: Writing
Just Because Good Music: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
Just because I don’t
like something musical does/
not mean it’s not good.
Peach Pit Planting Alliteration: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
I plant peach pits near/
butterfly bush and bird bath.
Can I remember?
Missing The Temple: ImproVerse Free Verse
The longer I stay
away
from His temple,
The farther
I feel
from Father.
A Tail, Chanting: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku
After her tale, it/
was tempting to chant loud and/
long, but we didn’t.
Drowning Out Machines Yawp: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
The machine next door/
grinds on and drones loudly, but/
my yawp drowns it out.
Yes, We Yawp. Free Verse
Their neighbor asked,
with a slight tone of criticism and consternation in his voice,
“Why do you yawp each evening
at the setting of the sun?”
To which she responded,
with a slightly bemused
yet amused smile:
“Why don’t you?”
–From the Wisdom of Marnie Lynn Kuhns
Here is a great scene about Walt Whitman’s Barbaric Yawp from Dead Poets Society. RIP WW and Robin.
Creativity Matters: ImproVerse Haiku
Creativity/
matters so much that I can/
write on the Sabbath.
Youth Need Experience: Haiku
When youth have all the/
disadvantages I had/
maybe I’ll listen.
New Food Plus Leftovers Fat: Haiku Lament
New food comes while the/
fridge fills with leftovers. I/
wonder why I’m fat.