When your life is lived/
environmentally, each/
day is an Earth Day.
Category Archives: Writing
Earth Day, Again: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku
Decades passed since I/
cleaned the Milwaukee River./
This Earth Day, I plant.
Finally Starting: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
When you’re trying to/
start, push in the clutch and brake./
Make sure you’ve got fuel.
OR
When you’re trying to /
start, push in the clutch, then make/
sure your gas tank’s full.
A Sonnet To Salute The Salutatorian: Revolutionary IMprov Sonnet
Out on a tree’d hill he stood,
walking in the buggy grass;
never caring he was that good;
never thinking to place high in his class.
‘Neath scaled hickories without effort
(it seemed), he read, wrote, studied.
With his cousins on and in X’d videos he’d cavort,
whether the paths were pulsing, dry or muddied.
He sparred with great wit and thought
as he discussed, with authors, literature.
He pondered and argued upon what he got
from reading ancient and revealed Scripture.
At last, now, as BigEP reaches a good childhood’s end,
Let us salute the brain’d heights of this Salutatorian!
Twice-Told Sunset Lesson Told Twice: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
Today my daughter texted me at about 4 p.m. to ask: “What does Grandpa always say about sunsets?”
(Answer: If you’re too busy to watch a sunset, you’re too busy!)
Ironically, later in the evening, I was outside working on finishing installing/repairing our new (to us) chicken coop. Suddenly, shortly after 8 p.m., I stood up and looked westward … and realized I’d missed most of the sunset. Weird that my daughter and I had JUST DISCUSSED that point … and I’d missed the lesson!
So I wrote this haiku:
Dont get too busy/
and forget to turn around
and watch the sunset.
Early Morning Listening Lesson: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
Today I turned off/
the screaming guitar to hear/
morning birds instead.
What Have I, Done? Lamenting Haiku
I responded bad,/
before I’d read her, knew her./
I feel ill and guilt.