The Witness Of The Witness: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Elder Russell M. Nelson waits to speak at Scandanavian Heritage Festival, Ephraim, Utah, 2013

You walk in. You see/
him, and you know: There is a/
servant of our Lord.
Or
You walk in. You see/
him seated, and you know*: There/
is a man of God.

*feel

Start Of A Tough Journey: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

“Don’t stop believin'”/
means even more now to me/
than it did before.

Relative Pain Relating: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku

Is the pain our son/
feels like the pain you felt when/
I left? I’m sorry.

Painful Message: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku

“She left.” That’s all my/
son had to say to unleash/
floodgates of heart pain.

Putting On The Umlaut: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

I always wish I/
could figure out how to put/
the Deutsch umlaut on.

How’d You Start Your Morning? Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

This old man, he played/
songs and danced, topless, down the/
freeway. What’d you do?

What Alternative Do We Have? Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Knowing how I feel,/
I can’t imagine what you’re/
going through. Let’s pray.

More Heartache: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku

Just when you think you/
can’t get any more heartache,/
you learn that you can.

Who Built This Cairn? Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Unknown cairn builder on the shores of Utah Lake, May 2013

When you find a cairn/
where you wanted to stack one,/
you ask: “Who built this?!?”

Missed Photo Too Slow: Revolutionary Rhyming ImproVerse Haiku

Sunset at West Mountain lakeshore, Utah Lake, May, 2013

A lone pelican /
silhouetted against the /
sun. I was too slow.
Or
… I missed the shot.
OR
A lone pelican /
silhouettes against the sun’s/
set. I was too slow.

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