We Know You Better: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

This piece is based on my daughter’s photo and comments at the Seattle Art Museum photo exhibit: http://portraits.site.seattleartmuseum.org/portfolio/camilla/
The people who once/
knew you do not find you the/
way you find yourself.

Purple Rain Sunset: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku Lament

Over in the West,/
t’wards Minnesota, came sad/
sounds of purple rain.

I’m cracking pine nuts/
with my mom. She complains of /
old age. I don’t mind.

Living on the lake, /
there’s lots I could do, but just/
one thing I should do.

Go to the dock, take/
a panorama and see /
50 shades of grey.

Four toothbrushes. One,/
blue, mine. Three, red, dad’s. Why did/
he grab the blue one?

The question isn’t/
if writing’s good or bad, but/
if it feeds your soul.

There was a canoe,/
empty, at sunset, waiting/
for you two, and beer.
(photo (c) by Michael Affolter, 2016)

When you wear thrift store/
high-waters, it’s good to have/
Albert Einstein socks.

You may teach a man/
to fish, but if he won’t go/
where they swim, he’ll starve.