This old man, he played/
songs and danced, topless, down the/
freeway. What’d you do?
Category Archives: Revolutionary ImproVerse Poetry
What Alternative Do We Have? Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
Knowing how I feel,/
I can’t imagine what you’re/
going through. Let’s pray.
Who Built This Cairn? Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
When you find a cairn/where you wanted to stack one,/
you ask: “Who built this?!?”
Missed Photo Too Slow: Revolutionary Rhyming ImproVerse Haiku
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.
Falling Pants At The Dance: Revolutionary Rhyming ImproVerse Haiku
All I want is that/my pants don’t fall off down to/
the floor when I dance.
Why Go Topless? Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
When I became the/
I-15 topless dancer,/
I made people smile.
OR
By becoming the/
I-15 topless dancer,/
I make people smile!
No Apology Necessary: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
Why apologize /
for doing something that you /
promised you would do?
Barefoot Reflexology: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
If you lose weight, then/walking barefoot becomes foot/
reflexology.
OR
If you lose weight, then/
walking barefoot on a rural/
roads won’t hurt as much.
Language Barrier: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
It’s not that we’re not/
speaking the same language, but/
that we’re not talking.
How Mother’s Day Started: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
Mother’s Day started/
as a world-wide petition,/
by mothers, for Peace.
Or
Mother’s Day started/
not by Hallmark, but mothers/
to establish peace.