Stand Up Guilt: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku She may need to stand/ me up. So why should I be / feeling so guilty?
Museum Floor Brain Stunning: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku She was so stunning/ his brain simply fell out on/ the museum floor.
Alone Dancing On Snowy Moon-Shadowed River Banks: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament Spanish Fork River and Sandy Beach, Utah LakeHe stood on the snowed / banks of that river alone, / cold and moon-shadowed. AND Dancing with moonbeams/ to the stream’s soft notes was not/ enough to hold her.
I Write, But How Will She Know? Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku So much was written!/ Should I send her poetry/ though texts? Email? Both?
Seriously Intense Dense: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku Lament Seriously?!? I/ again prove myself much too/ intense. I’m so dense.
Enthusiasm Looks Like Desperation: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Enthusiasm / is too often mistaken/ for desperation. OR Enthusiasm / can too oft be mistaken/ for desperation.
We’ll Say Goodbye: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament It’s easy to squash/ men’s enamoredization./ Just criticize them.
To Be. To Try. To Fail. — Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku To be a poet!/ To try so hard with phrases/ and words. To then fail.
Eyes Like Supernovas: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku When a woman’s eyes/ shine like two supernovas,/ don’t Photoshop them.
Things Fit As They Should: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku Lament In her memory/ I stacked rocks by a stream and/ washed my face. Fitting.