She broke up with me/
over the phone. Now I feel/
broken, scared, alone.
OR
She broke up with me/
over the phone. I feel scared,/
broken and alone.
Category Archives: Romantic ConTEXTing Poetry
Feeling Loss And Lost: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
I feel loss and lost/
‘cuz I don’t know how to be/
or go without her.
OR
I feel loss and lost,/
not knowing how to be or/
go on without her.
Joy’s Dancing Balloon Burst: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
I wonder how she/
thinks I should act when she bursts/
my joyous balloon?
OR
I wonder how folks /
think I should act when they burst/
my joyous balloon ?
OR
joy’s dancing balloon?
Leaning In, Leaning Away: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
If she’s going to/
lean deeply into him, I/
should lean far away.
What I Do: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
If I really cared/
about her, I wouldn’t do/
half the things I do.
OR
If I cared about/
her, I wouldn’t do half the /
things I do to her.
Precious Words: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
They’re precious to me,/
so I use words sparingly/
or creatively.
Being His Oracle, Not Muse: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
She likes being an/
oracle. Is that eas’er/
than being a muse?
Or
She likes being his/
oracle. It’s less scary/
than being his muse.
Does My Brain Think In (Just)Haiku? Romantic ConTEXTing Sonnet
When the mood is right,/
and his brain works in time,/
he takes delight/
thinking in verse and rhyme.
He gets inspiration/
from many a source./
There’s no frustration/
as creativity runs its course.
His brain thinks aloud/
in a myriad of forms./
what others see through a shroud,/
he views as the norm.
As he views life and thinks upon it,/
he can write haiku, free verse or sonnet.
Being Both Muse And Oracle: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
He wondered how she/
felt, deep, about being both/
muse and oracle.
She’ll Go With Another Beau: Romantic ConTexting Haiku
Why dread leaving me?/
That gives me one less woman/
to worry about.