I could not believe,/
although I desired to. Help/
thou mine unbelief.
Category Archives: Romantic ConTEXTing Poetry
What I've Waited For: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
After decades, a/
woman rubs my back during/
Church. What should I do?
OR
I’ve waited for years./
A woman rubs my back in/
Church. What should I do?
Eye Surgery Thumbnail Moon: Romantic ConTEXTing Poetry
The morning of my eye surgery,/
another memory/
and her thumbnail moon, shiny,
again greeted me./
Never more with glasses to be./
I’d soon see/
Clearly,/
Near perfectly./
But she/
Won’t and wouldn’t see/
Me./
As I drove toward the city,/
and the facility/
where doctors waited patienty,/
Ironically,/
I couldn’t focus.
She's Sprinkling Fairy Dust: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
She didn’t know I’d/
dreamed of Tinkerbell since I/
was a little boy.
Not Sorry For Being Up Late: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
I wish I could say/
I’m sorry for keeping you/
up late. But I’m not
Incorrect Mind Reading: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
I’m busy. Thinking/
I don’t care for her *would be:/
She’s mind reading wrong.
OR
*is her/
mind reading wrongly.
Snooze Lose Silence: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
She was happy she/
inspired another poem from/
me. Then silence fell.
You Don't Know Her Game: Romantic ConTEXTing Limerick
I knew not her name,/
just from whence she came./
She didn’t make it easy,/
and she wouldn’t tell me./
So at last she lost the game.
Being Beaver Cleaver: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
I don’t believe her/
when she says she wants me as/
her Beaver Cleaver.
Staying Awake: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
I am emboldened/
and kept awake by her hot/
passion that I sense.