Random stuff I do/
with my kids: Walk into a/
private party, eat.
Tag Archives: ConTEXTing Haiku
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?
Isn’t It Obvious? Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
It is obvious:/
She won’t dance with me. Why would /
I want to kiss her?
Connecting The Past: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
I’ve chewed on a blade/
of grass, driven Ventura
Highway, and heard them.
Dance Anyway: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
There are those moments /
when you beg to dance, and the/
whole world laughs at you.
My Own Offering: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
When I give my own/
off’ring, I can just do the/
best I can, in faith.
Becoming Unburied: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
Buried for ten years,/
like me, they’ve now come forth to /
do what we should do.
Leaning In, Leaning Away: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
If she’s going to/
lean deeply into him, I/
should lean far away.
Why She Sat Next To Me: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
I don’t know why she/
needed to sit next to me,/
but I’m glad she did.
She Can Sit With Me: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
Several years ago, several women I was interested in dating told me they wouldn’t date me until I returned to the LDS Church (which I knew was true) and got my Temple Recommend. At the time, I was hurt, and wrote this poem: http://cyranowriter.wordpress.com/2012/10/09/getting-to-the-mountaintop-together-revolutionary-contexting-limerick/
The other day, in church, one of these women was sitting next to me, (as my friend), and I realized something:
She now sits with me/
on the mountain top, not through/
my path, but her own.