I was once called a/
“beautiful man”. Now I’m a/
mem’ry, and am still.
OR
… Now just a/
mem’ry, I am still.
Tag Archives: ConTEXTing Poet
Dreaming Listening: Romantic ConTEXTing Iambic Poetry
He leaned
and, listening, dreamed
thots of her,
voice near,
in near slumber.
What mite
it b like
2 hear her voice,
close?
2 feel her form,
warm,
at times b4 felt,
that made him melt?
Prepared Or Unaware: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
Would she be prepared/
or unaware of what late/
night missive he’d give?
No Response To Mistakes: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
When you make mistakes/
and get no response, just hope/
and trust you’re not done.
No Full Moon Distraction: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
There was no full moon/
to distract her this evening./
She went with the night.
or
She went into dark.
Dying Waiting: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
Do I wait to die?/
Do I wait dying? Weight/
dying? Or die waiting?
Empty Blank Verse: Romantic ConTEXTing Poetic Lament
____ _________ _____ _______ ___________.
__ ______ ______ _____ _______ ___ ____,
__________ _____ _____
________ __ _____ ______!
________ ______.
_ _______.
I guess/
nothing’s worse/
than blank verse/
about emptiness.
Y Ask Y And Y Care? Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
Y did she care who/
was shallow and self-centered?/
Y’d both go silent?
Green Instant Messaging Buttons: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
Green IM buttons/
let me know you haven’t done/
the Unthinkable.
Update 7/7/2011 — 3 p.m.
The buttons are gone./
Like seafoam bubbles popping,/
I don’t understand.
Uncertain Yet Sure: Romantic ConTEXTing Poetry
She layed,
Languidly,
Lingering in his arms.
He, taut,
Held tightly,
Timidly thinking of speaking.
Silence drove their uncertainty.
Yet both were so sure.