With women it’s wise/
to withhold sonnets but not/
such tasty omelettes.
Tag Archives: ConTEXTing Poetry
Omelette Smile: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
She craves my omelette./
I desire her smile. does one/
lead to the other?
Cleaning Up: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
Will anyone who’s/
pure, lovely, and virtuous/
want me, who’s been soiled?
My Part In The Creation: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
If I helped in the/
Creation, I’ll own ‘skeaters*,/
because they feed birds.
(aka mosquitoes*)
OR
*lake bugs,/
Easy Choice To Smile: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
If I go to a/
meeting where all are sad, should I/
get sad or lift them?
My Responsibility: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
My kids could have said:/
“Dad, remember who you are/
and what we stand for.”
Drooling At Heaven’s Gates: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
She stood, drooling, in/
front of the gates of heaven./
Should I push her in?
Taunting Photo: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
As if to taunt me,/
she sent me a photo of/
where I wished to be.
Seeing Who We Are: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
We may only need/
someone to help us see our/
self-reality.
OR
We may only need/
someone to help us see, and/
free, reality.”
We’re Not Perfect, But: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
A friend said she was concerned that, although she wanted to do good, she was not, and would never be, “good enough”. (See the previous poem: “Making up the Difference”.) I responded that none of us are “good enough”, but …
With Jesus’s help,/
we can all be good enough/
and rise to glory.
Or
… rise to greatness.