How far can I go?/
How much can I give? Does it/
matter if there’s love?
Tag Archives: ConTEXTing Poetry
Distractions In Church: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
In church, I’ll turn off/
my cell phone if you remove/
your crying* children.
OR
*noisy
There’s A Moon Out Tonight: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
There’s a near full moon/
out tonight. If you’d let me,/
I’d call and recite. 🙂
Shower Rivulet Hands: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
Like rivulets from/
the shower coursing down your/
body are my hands.
OR
Like rivulets from/
the shower coursing down her/
body are his hands.
How Inspiration Stops: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
Without my canvas,/
my river* of inspired/
words simply dried up.
OR
Remove my canvas./
My torrent* of inspired/
words simply dries up.
Seeing Stars: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
His fantasy, at/
first, was just to meet her. Now/
he wants to see stars.
Hope’s First Ray: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
She could see the first /
glimmer of hope shine, but she/
was afraid to look.
Building Trust Again: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
Maybe, he thought, there’s/
a way to woo her so she’ll/
learn to trust again.
Banking The Fire Until Later: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
If you’re cautious with/
fire you can bank it ’til heat’s/
more useful later.
Saying Nothing Is Wrong: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
If I say nothing/
against what is wrong, then I’ve/
spoken against right.
Or
denied righteousness.