Words Can Lift Or Hurt: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

In my life it is/
Always better to be kind/
Than to be clever.

Thinking Of The Cleaner: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

When you have much to/
cleanse in your life, it’s hard to/
think of He who cleans.

He’s sad he can’t sneak/
down the long corridor and/
hug* her this early.

He, rushed, didn’t have/
the whole experience he’d/
paid for. She, still, did.

Why should I rebel/
against another’s verse? It’s/
not competition.

Eternal rhythms/
of waves and wind reset my/
internal peaceful.

If folks don’t want to/
see me they won’t try to see/
me, so why should I?

I should stop telling/
others what to do — or not — /
and just live my life.

I called myself the/
“Stu–” word, but the kid said “NO!”/
And you know? He’s right!

Props to the kid in/
the red sweatshirt — and Dad — who/
left and still returned.