When we guide our kids/
as they learn to walk, we don’t/
criticize their falls.
Tag Archives: haiku
Other Comfortably Numb: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
“Comfortably Numb” is/
not just drug- or booze-induced./
Starving feels that way.
Did You Vote? : Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
If you voted, then/
complain all you want. If you/
didn’t, then shut up.
Always Proud To Be An American: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku
I’m still proud to be/
an American. I’m not/
proud of bad choices.
Going Away: Romantic ImproVerse Rhyming Haiku
You told me to go/
away, although I didn’t/
want to. I’ll obey.
OR
You told me to go/
away. Although I didn’t/
want to, I’ll obey.
Withdrawing From Friends: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku
I don’t understand/
friendships where you withdraw or/
hide when you’re strug’gling.
Distant Non-Possibility: Romantic IMprov Haiku
What I always dreamed/
as a possibility/
is now too distant.
Competitive Illness: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
Illness is not a/
competition about who/
has the worst disease.
Don’t Change: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
I think I want a/
girl who won’t change my clothes, my/
jokes, my joy-core me.