If I throw my gum/
out on the freeway, does that/
help with paving costs?
Tag Archives: haiku
Not A Good Ending: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku Lament
It’s sad when you know/
this is finito and she/
talks with some new guy.
Finding Your Poet’s Soul: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku
Everyone has the/
soul of a poet. Just look/
for and accept it.
Getting On With Life: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku
Why do I seem good/
at “getting on with life”? I /
don’t know I have to.
Why Do I Miss You?: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
I miss you. A lot./
How or why i do doesn’t/
matter much, does it?
OR
I miss you. I miss/
your voice. How or why doesn’t/
matter much, does it?
How To Get Through Painful Days: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
It’s not seizing the /
day that gets me through it, but/
avoiding the pain.
OR
I avoid the pain.
Why Don’t I Write? Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
When pain like this rips/
my heart apart sometimes there/
are just no words left.
Discovering The World’s Largest Open-Pit Prozac Mine: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
A friend claims all the/
Utah women he dates take/
psycho drugs. Yeah? So?
The Rise And Fall Of Carpe Diem Man: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
As soon as I named*/
myself Carpe Diem Man,/
I stopped being him.
OR
I stopped day seizing.
*The person who named me “Carpe Diem Man” reminded me that they’d bestowed that name on me, so technically this should be “called”, as in “As soon as I called…”
Who Am I? Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
I worked so long at/
being someone I’m not, I/
forgot who I am.