Avoiding You, Avoiding Flames: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

Maybe I avoid/
you the way that a moth should /
stay away from flames.

Curing My Pavlov’s Response: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

I want to know how/
to cure my Pavlovian/
response. Never mind.

Roses pink, red, white
and yellow bloom in my yard.
Memories of you.

What can-should I do/
to undo the guilty you/
and provide hot goo?

If you set dates that/
are virtual and no one/
calls, you’re still stood up.

Mere mortals we are/
not. What if we treat each one/
we meet as a great?

My mother’s bookcase/
shrinks from room-sized to notepad./
Her book list explodes.

Every Father’s Day/
there’s one message missing. This/
year, it’s not his child’s.

Saying dont worry/
about you is like saying/
don’t care about you.

In Dutch town they run/
out of fresh buttermilk on /
Saturday mornings.