Our best behavior/
can’t be forced. It’s who we are/
in our core. You’re good.
Tag Archives: IMprov Poetry
Self-Inviting Bad Manners: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku
You didn’t affirm./
I’d invited myself, which/
smacks of poor manners.
Learning To Play: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku
“Do you want to play?”/
“I don’t know how.” “Me neither.”/
So then they both did.
OR
“Wanna play?” he asked./
“I don’t know how.” “Me neither.”/
So then they both learned.
Weaving A Warm Word Blanket: Romantic IMprov Rhyming Haiku
I would weave you a/
poem; a word blanket that would/
hold you safe and warm.
Words Warm Rain: Romantic IMprov Haiku
His soft, tender words/
rained warmly over and in/
her, unexpected.
Hovering Lips: Romantic IMprov Haiku
He hovered, like a/
new-hatched butterfly, over/
her lips’ moist sweetness.
Stop Looking There! Revolutionary IMprov Haiku
Someone will brighten/
your life when you stop looking/
into the bright sun.
New Shoes Muse Blues: Revolutionary Rhyming IMprov Haiku
I need the chance to/
view what I can do with a/
new muse in those shoes!
OR
Give me a chance to/
view what poetry can do/
to a new shoes muse!
Geese Call Me Home: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku
Wild geese fly over/
my mid-mountain lake, calling/
me back to my home.
OR
calling /
back my memories.
Love Versus Hate Tenacity: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
Satan wants our souls,/
his tenacity fueled by/
hate. God’s is by love.