When you wander the/
desert and find water, it’s/
good…if you’re alive.
OR
Wandering in the/
desert lets you love water …/
if you’re still alive.
Or
… if you have survived.
Tag Archives: poet David Kuhns
Thank You Again: Romantic ImproVerse Rhyming Haiku
Motivation and/
inward examination/
from her helps me move.
Baseline: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku
She’s the baseline, the/
standard by which all are
found/
wanting. Now I am.
Saving Us: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku Lament
Once she was going/
to drive to me to save us./
I wish she’d let me.
Goodbye: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
Garden and Boston/
books will go on shelves. The sharp/
cheese I’ll save for me.
The Old Servant: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
He’s almost a full/
century old, and still prays/
for a chance to serve.
OR
Almost invalid/
and a century old he/
still prays to still serve.
Love Dreaming: Romantic IMprov Haiku
Instead of dreaming/
of being in love, why not/
dream of just loving?
Don’t Be Sorry For Crying: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
Why apologize/
when emotions are near the/
surface and flow free?
Sunrise And Clouds: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
When you want to watch/
and embrace the sunrise, you/
may greet clouds instead.
She Smiled At Me At Church: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
She kept smiling at/
me, changing my morning mood./
Babies uplift us!
Or
Babies lift our souls.