If you don’t ask or/
discuss, you’ll never learn or /
grasp what the truth is.
Or
grasp where the truth lies.
Tag Archives: poet David Kuhns
When Fear And Dread Replace Hope: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
When absolutes don’t /
occur, fear and dread replace/
anticipation.
Or
When promises aren’t /
fulfilled, fear and dread replace /
my hopeful waiting.
Acting Hollow And Empty: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Poem
The feelings
And desires
we profess
With deep impassioned words
And emotions
Seem hollow
and empty
When we continue to act
As though they are
hollow
And empty.
It’s OK Not To Call: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
You won’t call after. /
I know it seems like cheating./
I feel the same way.
In Your Party Partying: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
At tonight’s event,/
you can wish I was in your/
party, partying.
Or
Tonight, at dinner,/
Leaving For Amsterdam: Romantic Blogging Iambic Rhyming Haiku
I’m leaving today/
for Amsterdam. Come you may;/
at least, if you can.
OR
We can leave today/
for Amsterdam. We’ll go Dutch./
At least, that’s my plan.
Reading Others’ Writing: Romantic Blogging Haiku
She’ll read others’ words./
Poems, prose, verse written before./
Her’s are not enough.
Storehouse Of Hugs: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku
I know where hugs are./
I have an eternal store,/
if you need any.
(written in an email to my children, along with this video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=hN8CKwdosjE
No Dumb Poetry Expressed: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
A friend wrote me a thought flow / poem through email. When I didn’t receive it, she said “It was dumb, anyway!” (actually, it was brilliant… as usual), to which I responded:
In the writing world,/
there is no dumb poetry,/
just thoughts unexpressed.
Changing Who I Am For You: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
I can’t change who you/
think I am, or who others/
were. I can just be.