When she’s with me but/
texting him, it hurts like it/
once did. Thank you NOT.
Tag Archives: Poetic Lament
What Tears Are These, Shed? Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
He was not surprised /
that she made him cry, but these /
were not tears of joy.
They All Call Her Beautiful: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku Lament
When I call or text/
and she won’t answer, am I/
like her other men?
Believe What She Says: Romantic Email Haiku Lament
Weekends, she says, are/
lonely for her. Why wonder/
when she won’t call back?
Dark Kitchen Disappointment: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
When you think it’s some/
of her world-class split-pea soup,/
but it’s refried beans.
Never Saw It Coming: Revolutionary ImproVerse Free Verse
As he listened to his daughter
rant
about what a terrible father
he had been while she
was growing up,
he couldn’t help
but recognize the same words and complaints
that his new love had claimed
about her ex-husband.
It made him sick,
and it made him run.
He didn’t think he
was that terrible person, but maybe he was,
and he had just never seen it.
Everybody else had,
but he couldn’t.
And isn’t that
the narcissistic
way?
Waiting For Support: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku
She knew it would be/
a tough evening. She lent him/
no support. Bye bye.
How Seattle Feels … A Lot: Revolutionary Commentary Free Verse Poem
Remember/
that time/
when was sunny/
in Seattle/
and I was texting,/
looking at my phone,/
and I missed it?
It’s My Blog — I’ll Self-Aggrandize If I Want To: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku Lament
Almost all I post/
on my blog can be thought self-/
aggrandizement. Und?
Despite All That, I’m Here: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku
I drove through rain and/
bad traffic to get here. Yet she/
cuts my shave habits.