When you’ve been vile, you/
can’t return to the pure. Old/
friends won’t embrace cleansed.
Tag Archives: revolutionary poetry
How do women wear black, shiny things like this?
As I was folding/
My children’s laundry, /
I came across/
a shiny
black
sheath. /
Turning it /
first one way,
and then/
the other, /
I wondered to myself, /
“How would my girls /
wear this?”
Then it occurred/
To me:/
It/
Was/
A/
Black/
Shiny/
Pillowcase.
Natural Christmas Ornaments: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
When left to her own/
devices, she could truly/
make a masterpiece.
Your Shoe On St. Nicholas Day: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
Traditions may be/
forgotten by her, but old/
St. Nick remembers.
Recession 80% Proof: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
“There’s no Recession/
in the alcohol business.”/
Does that bother you?
Remember Good God: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
God is good always./
All the time, God is good. Why/
don’t I remember?
Gazing Out The Plane Window: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
Maybe it’s not trains./
Maybe it’s just children and/
windows. They’ll always look.
Unanticipated Consequence: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Free Verse Poem
The unanticipated consequence
of having
a heart that’s breaking,
and
a soul that searching,
and a mind that’s wondering,
is that a view
of San Francisco bay
at sunset
absolutely flat lines
you.
Nothing.
No emotions.
No memories.
No smiles.
No desiring Allejandro’s.
No craving
walking down Columbus Street
or North Beach to find some pasta
or cannoli.
No wishing for family style
in Chinatown.
Oh wait!
There IS a memory.
A blond haired,
blue-eyed
man,
with his back to the Golden Gate Bridge,
Russell Wilson jersey repping,
hands raised
high
in the air,
middle fingers
extended.
Yep.
F the Whiners.
F the Quakes.
F the A’s.
And the Giants.
F San Francisco.
But mostly,
F the Whiners.