It’s easy to squash/
men’s enamoredization./
Just criticize them.
Tag Archives: romantic conTEXTing Haiku
To Be. To Try. To Fail. — Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
To be a poet!/
To try so hard with phrases/
and words. To then fail.
Eyes Like Supernovas: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
When a woman’s eyes/
shine like two supernovas,/
don’t Photoshop them.
Phone Break-Up Angst: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
She broke up with me/
over the phone. Now I feel/
broken, scared, alone.
OR
She broke up with me/
over the phone. I feel scared,/
broken and alone.
Feeling Loss And Lost: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
I feel loss and lost/
‘cuz I don’t know how to be/
or go without her.
OR
I feel loss and lost,/
not knowing how to be or/
go on without her.
Joy’s Dancing Balloon Burst: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
I wonder how she/
thinks I should act when she bursts/
my joyous balloon?
OR
I wonder how folks /
think I should act when they burst/
my joyous balloon ?
OR
joy’s dancing balloon?
Leaning In, Leaning Away: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
If she’s going to/
lean deeply into him, I/
should lean far away.
What I Do: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
If I really cared/
about her, I wouldn’t do/
half the things I do.
OR
If I cared about/
her, I wouldn’t do half the /
things I do to her.
Being His Oracle, Not Muse: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
She likes being an/
oracle. Is that eas’er/
than being a muse?
Or
She likes being his/
oracle. It’s less scary/
than being his muse.
Being Both Muse And Oracle: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
He wondered how she/
felt, deep, about being both/
muse and oracle.