If I can’t love you/
and grow with you forever,/
then what is the point?
Tag Archives: romantic poetry
Listening To Old Tapes: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
I called as promised./
When you didn’t answer, I/
listened to old tapes.
Lonely Pain Heading To France: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
She didn’t know how /
lonely I felt whenever/
she wasn’t around.
No ผัดไทย (Pad Thai) Delight: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
I wonder: Does she /
know that eating ผัดไทย (Pad Thai) no /
longer delights me?
Lonely Pillow Pile: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
MY pile of pillows/
is stacked up high to keep me /
from being lonely.
Caring: Romantic Email Poetic Lament
She claimed she cared for me
but what did she ever see
of my kids’ agony?
My lack of destiny?
My parents elderly?
Courtroom travesty?
Lack of money?
My self-destructive propensity?
She only cared
that for her I was there
when she was needy.
Valentine’s Day Planning: Romantic E-Mail Poetic Lament
On this Valentine’s Day
I spent planning romantic trips:
The south of France.
The coast of Spain.
Springtime overnight
in The City of Light.
A week in Vegas, baby!
A long weekend in Magic Kingdom.
Non-stop flights.
King-sized beds
for one.
Valentine’s Day Go Away: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
You wanted a poem /
for Valentine’s Day, then went/
away. Why bother?
When Dreams Become Nightmares: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
Sometimes, when dreams come/
true, if you’re not careful, they/
can become nightmares.
There’s No One, Including You: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
You, green, think I have
/another. There’s no one else. /
You weren’t there, either.