He stood on her bridge/
where no man had gone before./
“As you wish”. “Engage.”
OR
Engage as you wish.
Tag Archives: romantic
We Both Are: Romantic Email Rhyming Haiku
She claims she likes her/
differentness, what raises/
her above the rest.
OR
She claims she likes her/
uniqueness, that which raises/
her above the rest.
Making Her Discontented: Romantic IMprov Haiku
She is content with/
her life, but I want to make/
her discontented.
Why Not Why Instead Of Why Not?: Romantic IMprov Haiku
Why do we always/
look for why not instead of/
searching for the whys?
Does She Know? Romantic Blogging Haiku
I wonder if she/
even knows how much she fuels/
creativity.
OR
I wonder if she/
even knows how much she fuels/
creative juices.
Miss ______? Romantic ImproVerse Haiku
Long before I knew/
that she was Miss Anything,/
I wanted to ask.
OR
Long before I knew/
she was missing anything,/
I wanted to ask.
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?
Heart Problems: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku
Arrhythmia: When/
you don’t want a girl who makes/
your heart skip a beat.
Sonnet Smiling: Romantic IMprov Sonnet
She reeled him in/
with her smile,/
as though made just for him:/
Beautiful, without guile.
She then (sadly) made him wait
as she nodded sleepily.
He could only anticipate
and try not to do so creepily.
Her smile and her profile
made him seek more.
He’d wait awhile;
what was he looking for?
But then she announced he could not be her mate.
His dreams she trounced: “Like Cinderella, it’s too late!”
#FiveWordsToMariah Too Late: Romantic ImproVerse Poem
Background: In July, 2015, a dating site held a contest: Send Five Words To Mariah (Carey) for a chance to see her “live” in Vegas. I, of course, wrote something brilliant … but forgot to send it in on time.
We’re hopeful, not hopeless, romantics.