Aren’t you glad you’re out? /
Stop giving him free rent in/
your head, soul, and heart.
Tag Archives: text message poetry
What I Can't Accept: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
She expects me to/
accept her hurting herself./
I can’t. It hurts me.
Getting Closer: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
The closer I get/
To being good, the worse and/
the more pain I feel./
Safe Text – Riding UTA: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
I discovered a/
sure way to avoid texting/
while driving: Take trains!
OR
I learned a sure way/
to stop texting while driving: /
Take mass transit trains!
Dancing Red Shoes: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
If she’d have answered/
me, I would have taken her/
red shoes out dancing.
Will It Make A Difference? Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
Many lines converged/
in a museum. I took/
the one less trodden.
OR
the one less walked on.
(with apologies to Robert Frost and the woman in the striped skirt.)
Valentine's Day Vision: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
I see a vision/
I want to tell her, but I/
fear how she’ll judge me.
Quitting Time: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
She asked me why I/
left. My answer: “I only/
quit because you did.”
Her Birthday Serenade: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
On a 6 a.m./
Arizona flight, I’m too/
tired to serenade.
When Words Warm: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
Let my words warm you./
Let my verbs lift your spirit./
Let my nouns be you.