Why He Was Excited: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

The attraction was/
not physical, but in the/
potential doing.

Makeshift Bandage: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

When you don’t have a/
bandage, luggage claim checks from/
last night’s flight work fine.

What if you went to/
visit your friends and family/
and no one stayed home?
OR
and no one was home.
Or
and everyone left?

Folks don’t like themselves./
I think they’re great. I don’t like/
me. They do. Let’s switch*!
OR
*share

I see people who/
struggle with liking themselves,/
yet I think they’re great.

If we focus on /
things we can do, not what we /
can’t, we see God’s view.

Thank goodness for dumb/
texting mistakes or I would/
never hear from her.

She texted me by/
mistake. It was just enough/
to make my heart break.

Her hand on his white
shirt back: Painful reminder
Of how much I missed.

List’ning to honor
placed on pioneers, I am
thankful for Mother.