We are all cheating./
We cheat ourselves when we set /
standards we don’t live.
Tag Archives: text message poetry
Good Morning With Battery Dying: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
With battery dying/
I thought it’d be worth trying/
to say good morning!
Blurred Meaning Photos: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
It’s no use sending/
photos. No matter how in /
focus, they’re not clear.
Asking Nonsense Questions: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
True friends ask nonsense/
questions, because depressed fear/
often makes no sense.
Unexpected Unreasonableness: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
Unreasonable/
breakthroughs are unexpected, /
yet they’re so needed.
Exposing Inner Struggles: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
My inner struggles/
are manifest outwardly /
so others can see.
Or
Should my struggles be /
thus manifest outwardly/
so others can see?
Avoiding Stories: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
She knew his stories./
They’d soar and rip up his mind./
She, still, did nothing.
Windows Left Open: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament
He can’t help hurting./
He’s like windows left open/
to both breeze and storm.