If we complain of/
no reverence in church, are we/
not also guilty?
Or
not guilty of noise?
Tag Archives: text message poetry
Not Wearing Church Shoes: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
He’s not wearing church/
shoes, but he’s still in church, so/
who is complaining?
No Spiritual Books: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
There are no books which/
are spiritual. We must/
ponder, apply, do.
She’ll Go With Another Beau: Romantic ConTexting Haiku
Why dread leaving me?/
That gives me one less woman/
to worry about.
Missing A Poetess: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku Lament
I read where she’d sit/
if she’d come to it but she/
won’t. I feel like shit.
Ambivalence For Sale: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
If you were for sale,/
though ambivalent, I would /
not buy into you.
She Can’t Be Bought: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
If he gave her cash/
each place she went, would she still/
be ambivalent?
Too Busy For Handsome? Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
If he was handsome/
like George Clooney, would she still/
be much too busy?
Womb Exiting At Middle Age: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
The middle-aged search/
towards light is just as hard/
a
s womb exiting.
OR
The middle-aged search/
towards the light is much harder/
than leaving the womb.
Long Since Her Garden: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
It had been long since/
I’d toiled in her garden, yet/
I felt I still should.
OR
It had been long since/
I’d toiled in her garden. Still,/
I felt comfort there.