Under Lincoln’s stern/
gaze, with liberties you help/
protect, I voted.
Tag Archives: text messages
Learning To Not Care: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
Teach me to not care./
You have more expertise than/
I’ve yet developed.
Don’t Do With The Flu: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
Things not to do when/
you might have the flu: 1) see/
the film “Contagion”.
Critical In Goodness: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
Why do I become/
critical when working with/
good people who try?
What My Dad Taught Me As I Moved From Seattle: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
My father was right.
I’ll find beauty anywhere/
because he taught me.
Is Facebook Big Brother: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Limerick
Facebook’s tracking everything I do:
What I say, and who I say it to.
Mark Zuckerberg is worse than my mother.
He’s turned into a cyber big brother!
We all wring our hands and cry “who knew!?!?!”
Anticipating Non-Lone Sleeping: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku
Tonight, wrapped in your/
arms of love, with limbs tangled,/
I’ll not sleep alone.
Stubborn Birds Ringing: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku
Birds singing sound like /
my phone ringing. I must change/
tones because they won’t.
Ask For What You Want Frustration: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
It’s embarrassing/
to request what you really /
want, then not get it.
OR
It’s so frustrating/
to order what you really /
want, then not get it.
OR
ask for
Hard, Strong, Wet Mornings: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku
It comes, some mornings,/
hard and strong, filling downspouts./
It makes flowers dance.