We Both Are: Romantic Email Rhyming Haiku

She claims she likes her/
differentness, what raises/
her above the rest.

OR
She claims she likes her/
uniqueness, that which raises/
her above the rest.

Unexpected Kind Words: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

Kind words falling from/
pure and innocent lips must/
just bring happiness.

We ought to be strong/
hosts of our happiness, not
servants to our fears.*

Taken from a poem read by a young woman at Speak For Yourself open mic night, Enliten Cafe’, Provo, Utah

She is content with/
her life, but I want to make/
her discontented.

Why do we always/
look for why not instead of/
searching for the whys?

I wonder if she/
even knows how much she fuels/
creativity.
OR
I wonder if she/
even knows how much she fuels/
creative juices.

They minister to/
us, because we minister/
to them: A fair trade.

“Judge not” means to not/
criticize those folks who we /
imagine judge us.

What does it mean to/
be relevant? To make a/
difference to one.

If everyone is/
singing and writing about/
pain, you’re not alone.