It’s interesting/
how people read mean meanings/
when no mean is meant.
Tag Archives: working through issues
There Is No Room For Heavenly Peace: Revolutionary ImproVerse Free Verse Poetic Lament
Cleaning house
in service
for those who can’t
or won’t,
I play an old tape.
Hell yeah!
It’s Mahalia
Jackson,
Sleep in Heavenly Peace.
I can’t contain
the torrent of tears
as I clean
even more earnestly
because that’s all I can do now.
Now that I’ve left.
Now that I’ve ripped
lives apart.
This used to be
my city,
my town,
my house,
my family,
my life.
This music brought joy
down the stairs.
I have tapes.
I have videos.
This used to be everything
I lived for.
But now,
I’m cleaning the living room,
and
there is no room.
I Don’t Care: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku
I don’t care. I don’t/
care. I don’t care, I don’t care,/
I don’t care. I don’t.
Getting Referrals: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku
I earnestly prayed,/
His answer was clear: “Ask her/
for blonde referrals.”
Frustratingly Optimistic Pessimism — 4 SL8R: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku
She was frustrated/
by my optimism, and/
turned pessimistic.
Dads’ Pain: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku
Do dads ever get/
to be sad and to mourn their/
children and themselves.