Paris Sounders Green Scarf: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku

Even in Paree/

tryin’ to look fly, I’m still /

Sounders ’til I die!

Lonely Pain Heading To France: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament

She didn’t know how /

lonely I felt whenever/

she wasn’t around.

No ผัดไทย (Pad Thai) Delight: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament

I wonder: Does she /

know that eating ผัดไทย (Pad Thai) no /

longer delights me?

Lonely Pillow Pile: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament

MY pile of pillows/

is stacked up high to keep me /

from being lonely.

You’re The Best [blank] Ever Belief: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

How often must I/

hear “You’re the best ______ ever!”

before I’ll believe?

Caring: Romantic Email Poetic Lament

She claimed she cared for me

but what did she ever see

of my kids’ agony?

My lack of destiny?
My parents elderly?

Courtroom travesty?

Lack of money?

My self-destructive propensity?

She only cared

that for her I was there

when she was needy.

Sunrise Of Possibilities: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

I face the sunrise. /

As mists float o’er hazy fields, /

dew becomes do dreams.

Valentine’s Day Planning: Romantic E-Mail Poetic Lament

On this Valentine’s Day

I spent planning romantic trips:

The south of France.

The coast of Spain.

Springtime overnight

in The City of Light.

A week in Vegas, baby!

A long weekend in Magic Kingdom.

Non-stop flights.

King-sized beds

for one.

Valentine’s Day Go Away: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku

You wanted a poem /

for Valentine’s Day, then went/

away. Why bother?

Painful False Accusations: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

False accusations /

help me fathom the pain of/

McCarthyism.