Dirty Rural Church Clothes: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

When you live in the/
country, you just accept: Church/
clothes will get dirty.

Deep Woods Chair: Revolutionary IMprov Limerick

A solitary chair/
sits empty there/
as the deep woods surround/
where moist, mossy ground,/
lays almost bare./

What Have I, Done? Lamenting Haiku

I responded bad,/
before I’d read her, knew her./
I feel ill and guilt.

Dad’s Lost Again. What Cool Thing Will Happen — Beach Bagpipes in Tahiti: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Palm trees, beach, waves, and … /
Scottish bagpipes. I’m again/
lost. It’s Amazing Grace.

Proud Of My Son’s Battle: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

From Butt Hut’s Q joynt
deep in Gawguh, yo’ daddy
Sez “Daym boy, I’m proud!”

Sunset Dinner Cruise — Free Views: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Relic of long gone/
eras carries festive folk/
to see free sunsets.

Not My Poem (A sample)

We’ve lived
side by side
for years.
We’ve shared
recipes,
movies,
eggs.
Our kids
have baked cookies
and
walked to school
and
had first day of school photos
and
last day of school breakfasts.
We’ve taught
each other’s kids at church.
We’ve sat
in council meetings
together
as auxiliary presidents.
We’ve been
visiting teaching companions.
We’ve carpooled
and
attended the same
concerts
and
graduations
and
ridden to promenades
and
traded weeks
for lunch bunch.

And
now we’re both losing
our husbands.
Both are dying:
–hers, physically,
and mine, spiritually.

Together we weep
As she faces
the loss of her husband
And I face
the loss of mine.
Two men,
friends,
now disabled.
One by chance,
the other by choice.

I worry about
wearing out my welcome,
but wonder if maybe
our mutual sharing
is helpful.
She can vent to me
about exactly
what’s going on,
maybe in some way
she doesn’t talk
to anyone else.

And
we weep
together
and hold on
together.

Poem Worthy Cradle Moon: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

orange cradle moon nesting a star, Springville, Utah January 2017

When such a gorgeous/
orange cradle moon nests a/
star, it’s poem worthy.

I’m Becoming Okay With Me: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

You have to stand up /
or your own insanity,/
‘cuz no one else will.

Update: Revolutionary Pre-Inauguration Day Revelation

I wrote this nearly 8 years ago, after President Obama’s Inauguration.
My feelings are even deeper now … AND I’ve (finally) added a video of my performance at Seattle City Council’s Words Worth, August, 2010.
Original poem and performance