When The Art Museum Is Empty, It’s Enough: Revolutionary Email Sonnet

When the art museum is empty,
and its gifts are mine to own,
I wander through halls of beauty
and ponder being alone.

Surrounded by creativity
and others’ visionary views,
I think in artistic silence
and dance solo with the Muse.

My heart is never heavy
as I view creation’s light,
where each unique gallery
helps set my world aright.

Would it be better to have someone else near?
Perhaps. But tonight, it’s just me who’s here.

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Lone Confusion Silence: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament

Silence rings loudly/
in my soul, screaming the noise/
of lone confusion.

Why We Share Our Alone: Revolutionary IMprov Free Verse Poetry

We try to convince
ourselves
that we are okay being
alone,
that we love
our solo status.

We document
our evening fireplace flickering,
the movies we’re watching,
the hikes we’re taking,
the vistas we’re seeing
the food we’re preparing
for one,
the drinks we’re sharing
with none,
and we claim
and proclaim
that we love
ourselves
so much.

That may be,
but the very fact
that we need to share
our alone status
on Facebook
or Twitter
or Instagram,
that we feel compelled
to scream what we’re doing
from the rooftops,
slaps us in the face
and says this experience
would be better
shared.

The very fact
that we must share
all alone
is an oxymoron.
We are not meant
to be alone always.
We are meant to share,
to teach,
to learn,
to cry,
to laugh,
to love
together.

We are meant to be
together,
because together
is better.

Feeling His Peace: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

“My peace I give you.”/
Being alone in His world/
opens His love gifts.

In Solitude, Maturing: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

When I was younger,/
I thought being alone was/
bad, but I’ve grown up.

Unexpected Christmas Eve: Revolutionary IMproVerse Haiku

Being alone on/
Christmas Eve may let you find/
the unexpected!

Solo Carpe Diem Man: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Maybe it’s okay/
being a solo, soulful/
carpe diem man.

Do What Is Right Alone: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Being alone can/
scare me away from doing/
the good I should be.