Spreading Happiness, Top Down World Changer: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Making folks smile can/
change the world, so I dance in/
my car, top down. Laugh!
Video of me dancing, top down, tunes UP! Top Down Man!

I’m Open To Work: Revolutionary IMprov Free Verse

My arms
And ears
And heart
Are open.

If yours are, too,
Then let’s meet,
And love,
And work together.

But if all you do
Is rage
And scream
“What the F*!K!”
And
“You’re a [insert name-calling phrase here] idiot!”
because of my vote,
I won’t know how we
can best work together
To change the world.

Social Justice Discouragement: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

I often wonder/
how discouraged Gandhi felt./
Glad he didn’t stop.

Teachers Make A Difference — Reward: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

He admires what she/
does to change the world, and wants/
to sing her to sleep.

Make The Change: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

How can we change the/
world if we keep fleeing life’s/
hardest battlefields?

What IS My Job? Revolutionary Blogging Free Verse

People ask “What do you do?”
As I ponder,
I think of life stories.

I read a young girl’s poem
and move her family to tears.
I take a husband’s writing
and change his wife’s life.
I reformat a grandma’s funny ditty
and create a “What is a Grandparent” model.
I list “things to do at the Lake”
and make an old man weep.
I dance, top down, music up
and bring smiles to weary travelers.
I comment on a friend’s lament
and remind her of a brush with greatness.
I edit a colleague’s cultural rebuttal
and give her courage to share her voice.
I argue, gently, with my daughter
and uplift and inspire others who suffer.
I take people on walks and floats and rides
and make them see what they’ve been blind to.
I express my feelings and observations
and invite others to relish the Spirit.
I see how people write and draw and express
and let them say “WOW! I did THAT!?!?!”

I, I, I and I see
with eyes
others haven’t yet opened
and give them strength
and insight
and courage
and power
to change the world.

Saturday Morning Choices: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

My choices are: Stay in/
bed and dream of her, or get/
up and change the world?

OR
I’ve choices: Stay in/
bed and dream of her? Or get/
up and change the world?

Change Agent: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

When you decide to/
become a change agent, seek/
opportunities.

Being A World Changer FAIL: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

How can you be a/
world changer if nobody/
is listening to you?

What Will You Do Unreasonable? Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

What unreasoned thing/
will you do today which will/
change you and the world?