God’s Way Is Different: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Why do we care when/
we’re different? God wants us to/
be. Satan doesn’t.

Rhubarb-Cherry For The First Time: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

After decades, the/
crisp’s ingredients change, but/
the result’s the same.

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Unknown Tastes: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku Lament

She thinks our tastes are/
so different, but she’s never/
really explored them.
OR
She thinks our music/
tastes are different, but she’s not/
ever explored them.

I’m Different From Most: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

They need to finally/
understand that I’m very/
different from most guys.

Viva La Difference! : Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

Folks need to fin’lly/
understand that I’m very/
diff’rent from most guys.

Were We Still Together: Romantic IMprov Sonnet

Were we still together
Going off to bed
I might lean over
And kiss your sleepy head

Or tenderly caress
Your soft bright cheek
And ease your stress
With gentle words that I speak.

We’re now miles apart,
Yet I still long to say
Sweet words and kind thoughts
To help close your day.

My feelings have grown since I went.
Why should a night away be different?

Embracing Beauty: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

A friend from the Midwest saw this photo of the sunrise over the Vashon Island ferry dock, She asked: “If one sees this every day, does one notice the beauty everyday?”
Valid question, to which I wrote this haiku:

Beauty shows herself./
She appears in diff’rent forms./
We embrace each view.

Accept Different: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

You should just accept/
that with me, things will always/
be somewhat diff’rent.

She Fell Again On Valentine’s: Romantic ConTEXTing Poem

Her silence/
says she/
again went/
and fell for it./

She does every time./
I can only hope,/
4 her sake,/
this one is different./

Nope./
I won’t.
She likes/
persistence.