Ignore The Past, Speak Of The Future: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

If I promise to/
not talk of the past, can we/
explore the future?

Looking Out: Romantic IMprov Haiku

She gazed through blue* eyes, /
seeking her future. He reached/
out for her next week.

OR

*her

Thai’d Valentines’ Memories: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku

Pad your hand in mine./
We’ll noodle our futures and/
Thai up our heart strings.

Yesterday Once More Tomorrow: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

For my daughter I/
wish it was “Yesterday Once/
More”, and tomorrow.

To My Niece Soon To Be Missionary: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

You will be awesome /
in the future because you’re/
incredible now.

Sunrise Of Possibilities: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

I face the sunrise. /

As mists float o’er hazy fields, /

dew becomes do dreams.

Creating Our Future: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku

I’m not he. You’re not/
she. The past is not us. We’ll/
create our own trust.

Looking Into The Future: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Why look for events/
in the future while you’re at/
a concert right now?

U C Me, I C U: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

You gaze at the bowl/
that’s my soul. You see endless/
possibilities.

OR

I gaze at the bowl/
that’s your soul. I see endless/
possibilities.

She Lifted Me: Revolutionary IMprov Sonnet

She took me in,/
brain, food, heart, soul,
dancing, laughing, roll
on, roll in, rolling again.

I didn’t ask her to.
She just did.
She just was. She just is.
Lifting me when I was through.

With bright, piercing eyes,
taking me down a way
where I could see a different day,
I’d grasp the future in surprise.

She taught me how to take the past
out of the future, and leave it there at last.

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