Trim Away The Garbage To See Beauty: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

When you trim away/
the garbage, you can see the/
beauty more clearly.

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Better Than You Found It: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

When you go up the/
river you should never come/
back empty handed.

Maroon Truck Morons: Revolutionary ImproVerse Free Verse Poem

The outhouse sign said:/
“Please don’t throw trash/
in the toilet.”/

So the fishermen/
in the maroon 4×4 pickup truck/
threw their garbage/
in the river, instead.

What’s Left: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku

When someone doesn’t/
want to see you, you can just/
take out their garbage.

OR

… you always/
can take out garbage.

Bubble Pop: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku Lament

She was the only/
bubble I had to protect/
me from worldly junk.

OR

She was the bubble/
I used to shelter me from/
worldly garbage. Pop!

Goo To Muck: Romantic IMprov Haiku Lament

What should have been a/
goo moment was turned into/
muck by poor word choice.

Dumped Like Refuse: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku Lament

Those who I carried/
and care for dump me like piles/
of stinky waste. Why?

Or

Those who I care for/
most treat me like I’m smelly/
trash. What did I do?

Anticipated Garbage Day: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

This is one of those/
romantic days you hope for,/
and it is garbage.

To Dump or Be Dumped: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

Prompted by a discussion thread on Deb Slater’s Eek!Harmony on Facebook
Recovery’s long/
when you’re dumped. But when you dump,/
you feel like garbage.