Not My Clever Idea: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

When you feel God has/
left you alone, just endure,/
(like on Fast Sunday!)

Beautiful Blue Bar Blonde, Alone: Romantic Email Free Verse

She sat in the middle-of-a-cornfield,
Up-on-the-Hill ,
Blues bar,
listening,
slow dancing,
sharing that loneliness drink,
(So much better
than drinking alone.)

One wondered how she,
blonde beauty,
could ever be left
weekend alone;
how her kind, caring
intelligence
and deep soul
would not draw someone
smart enough
to be kind and caring,
deeply,
always.

When he learned how she was,
he asked,
because she shouldn’t be
alone
as she was,
and he knew he
could change that
and her.

Because when she says she’s “sort of seeing someone”,
she’s admitting that she’s also kind of not.

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Alone @ A DC4QT Concert: Revolutionary ImproVerse Rhyming Haiku Lament

I am not too old/
to rock and roll. It’s sad that/
my children think so.

He Watches Out For Us: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Whether through angels/
or mortals, our loving God/
won’t leave us alone.

He Watches Out For Us: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Whether through angels/
or mortals, a loving God/
wont leave us alone.

Not Important Enough: Revolutionary Haiku Lament

Elder L. Tom Perry, a Mormon Apostle, spoke at a General Priesthood meeting probably around April, 2011, about rescuing members who aren’t coming to Church any more, or who aren’t “active” in the Church. He talked about how every person is important, and that we need to fellowship them and love them. At the time, I was not in full fellowship in the Church. It was amazing (and painful) to me that I was basically ignored, especially since I’d been such a big part of the local congregation for so long. These poems came out of that presentation:
19:45 p.m.
If I’m so vital/
and important, why doesn’t/
someone come for me?

20:05
Just because I make/
it hard for you to love me,/
why stop trying to?
OR
why are you quitting?
OR
Why should you not try?

20:10
What happened to me?/
I worried about others./
Why am I ignored?

Abandonment When UR Quiet: A Romantic ConTEXTing Poem

Yer abandonment concerns/
make u leave me alone./
Yer fear says/
“B careful!/
He’ll leave you alone!”/
So U/
neglect 2/
write, text, phone./
But who’s/
being left undone?