Why Try: Romantic ImproVerse Limerick Lament

I’m a flirty kind of guy,/
but when I say “Hi!”/
and there’s only silence,
I wince,/
and wonder if I should even try.

Good Morning Buttoned Up With Good Night: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

He’d wished her a good/
morning. Now he could button/
it up with good night.

Too Intensity: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku

Men know they are too/
intense when they write poetry/
and there’s no response.

And Yet, I Do: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku

It’s always fright’ning/
to write someone a poem and/
not get a response.

Bacon Blown Away: Romantic Email Sonnet

A long time since
she was blown away
by his response
to Bacon’s beauty.

She was worrying
he might be “too intense”,
but still was pondering:
Could he love thus? 110 percent?

She rejoiced at his understanding,
writ with well-worded intelligence,
comprehending the hidden deeper meaning
of what Sir Francis meant.

Then her never-ending silence
left him wondering where she went.

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Intellectual Vacuum: Romantic IMprov Haiku

If intellects hold/
discussions sans responses,/
do their heads implode?

Hell’s Fury, Poet’s Pain: Romantic IMprov Rhyming Quatrain

Hell hath no fury/
Like a woman scorned,/
And life knows no pain/
Like a poet ignored.

No Response To Mistakes: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

When you make mistakes/
and get no response, just hope/
and trust you’re not done.

Reach Touch No Response: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku Lament

I reach and touch her. /
There’s no response. There won’t be./
I’ve done this before.

What’s the Meaning? Ask! – Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

No response could mean/

nothing … Or everything. How/

would I know? I’ll ask.