What I Learned Today — Navajo Mesa Teaching: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

If you listen to/
plants, rocks, birds, and animals,/
they’re all praising God.

Praising A Woman’s Beauty Conundrum: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

What does beauty mean/
to a woman? How can men/
know which trait(s) to praise?

Shouting God’s Name: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku Praise

Oh My God!* That’s right!/
I’m not afraid to say it!
It’s all a praise song.

OR
OMG! That’s right!/
I’m not afraid to say it./
It’s all a praise song.

Giving Praise With Hands Raised: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

I greet the sun with/
raised hands. I wish I could greet/
the Spirit the same.

We Don’t Criticize Falling: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

When we guide our kids/
as they learn to walk, we don’t/
criticize their falls.

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Too Late WIth Praise: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Sonnet Lament

For fourty years I’ve held,
deep in my soul,
Gratitude I’ve long felt.
Respect I’ll always hold.

For a mentor, example, guide;
For one who’d taught by what he did.
For a man who showed what he felt inside
To a naive, unlearned, undisciplined kid.

I longed to find him and reveal
Thanks for lessons I’d learned while young.
But my thoughts were by time and distance concealed.
Procrastination and fear bound my tongue.

Yesterday, at last, I expressed grateful thoughts to his son.
But now i sorrow that I waited so long. He is gone.

You’re The Best [blank] Ever Belief: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

How often must I/

hear “You’re the best ______ ever!”

before I’ll believe?

I Have What I Need: Revolutionary IMprov Blogging Haiku

I do not need man’s/
nor God’s praise or approval./
HIS love is enough.

Sucking: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

Praising me, she says/
I suck the marrow from life./
Missing her sucks, too.

Somewhat of an Enigmatic Poem: Romantic Email Sonnet

With her, I’d have to agree:
She of the raven hair,
subtle smile, piercing stare,
is an enigma, somewhat, to me.

She is thus self-professed,
and seems to feel that way,
so I’m not sure what to say
that would turn her head best.

I could, I suppose, compliment
her beauty, wit, and grace.
But women are more than their face,
and she’ll tire of praise too often sent.

So I’ll simply ask her: “What do you think a man should do,
to avoid disaster when he finds an enigmatic woman to woo?”