Do What You Should Awesome: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Cut down the Sword of/
Damocles. Do what you should./
Make room for awesome.
Or
Cut down Damocles’/
sword. Do what you need to do./
Make room for awesome.

Face Problems That Won’t Vanish: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

I can’t ignore my/
problems and hope they’ll vanish./
I’ll face them head on.

The Longer You Wait: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

The longer you wait/
to do something unpleasant,/
the harder it gets.

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.

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Damocles’ Sword Procrastination: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

When Damocles’ swords/
always hang over your head,/
why procrastinate ?