Posts Tagged ‘Speak for Yourself open mic’

Remember When Napkin Poems? Revolutionary Napkin Haiku

July 19, 2018

Hey! Remember when/
I used to write napkin poems?
They won’t go away!

Any Napkin Poem Will Do: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

February 2, 2017

It need not be a/
haiku to please me. Any/
napkin poem will do!

Cheap Positive Or Negative? Revolutionary Napkin ImproVerse Free Verse Poem

January 19, 2017

She came,
recovered,/
referred,
not certain of what/
she’d find.

I’ll soon learn.

She only wanted
water,
but got talked
into/
a half-price orange
cinnamon roll.

“Cheap!”
she exclaimed, hearing
“A dollar eight cents”.
And I wondered
if she was enthused
by a good deal,
or ridiculing
her first date’s
frugality.

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Open First Date Mic Brave: Revolutionary Napkin ImproVerse Haiku

January 19, 2017

She didn’t expect/
to read poetry on a /
first date. She’s cool brave.
SFYS OpenMicNightCoolBraveReader Jan 2017 1st Date

No Apologies: Revolutionary Napkin Poem Haiku

March 12, 2016

Apologizing,/
she asked for complaints, so I/
quickly raised my hand.

Thanks 2 Her 4 Ekphrasis: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

November 6, 2015

It’s great to learn there/
are words describing things you’ve /
done for quite a while.
OR
It’s great she taught me/
a word describing what I’ve/
done for quite a while.

Traveling Home: Revolutionary Improv Napkin Free Verse Poem

October 15, 2015

I touched
Steel City;
deco’d beaches;
the Big Easy;
Music City;
the Magic Kingdom;
Beer Town;
Red Rocks.

But my home
is here,
with this mic,
and you.

Hoar Frost Is Clean: Revolutionary Napkin Haiku

October 15, 2015

Have you felt hoar frost?
Not silky pole dancers, but/
white-iced vanishers.

Napkin Poem Napkin Poem: Revolutionary Napkin Poem Haiku

July 2, 2015

Folding Napkins for napkin poems at Speak For Yourself Open Mic Poetry Night, Provo, Utah's Enliten CafeI’m glad he is so/
careful folding napkins, so/
I can write on them.