January Wisconsin Stubble: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

News Report: Temperatures in Northeast Wisconsin were expected to only reach -6 degrees, with wind chills of -25 degrees or less.
To some, it’s just a /
scruffy beard. Cheeseheads know: It’s/
frostbite protection.

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Top Down Sub-Zero Freeway Driving: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

Drive at Christmas time, top/
top down, sub-zero. When tunes/
make you cry, tears freeze.

Early January Morning Balloon Surprise: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

It’s sub zero. That/
pilot has balls as big as/
his hot air balloon.

Sub-Zero Glasses: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Don’t leave your glasses/
in sub-zero cars if you/
want to see clearly.

Sub-Zero Recent Shower Morning: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

It’s been a long time/
since a crisp, clear morning froze/
my hair stylishly.

Polar Bear is Not a Dip: Memories and Green Lake Polar Bear Poetry Plunge (includes Video)

It was, I think
New Year’s Day, 1971
When I stood on the brink
Of a frozen, sub-zero Lake Michigan.

I, then just a teen,
Dove in for the lark
Didn’t know what it’d mean
On the shores of Doctor’s Park.

Now, decades have past,
And I, a much older, wiser man
Have returned again, at last,
To take the plunge while I still can.

So why do I again come freezing
On a cold, sunny winter’s day
With nose running, lungs wheezing?
Because I have something to say!

It’s life’s lesson learned taking the plunge
Decades past, at 10 below
Run in, leap, dive, lunge!
Don’t take it slow! Go. Go! GO!

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