Why Can’t You Be Quiet: Revolutionary (Napkin) Free Verse Poem

I don’t understand
why those who want me to
wear their words
will stand
and talk loud
over my thoughts
that I bled onto
my paper.

Don’t i matter?
Maybe I’m old.
Maybe I was born
In a time
When my daddy
And mamma taught we kids,
Once young, too,
Like you,
To be polite,
To show respect
To others,
To listen
When it’s your turn to hear.

Just as I
Turned my gaze
To you
And listened to your lips
As they caress
The open mic.

I will listen
And did listen
To you
When it was your turn,
To speak your truths.

And now that
Its my voice
That should be heard,
You can hear.
Or u may leave
And converse outside.

Or,
If you’re here,
So others may hear,
U may kindly,
Politely,
Quietly
Shut the f*** up.

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Can You Visit Elsewhere? Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku Lament

If we come to hear/
sacred music, and adults/
talk loud, should we move?

Talking About Talking: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

If I talk about/
Church being noisy, am I/
then also guilty?

Congealing Truths: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

I like when we talk/
because our discussions help/
congeal truthful thoughts*.

OR
*thoughts of truth

How Real People Talk: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

A TV/radio personality friend of mine and I were IM’ing, and she said “I know I’m being cryptic. I just don’t know what to say anymore.” I realized that she was so used to having a script, that it was hard for her to just … talk. That generated this:

Real people will have/
conversations based on NOT/
knowing what to say.

Learning By Talking: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Talking with you is/
more uplifting and peaceful/
than any fireside

Hovering Over U: Romantic ConTEXTing Prose Lament

I’m sorry if my hovering bothers U.
I try not 2 think about U.
I know U R superbusy, as am I,
but I miss talking 2U,
seeing U.
I want to ask U
out w/no pressure.

Deep Listening Leads To Sleep Deprivation: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

With all the talking/
and all the deep listening,/
when does one get sleep?

Walk Instead of Food for Lunch: A Revolutionary ConTEXTing Poem

Can we pursue/
a non-eating/
noon meeting?/
I fear su/
shi/
would do/
me/
in, so I/
want 2 try/
walking/and talking,/
or something lite./
Is that alright/
with U/
if we do?

Twisting Missing You: Romantic ConTEXTing Poetry

It’s such a strange twist/
of how much i miss/
you/
like this:/
Me talking to you/
when daylight is through.