Making Christmas Last Longer: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

By trying real hard,/
in the bleak midwinter, make/
Christmas last longer.

To Be. To Try. To Fail. — Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

To be a poet!/
To try so hard with phrases/
and words. To then fail.

Where Does Failure Start? Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

I try so hard to/
do what’s right. I am sorry/
and sad when I fail.

Kindness Blown Up: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku Lament

I try hard to be/
a nice guy, yet my kindness/
oft blows up* on me.

OR
*backfires

Being Ashamed: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

People who should be/
ashamed are folks who are bad,/
not those who try hard.