I Get The Song! Romantic IMprov Haiku

When I see her smile,/
I at last get “All I want/
for Christmas is you!”

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Why Are You Leaving? Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

I don’t understand/
how you can leave. Either you/
got answers … or not.
Or
I don’t understand/
how you can leave. Did you get/
an answer, or not?

When They Sang Their Testimonies: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku

Would the duet of/
mother-daughter understand/
if I raised my hand?

How We Learn What God Knows: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

God knows what we need./
We pray so we understand,/
deep, what’s best for us.

How You Should Take Me: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku

The way you take me/
is simply to take me, and/
stop ignoring us.
OR

The way to take him/
is simply to take him, and/
stop ignoring them.

Viva La Difference! : Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

Folks need to fin’lly/
understand that I’m very/
diff’rent from most guys.

Valentine Lonely: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku Lament

No one understands/
the abject poverty of/
complete loneliness

Check Out Of The World’s Hotel With Me: Romantic ImproVerse Freestyle Poem

If you take words/
and thoughts,
and ideas,
and feelings
that the world speaks
and thinks,
and apply them
to what I say,
I can see
how my words
could be misconstrued.
I can see
how you could misunderstand
my intent.
I can see
that I could not be
the type of man
you would want
to be around.

Please understand that,
sometimes,
I forget to live
in the world.
Sometimes, I forget
the way the world is
and what they say
and what they think
and what they feel
and the ideas they have.

Please understand that,
sometimes,
in my naïveté,
I say things
from my heart
that mean,
to me,
something very different
than what the world’s
words
would mean.

Please believe
my sincerity,
my honesty,
and my good intent.
When you think
that I am saying
what the world says,
take a moment,
ponder,
and think of how different I am
than the world.
Then you’ll hear
what I say,
and know
what I mean.

Withdrawing From Friends: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku

I don’t understand/
friendships where you withdraw or/
hide when you’re strug’gling.

In Silence Speaking: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku

She lets her silence/
speak for itself. As always,/
we know what that means.