A Better Example Than I Am: Revolutionary ImproVerse Free Verse

All of us/
on the afternoon #45 bus/
shook our heads/
in disgust/
or rolled our eyes/
or grimaced/
as we tried/
to avoid face-to-face/
with the disheveled/
probably homeless/
man who rocked out/
to tunes/
on his iPhone,/
loud,/
obnoxious/
swearing.

All of us,/
that is,/
but the sun-tanned/
young woman/
who was just/
coming home from work/
at Smith’s/
or some other grocery store/
neatly uniformed, /
smiling,/
and, /
(as she revealed later,)
heading to her halfway house,/
to her recovery place./

She simply smiled/
at the man,/
and pointed at her ears./
(At last!/
Someone is going to/
say something!)

But, /
when he said “WHAT!?!”,/
she reached into her backpack,/
and handed him,/
gifted him,/
a pair of earphones.

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Sunrise Surprise Rolling Art Show: Revolutionar ImproVerse Haiku

Watch closely from trains/
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sunrise and art show.

Two Ducks And The Morning Train: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Two ducks try to keep/
up with my train. They fail. It’s/
fun to watch them try.

Vacationing Couple Not Engaged Jealousy: Romantic ImproVerse Free Verse Lament

Where had they been,
this connected couple
with vacation luggage
on the train?

What intimate moments
had they shared?
would it continue
now they’d landed
and were on the final leg
toward home?

She looked longingly
at him,
but he was buried
in his electronic device,
reading messages and posts
from those he barely knew.

Yearning for him,
she softly,
gently,
unbuttoned her raincoat,
revealing her
feminine,
pink,
softly-covered
iPad.

She turned it on.

Only then
did he look
in her direction,
not at her sweet face,
her tender hands,
her golden hair,
her luscious lips,
her deep self that had been his.

He glanced,
instead,
at her
flickering screen,
wondering not
what she thought,
(For his ears were plugged)
but what she was looking at.

Satisfied,
he turned back
inside himself.

Jealous,
I wanted to slap him!
“Come on, man!!!”
I thought.

But instead,
I gazed out her window
until I caught her eye.
Then I passed her
a small, sad smile,
as if to say
“I’m sorry.”

If only.

Early Morning FrontRunner Window Seat: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

I’d hoped to get some/
sleep, but the new snow-covered/
views kept me awake.

Early Morning View Missing You: Romantic ImproVerse Rhyming Haiku Lament

I miss your house, your/
backyard, garden, trees, view. But/
mostly I miss you.

First Skiff Of Snow — Train View #2: Revolutionary ImproVerse Rhyming Haiku

Hoarfrost and a skiff/
of new snow make my train trip/
go more pleasantly.

Not My View — Train View #1: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Folks say the view from/
the train is always the same./
They don’t see my view.

Commuter Train Conundrum: Revolutionary Blogging Haiku

The main downside of/
riding the rails is: I can’t /
keep dancing topless.

Hoodied Train Rider: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Wearing my hoodie,/
though the train’s packed, nobody/
sits by gangsta me.
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