Why She Didn’t Call: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku Lament

I squeeze each moment/
to talk with her. She’s anxious/
to squeeze someone else.

Tripping In Paradise Pain: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku

She trips paradise/
with a married man. I’m shocked/
how much goodbye hurts.

Bon Voyage He Waves: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku Lament

I’m kind enough to/
facilitate her paradise/
with another* man.
OR
with a married man.

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.

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It’s Good, Aina Hey? Ja Mon! Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

She’s cruisin’ ‘roun’ da/
Bahamas. He’s paddling up/
da creek. Is One best?

Beach Control-Alt-Delete Reset: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Eternal rhythms/
of waves and wind reset my/
internal peaceful.

Vacation Plans: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

She asked me what I/
was going to do fun on my/
trip. Just change my life

Mealtime Staycation: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

To vacation in/
your own home, find another/
place to sit for meals.

Stay-at-home dad

Taking vacations/
to visit friends* is dumb if/
no one wants you there.

*kids

Saving My Daughter’s Life (Please): Revolutionary ImproVerse Free Verse Poetry

I understand that you have a full-time job.
I understand that there are 20 pages of paperwork
that have to be filled out.
I understand that the person who has to finally review that paperwork
here in this state won’t be home for two or three days from vacation.
I understand that when the application does get reviewed
it will get need to go to other reviews somewhere else.
I understand that you have other people to talk to
about things that are important to them.
I understand that you have other things to worry about.

But while you’re working
and talking to other people
and your boss is vacationing
and other people are waiting to review the paperwork
that seems to drag on and on and on,
my daughter is dying.

I understand there seems to be nothing I can do
to make you hurry up.

So please understand excuse me if I get a little upset.

Because I don’t understand how vacations,
and work,
and paperwork,
and talking to other people
can get in the way
of saving my daughter’s life.