No Sweat Service: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

We can serve without/
sweat. Gifted, our muse-driven/
voices lift others.*
OR
*voice vibrates the world.

Advantages Of Voice Mail: Romantic ImproVerse Haiku

I listened to her/
phone call* several times. Her sweet/
voice lifts my spirit.

OR
voice mail

Enlarging More Than His Soul: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku

She couldn’t know that /
her late night voice had enlarged/
not only his soul.*
OR
*more than just his soul.

A Body Of Work: Romantic ImproVerse Sonnet

If I could lay
you down
and say,
as I kissed you ’round,

One word,
then one kiss,
would that be absurd?
or bliss?

I’d create a body
of poetry
On your body
Beneath me.

Will you at last my words believe
As my voice stops and my lips leave?

Endearing Hearing: Romantic ImproVerse Rhyming Haiku

When you yearn to hear/
from someone dear, hearing their/
voice is no bother.

OR

When you yearn to hear/
from someone dear, their voice is/
never a bother.

Happy To Disagree: Revolutionary IMprov Rhyming Haiku

Though you and me may/
disagree, we should be glad/
we have voices free.

Why Do I Miss You?: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

I miss you. A lot./
How or why i do doesn’t/
matter much, does it?

OR

I miss you. I miss/
your voice. How or why doesn’t/
matter much, does it?

Let Your Voice Shine On! Revolutionary Blogging Rhyming Haiku

My niece has a Facebook page and website called “The Shine Project”.   (also at www.myshineproject.com). Today she asked readers to comment on what we were doing to “Be the Change We Want to See in the World”. In response, I wrote this summary of what I’d done to “Be the Change”. Then I improv’d this blogging rhyming haiku:

This morning I wrote (again) in my blog (cyranowriter.wordpress.com). Since the Inauguration, when I started my goal of writing a prose or poem thought a day, I’ve written more than 2500 pieces.  I’ve discovered my voice. More importantly, I’ve helped others “Shine” by encouraging them to discover THEIR writing and creative voices.

You have your own voice./

Today, and daily, make the/

choice. Have your words heard.

OR

make the/

choice to have it heard.

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It’s Your Choice: Romantic IMprov Blogging Rhyming Haiku

It’s your choice. I give/
you voice. Lead and guide our talk,/
or in silence walk.

Dreaming Listening: Romantic ConTEXTing Iambic Poetry

He leaned
and, listening, dreamed
thots of her,
voice near,
in near slumber.

What mite
it b like
2 hear her voice,
close?

2 feel her form,
warm,
at times b4 felt,
that made him melt?