Overlapping Wakes: Revolutionary IMprov Haiku

Be not sad in her/
passing, but be glad that her/
wake overlapped yours.

OR

Don’t sorrow in her/
passing. Rise! Rise! knowing her/
wake overlapped yours.

Written to a friend who’d met and been touched by Dr. Maya Angelou, who was bemoaning her passing. My friend had written this about their meeting: http://bellavox.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/my-inspiration-started-long-ago-and-peaked-the-night-i-ate-dinner-with-maya-angelou/

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The Audacity of Hopelessness: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

For the first morning/
in nearly 4 years I wake/
with almost no hope.

Upon Waking Peacefully: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

This morning I wake/
drained and emptied, and yet I’m /
peaceful and content.

In The Wake Of Harleys: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku

Hey Harley bikers!/
Can I drive in your wake just/
To feel the rumble?

2 a.m. Habit: Romantic ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku Lament

At 2 a.m. I /
wake to see if u wrote me./
You didn’t and won’t.

Waiting For More: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

I wait for her to
Wake, to reach out, to want me
More than I need her.

Wake Up Quiet Woman: Romantic Blogging Haiku

Again, she remains
a quiet woman. What do/
I do to wake her?

On Texting Too Early: Romantic ConTEXTing Poem

I texted too early;
my mistake.
I don’t know, surely,
when you wake.

You claim you need coffee?
Please, call me!

Why needest thou coffee?
Thou shouldst call me
and certainly
see
how gently
and slowly
I would wake thee!

4 a.m. Northbound Train, Springville, Utah: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

4 a.m. train horn./
It whistles lonesomely long./
I wake and miss you.

Waking Before Sleeping Beauty: Romantic ConTEXTing Haiku

I can no longer/
sleep. For once, I wake before/
you, sleeping beauty.