Weight Loss Incentive: Revolutionary ImproVerse Haiku

Making the lake ice/
crack as you walk is a good/
weight loss incentive.

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Heading Toward 200 Pounds: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Rhyming Haiku

As I head down toward/
200 pounds, I’m just glad /
I can see the scales.

Dying Waiting: Revolutionary ConTEXTing Haiku Lament

Do I wait to die?/
Do I wait dying? Weight/
dying? Or die waiting?

Weighted Numbers Weighting: A Revolutionary Poem

135: A number I remember from high school.
170: The number on my wedding day
180: A number I was when I tried — and failed — to negotiate back to
170: The number where I wanted to be to “get more…”
199: A number I was 15 years and 4 kids later.
200: The number where I screamed when I saw it.
210: A number where I stopped looking.
220: The number today when I bought the scale and looked again.
(530): A number of someone who inspired me.
190: A number I’ll gladly go back to.
(X): The number of years I’ll add to my life.