Why Try: Romantic ImproVerse Limerick Lament

I’m a flirty kind of guy,/
but when I say “Hi!”/
and there’s only silence,
I wince,/
and wonder if I should even try.

Advice To New Poets: Revolutionary IMprov Poetry

New poets lack the confidence
that comes from experience.
When you first start
everything makes you wince.
but when you practice getting it out there,
you find you just don’t care
as much.
You’re just glad you can touch
your creative core,
because it lets you share more.

Flinching and Wincing From What I Said — OOPS!: A Romantic ConTEXTing Poem

Since/
it’d been so long/
that U’d love-clinched/
so strong,/
I thot U’d not wince/
if I said something wrong./
But I saw U flinch.
DingDong!/
I was gonged!/
U r gone!