Beryl Dov

"Ruth Whither thou goest, I will go ~as long as it's to the mall.I heard Dillard's is having an 80% off sale!"

"Pulling a Houdini Relationships are magic;we're always getting each other out of handcuffs and strait-jacketswhile locked in a steamer trunk underwater."

"Till Death Do You Part [10w] Marriage will indeed change people ~for better or for worse."

"The Poet's Way Are we ever sure what we do,will endure and get its due?No.But we do it anyway.For that is the poet's way."

"Prolific [10w] "Perhaps I'm prolific because I believe creativity can forestall death."

"Flattery [10w] Flattery is the only passport that will get you everywhere"

"The Poet's Job [10w] + {Couplet} Trigger memory, explode an emotion;the poet must create commotion....................................................­....................."

"Getting Even Bring a gun to a knife-fight,Bring a nuke to a war.Even if you don't win,You'll even the score.““”̿ ̿ ̿ ̿ ̿’̿’̵͇̿̿з=(•̪ⓧ)=ε/̵͇̿̿/̿ ̿ ̿ ̿ ̿"

"The State of the World Attests to This: [10w] Common people are too easily manipulated or stupid to vote."

"A-New-Year's-a-Comin' [10w] A new year is coming!Let's all make new mistakes!"

"Revel in the Unraveling Being authentic is lifting the maskon who you think you should be seen as,and becoming at ease with your bare ass vulnerability.Revel in the unraveling,take courage in sharing your imperfections,and you'llincrease your loveexponentially."

"War [10w] Fight wars not to win, but so our enemies don't."

"Death & Poetry Nothing softens the blow of death like a cushy poem to fall upon."

"That Jesus Kinda' Love [20w] What people do for the loveof their Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ,I wouldn't do for my fucking mother."

"Casualties of War The casualties of war are far, far morethan those lying dead on the battlefield floor."

"Premature Evacuation [10w] I've stopped all my relationships short,not unlike this poem."

"The Game Is Afoot God's buried eight jewels within my soul.Life's game is,'Remove each gem, yet find me whole.'The clue is,"Eight is one, and one is eight,no jewel's more precious,all equally great."

"Ethical Dilemma of an Ascending Body [10w] + [10w] You can't ascend a ladderwithout rungs to push back;you can't climb a staircasewithout stairs to step on."

"Thorny Love [10w] A thorn by any other name would hurt as much."

"Reconstruction of Japan After World War II [10w] 'I am what I plan'became the motto of modern-Japan."