Beryl Dov

"The Flood that Did Not Subside [10w] What would today's world be,If Noah's dove flew into obscurity?"

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

"Kaddish Kaddish for Mrs. Ginsbergis not Kaddish,For your mom raised a Buddhistand mine raised a Jew.You'll zazen for your loss,I'll daven for mine.I do not belittle your loss,your grief is no less than mine.But by abandoning your tribe, אלון,Who now will say Kaddish for you?"

"Death [10w] What the the dying most resent is life goes on."

"Shakespeare vs. Keynesian Economics {Couplet} If 'Neither a lender nor a borrower be',investments would dry up, economies stagnate,and off to the poorhouse go you and me."

"Dictator [10w] Clever dictators keep their friends closeand their enemies dead."

"United Negro College Fund: A mind is a terrible thing to waste... ...and so is your paycheck,so don't waste good money on a lost cause."

"Suicide It's ironic that suicide, an act of cowardice,requires you overcome the all powerful instinct of self-preservation ~and thereby it's transformed into an act of bravery.On the other hand, the survivors would argue, an act of stupidity ~which many acts of bravery ultimately are."

"Miss Universe Contest Protest Haiku Fundamentalists protest Miss Universe contest.Go home, beat their wives."

"Scientifically Proven [10w] Mariah Carey has a brain the size of a walnut."

"Scientology [10w] There's nothing more oppressive than the ignorance of foolish belief."

"Spooning [10w] Love means tasting her spaghetti sauce on a wooden spoon."

"Travel [10w] The difference between a traveler and vacationer is one arrives."

"Unruffled [10w] Nothing’s calmer than an unruffled duck eating a cool cucumber."

"O God O God I love you.I worship you, I need you.Everything I am is because of you.Everything.O God I hate you."

"Cormorant’s Flight [10w] The cormorant’s flight is the first shadow of the wave."

"Virginia Haiku "Bowl of chili for me.She'll have the Cheesy Western.Both with, add a slab."

"New Year's Revolving Door [10w] + [10w] + {Couplet} 2015's revolution commences with the overthrow of New Year's resolution.Seek not absolutionfor our weak character's immune to evolution."

"Ode to a Wastepaper Basket I love the way you sit in the corner,gracious like a lover,catching my every crumpled vanity."

"Toasts During the hymeneal repast,The guest stood silent as toasts were cast.The Best Man bore witness to a dozen years pastThe Bridesmaid joked about a relationship that wouldn’t lastThe groom listened and held the hand of the brideKnowing his real toast was buttered on the other side."