Beryl Dov

"New Age Hype Don't 'honor your feelings.'Half the time they're full of shit.Don't 'embrace' anything without a pulse.Mindfulness should include not listening to quacks."

"Flood of Feeling {Couplet} A flood of feeling is a poem,created from daydreaming in the zone.The levees break, emotions snake,from imagination's ocean who sets the stakes."

"Enmity Enmity is the soul of shit."

"Selfie [10w] For the millennial generationa selfie is a family portrait."

"Writer's Block [10w] Every writer's block is surrounded by a million other possibilities."

"New York City [10w] + [10w] + {Couplet} In fast-paced New York Cityeven the bubbling brooks babble.The Hudson and East River run rabid,skirting the rabble"

"Grateful [10w] + [10w] If you can't think of anything you should be grateful for,think that you can think and be grateful for that."

"Memories [10w] Spend half your life creating memories,the other half, remembering."

"Penetration [10w] The difference between truism and an enlightened [10w] is penetration."

"Heart My heart jumps every time you walk through the door.It's not love.I have an arrhythmia."

"Children and Food [10w] Once children order like grown-upsfood's lost its sweet innocence."

"The Dangers of Second Hand Smoke "Second hand smoke can be harmful becauseif you don't put out that fucking cigaretteI'm smashing your head open with this baseball bat."

"Figure, Woman, Wife I study the sleeping figure,Stare at her sated curl of lip;Her lids sealed in dreams so pureMy love's secured from tip to tip.I study the sleeping womanHer forehead faint with sweatHer eyes wildly remmingOf adulterous sex, I bet.I study the sleeping wife,Her mouth faintly drawing breath;Her throat pouring pools of blood ~How I loved this woman to death."

"Soulmate [10w] When you meet your soulmate,God's walked into the room."

"Sunshine On My Shoulders When you're home's always filled with sunshine,you're either blessed or it's time to fix the roof."

"Time Time waits for no man ~but for hot women Time makes exceptions."

"Today's Affirmation [10w] "I'll unplug myself from myselfand plug into something higher."

"Integrity [10w] There’s no indignity men of integrity aren’t willing to endure."

"Lost vs. Lost We get lost twice in life.The first stems from uncertainty,when we try to find what our dreams truly are.The more profound feeling of being lost is existential, and comes unforeseen, after we finally fulfill our dreams.To survive the latter, we must create an entirely new set of dreams."

"Thorn [5w] Every thorn has its rose."