Beryl Dov

"Disability [10w] Unconditional love can turn a child's disability into an advantage."

"The Delinquent Girl Chronicles Ages 7-11: Skip ropeAges 12-16: Skip classAge 17: Skip periodAge 18: Skip coming homeAge 19: Skip town"

"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."

"Hate Recycle Bin When you empty your hate recycle binit frees up more memory to write even better poetry.Just try it and tell me this isn't true!"

"Maine State Motto Dirigo. [10]You won't find no niggers here, eh."

"Notoriety vs. Anonymity [10w] 'Tis better to live with notoriety,than die of anonymity."

"Heaven [10w] Heaven’s not a destination ~it’s a way of processing life."

"Minimum Wage [10w] Even trained bears couldn't bear working for bare minimum wage."

"Say No to Drugs Commercials The image of an egg sizzling in a frying pan is not your brain on drugs.It's just a fucking omelet."

"Brewing Poetry Comma sips between the lines,insights percolate into a 10w,a latte sonnet here, a cappuccino couplet there.A few smartass epiphanies,and something new in every brew.One final fix,voilà, the poem is fixed!I adore this caffeine,that alchemises the extraordinary into the routine,and vice versa with the unforseen.It turns blue aquamarine,and words into Mexican jumping beans."

"Wine [10w] American wines tasting as good as French wines are presumptuous."

"Rat-Race [10w] There’s no refuge for creatures opting out of the rat-race."

"Out-of-the-Box [10w] I march to my own drummerin a drum circle."

"When in Doubt [10w] If your relationship becomes stagnant,set fire to her dress."

"Who is Fortunate? [10w] Who is fortunate?He who measures his fortune in friends."

"Poetry and Ostrich Feathers A poet should leave his poem covered with a faint film of fairy dust,inviting the reader to bring his faint heartand an ostrich feather duster to the reading."

"Why Utopias Fail When you tie several horses together and one takes the lead, they all fall."

"The Stink of Hate {Couplet} When haters write they raise a stink;must be the venom coursing through their ink."

"Overheard at Ashtanga Yoga Class *"I don't know my he left me. I even had a rabbit's food hanging from my dreamcatcher.""Maybe you should've used a little more suction and a few less amulets."

"Knocked-Up Kinda' Loven Marry, me, marry me, marry me,You better say, 'affirmative',Cuz you stuck a bun in my ovenand you haven't an alternative."