#hope

"Trance & Instinct The best poems come from trance and instinct;transcribing the unedited voice of universal consciousness."

"How many fears came between us?Earthquakes, diseases, wars where hellrained smoldering pus from skies made of winged death.Horror tore this world asunder.While inside the bleeding smokeand beyond the shredded weeping fleshwe memorized tales of infinite good.--from The History Lesson"

"Valentine's Day 1 [10w] Valentine's Day affirms the promise that love can be sustained."

"I want you to trust yourself, baby. Love is all that matters and you’ve always known that. You’ve known, since you were a very little girl, what your life is meant to be about…"

"Everybody’s damaged. It’s just a question of how badly, and whether you’re healing or still bleeding."

"So this is my cue of where to leave you. Now it's your story to retell and pass on. Because an idea is only relevant if it's being thought upon. So remember, never surrender.'Cause the unrelenting constancy of love and hope will rescue and restore from any scope."

"North Dakota Haiku "My bib overallslook spiffy at a weddingor a funeral."

"If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another name?"

"Galoshes Haiku Cherry blossoms bloomin the morning mist.Thank God I took my galoshes."

"Object of Desire A woman knows she's the object of a unknown man's desirelike a game animal becoming aware it is being looked at."

"Epiphanies [10w] Epiphanies aren't intuitions of new ideas;they're rearranging existing information."

"We are mosaics - pieces of light, love, history, stars -- glued together with magic and music and words."

"How to Save the World [10w] When true love floods in, it could float an ark."

"It felt like I'd been living underground, and for a moment, I'd been given this glimpse of the sky. Once you've seen that, how can you go back where you came from?"

"A wise teacher learns in the midst of teaching; a wise student teaches in the midst of learning."

"Stampede [10w] Her stampede of wild emotions broke down everything once stable."

"The God I believe in believes in me and won’t silence my heart or others based on a paycheck at the end of the day."

"He will not succeed in this,"Taran said. "Somehow, we must find a way to escape. We dare not lose hope.""I agree absolutely,"Fflewddur answered. "Your general idea is excellent; it's only the details that are lacking..."

"The world is a goddamned evil place, the strong prey on the weak, the rich on the poor; I’ve given up hope that there is a God that will save us all. How am I supposed to believe that there’s a heaven and a hell when all I see now is hell."

"Poets, Shakespeare and Trash A poet must read equal amountsof trash and Shakespeare to learn how to distinguish between the two."