#hope

"He who plants a tree, plants a hope."

"Mint Julep {Couplet} I've had more than a hint of a tulip or two,after treating them to a mint julep, or two."

"You said you knew the perfect place to run to. A place that was empty of people, and buildings, and far, far away. A place covered in blood-red earth and sleeping life. A place longing to come alive again. It's a place for disappearing, you'd said, a place for getting lost... and for getting found.I'll take you there, you'd said.And I could say that I agreed."

"Whose Asphalt Is It? [10w] The road to mediocrity is paved with asphalt and tarmac."

"Six Minus Three Degrees of Stupidation [10w] Three degrees of stupid:stupidstupid squaredstupid stupid stupid"

"Depth of Love [10w] The longer the time between relationships,the deeper your love."

"Illinois State Motto State sovereignty, national union.Life begins and ends with corruption."

"The road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination."

"Poetry Calling [10w] Poetry's not a calling.It's a whispering in your ear."

"Journalist asks me whether I can sit down for an interview... Sorry, I can't talk now. I'm busy writing up a storm.How about tomorrow?Sorry, tomorrow I'm bust conjuring up a tornado."

"Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all."

"She cannot chain my soul. Yes, she could hurt me. She'd already done so...I would bleed, or not. Scar, or not. Live, or not. But she could not hurt my soul, not unless I gave it to her."

"Entrepreneurs [10w] A man should be judged by the companyhe sells."

"Informal HP Survey: Should Poetry Rhyme? O.K., readers, anybody who thinks poetry should rhymeplease tap your caneor jiggle your walker."

"If I lived a million lives, I would've felt a million feelings and I still would've fallen a million times for you."

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

"Biggest Problem with 10w [10w] The biggest problem with aphorisms is people believe they're true."

"Au milieu de l'hiver, j'ai découvert en moi un invincible été."

"Hung [10w] Being caught with your pants down is a hanging offense."

"Small Degrees Lobster don't fathom they're being cooked,like relationships being snuffed out in small degreesbut in reverse, as love begins to freeze over, trapping you in a impenetrable ceiling of ice until you drown."