#hope

"Freedom in capitalist society always remains about the same as it was in ancient Greek republics: Freedom for slave owners."

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

"Myself [10w] "I don't really know myself;he's only a tenuous acquaintance."

"ART happens every time we live in the spirit of the moment’s greatness"from Cinderella in Focus"

"God is Great [10w] God found me in a dumpster and made me holy."

"...William Stegner...coined the term 'the geography of hope,' countering the argument that wilderness preservation served elites with the assertion that wilderness could be a place in which everyone could locate their hopefulness even if few actually entered it."

"Don't Mess with the Queen {Couplet} The first man harnessing the secrets of fireCannot compare with the revelation of your sovereign ire."

"Bespeckled Heroes [10w] Great heroes in 100 years become statues speckled with birdshit."

"Even a single lamp dispels the deepest darkness."

"GPS for Sin "You've entered the point of no return;Re-cal-cu-la-ting."

"But what is Hope? Nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of."

"Ringtones Haiku 'Oy! Dai, da-ye-nu,Dai, da-ye-nu, Dai, da-ye-nu...'"Answer your fucking phone!"

"Though it's cold and lonely in the deep dark night, I can see paradise by the dashboard light."

"Faith to me is trusting in every evidence that something is―that it is possible, that it is significant, that it is real."

"Comments Being the first to comment on a poem,is like breaking a bottle of champagneagainst the hull of a new ship."

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

"Proof Proof of God's existence is as silly as proof of love's."

"Garden [10w] A garden is a poem written with flowers on earth."

"I am thankful when I am hungry because then I know that when I eat, the food will taste better. Life has taught me that my true contentment rests in hope, and the pleasure itself is secondary. It is self-awareness, not happiness, that maintains peace."

"What is God? (60) [10w] God's always the correct answer once you rephrase the question."