#knowledge-of-self

"Death & Poetry Nothing softens the blow of death like a cushy poem to fall upon."

"My Fathers Last Words My dad was a sadist and whorehound.His last words were,'Son, I have a million dollars hidden in the."

"Poetry vs. Prose [10w] Prose is the bread of imagination;poetry is the wine."

"Pamela Anderson Haiku Ben Stillerbeds Pamela Anderson.My alarm clock rings"

"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."

"In the Future [1]: (criminals) In the future we're going to find a wayto turn criminals into wordsand then place them in parentheses."

"Listen to the Wisdom of Shakespeare 'To thine own self be true and fuck'em till they're back and blue."

"Bonjour [10w] You're more obscure than first we met,"uttered with regret."

"Steer Clear [10w] Avoid alliances with anyone who's more to gain than you."

"Travel [10w] The difference between a traveler and vacationer is one arrives."

"Too Much Information You must empty your mind of garbage to let new garbage in."

"Now, I'm Not Born Yet [10w] I brought a sundial to a flight crossing the International-Date-Line."

"How to Exercise Caution [10w] Walk in the counsel of the wickedon your treadmill."

"Hermits vs. Rising Real Estate Costs [10w] Hermits can no longer afford a cabin in the woods."

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

"Definition of Haiku in Haiku Due to brevityyour lame observations seemdeeper than they are."

"Invisible Attraction What's invisible to the eye is that as you move towards love,love moves towards you."

"Poets and their Thin Skins Every poet is thin-skinned when it comes to criticism ~without ithow could he ever possess the astute sensitivity about lifeto even write poetry?"

"Kaddish Kaddish for Mrs. Ginsbergis not Kaddish,For your mom raised a Buddhistand mine raised a Jew.You'll zazen for your loss,I'll daven for mine.I do not belittle your loss,your grief is no less than mine.But by abandoning your tribe, אלון,Who now will say Kaddish for you?"

"Fall in Love in Fall {Couplet} It would be more befitting to fall in love in the fall,for the leave's colorful dance of death, augurs the long haul."