#knowledge-teaching

"Genesis {Couplet} God spoke the world into existence, reifying an abstraction.Now the Creator's had second thoughts and wishes to utter a retraction."

"Sublime Beauty When I shut my eyes, I can move mountains.When I open them, mountains can move me."

"Advice for Women at Starbucks If a vanilla latte and banana nut muffin doesn't solve the problem,perhaps you're going at it wrong."

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

"Masochist [10w] A masochist goes to massage parlor seeking a tragic ending."

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

"Selfie [10w] For the millennial generationa selfie is a family portrait."

"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?"

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

"Natural Born Killers [10w] After their first,every soldier becomes a natural born killer."

"Laughter and The Chosen [10w] Making people laugh is God's gift to the Chosen People."

"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."

"Who, Me? We marry nearly the same person over and over again,hoping next time they'll get it right."

"Death Ride Denied At the stables of your agonyDeath brought his morbid mareTo whisk you from your woeful wantsAnd coax you from your cares.A ride you did deny this princeAnd bid him soft farewell,Hoping the morrow must be brighter sinceYour yesterdays were hell."

"Diana Sporting a Remington Sendero SF II {Couplet} Over one shoulder hung a rifle, over the other swung a brace of pheasants;She was a no-nonsense breed of sniper, a viper with no time for fangs of conscience."

"Sometimes it's Love and Sometimes the... [10w] ...tingling sensation of excitement, happiness, and nervousnessis jock itch."

"Ars Poetica: Write Poetry on a Black Slate Poetry should be written on a black slate of imagination,the poet artfully allowing images to emerge from the dark."

"Lies vs. Truth [10w] I can only speak truth if I lie to myself."

"Where the Fuck is Waldo Even whens I finds Waldothat crackhead nigga won't cough up the five dollars he owes me."

"Hi-Yo Silver! Away! [10w] "Kimosabe, me wanna fuckum Pamela, pronto.My teepee's blue."Tonto"