#Master

"Out-of-the-Box [10w] I march to my own drummerin a drum circle."

"Winning vs. Losing [10w] Too often the cost of winning is losing your soul."

"Soar Like a Pigeon [10w] Better be a pigeon than an eagle with Indians around."

"Doublemint Gum: Double your pleasure. Double your fun... ...we're talking ménage à trois, you son of a gun."

"Optimists vs. Death [10w] Optimists are hopeful people who see a coffin as half-full."

"Consciousness-Driven Evolution circa 60,000 B.C. Random genetic mutation allowed homo sapiens to compete more successfully for food and mating rights. Just listen to girl chatter posted on the cave walls:"Boy, Uggh is hot. He's sentient!""Yeah. He doesn't need a club to get my attention."

"Boasting vs. Toasting [10w] + {Couplet} What many call boasting to my success I call toasting."

"Rotaryrotatory In a universe composed wholly of revolving doors we'll have no need for gatekeepers or tipping doormen at Christmas."

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

"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."

"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."

"Marriage Material For women seeking a marriage partner,a man's sense of humor trumps good looks.Unfortunately for the funnymen out there,security trumps laughter."

"No Planning for Death [10w] People put more planning into a weekend vacation than death."

"Poets Be Realists! Poets be realists!It's O.K. to keep your jobs ~just don't quit your day dreams."

"AMTRAK: See America at see level... even though we cost twice as much as a plane and get you there 3 days later."

"Don't Quit ❣ Don't quit on love and it won't bail on you."

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

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

"A Poem Should Be Motionless A poem should be motionlessin its eternal truthsand animated to inspire latent words into action."

"O God O God I love you.I worship you, I need you.Everything I am is because of you.Everything.O God I hate you."