#mind

"Poets and Competitiveness [10w] "I'm the only poet I need to be better than."

"I am very confident. I look confident. I act confident. I speak in a confident way..."

"Why We Need Smart People [10w] We need smart people to call other smart people morons."

"Star No matter how bright the star, it's just part of a galaxy which is part of a constellation which is part of the night skywhich is part of the known universewhich is a speck of dust in God's eye."

"Prickly Pears [10w] Men are often like cactus fruits ~thorny outside,mushy inside."

"Dull Poetry Dulls the Mind [10w] Poetry penetrates dullness when whetted on the stone of imagination."

"Kansas State Motto Ad astra per aspera. [9]Flat land and flatline intelligence."

"Plant vs. Harvest [10w] Any fool can harvest but it takes true skill to plant."

"Brewing Poetry Comma sips between the lines,insights percolate into a 10w,a latte sonnet here, a cappuccino couplet there.A few smartass epiphanies,and something new in every brew.One final fix,voilà, the poem is fixed!I adore this caffeine,that alchemises the extraordinary into the routine,and vice versa with the unforseen.It turns blue aquamarine,and words into Mexican jumping beans."

"BFF, My Ass ~ It's a Jungle Out There! About one-third of all marriages are procured by sabotaging your best friend's happiness."

"I will use my mind, not just my regular brain lobes."

"Meek [10w] Blessed are the meek, for they've learned how to duck."

"That's the way the mind works: the brain is genetically disposed towards organization, yet if not controlled, will link even the most imagerial fragment to another on the flimsiest pretense and in the most freewheeling manner, as if it takes a kind of organic pleasure in creative association, without regards to logic or chronological sequence."

"New Year's Revolving Door [10w] + [10w] + {Couplet} 2015's revolution commences with the overthrow of New Year's resolution.Seek not absolutionfor our weak character's immune to evolution."

"Hello Poetry Needs Y'allz How empty the oceans would be were it only filled with orcas."

"Biology gives you a brain. Life turns it into a mind."

"Always eyes watching you and the voice enveloping you. Asleep or awake, indoors or out of doors, in the bath or bed- no escape. Nothing was your own except the few cubic centimeters in your skull."

"The trouble with men is that they have limited minds. That's the troublewith women, too."["Existence"(1975)]"

"The Wonder of Wandering [10w] When you wander without destination,the world becomes your teacher."

"Hermit Crab Should a hermit crab be required to have a real estate license?"