#personal-development

"Becoming [10w] We're a becoming whose final shape is unknown to all."

"Hug [10w] To embrace what you truly love,give it a hug."

"Comfort Zone Your comfort zone has a clock on it, ticking off until it becomes your death zone."

"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."

"Cormorant’s Flight [10w] The cormorant’s flight is the first shadow of the wave."

"Transubstantiation [10w] Transubstantiate digression into confessionand drink from poetry's Holy Grail."

"Diet and Exorcise [10w] The most effective diet is hanging around with fat people."

"Virginia Haiku "Bowl of chili for me.She'll have the Cheesy Western.Both with, add a slab."

"Death [10w] What the the dying most resent is life goes on."

"Prevailing Wins [10w] Truth prevails in private, bullshit in public, integrity in spirit."

"Harlem P.O.V. Everything outside Harlem's the boondocks,where hayseeds opt out of Nikes for Reeboks."

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

"Publisher's Persuasion "You're much too good a writer to want a six figure advance. You don't want your readers to think you're only writing for money ~ do you?"

"Say This to Her/Him and Just See What Happens... *I want to kiss you in places I've never kissed you before."

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

"Rebellious Fish [10w] Sometimes swimming against the current turns you into glazed salmon."

"Somalia Haiku For a Somalian, heaven's drawing water from a well in an earthen pot."

"Sumerian Haiku Sumerian whoregrabs my wedge, says: 'I love aman in cuneiform."

"No-brainers [10w] No-brainers are challenging enough for people with no fucking brains."

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