#personal-development

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

"The 'Ugly' Poet [10w] Poets develop cleverness with wordsto compensate for their unattractiveness."

"When Old Age Begins Old age seizes center stagewhen more people we love are amidst the deadthan amongst the living."

"Spreading Yourself Too Thin We tend to bite off more than we can chewbecause we've got big mouths."

"Truth {Couplet} Since every truth worth saying, has been already said,our job's to refine it, question it, or turn it on its head."

"Legacy To leave a legacy,you first gotta leave your leg in the door."

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

"Storm [10w] Clouds darken to X-rays revealingthe tumorous thunder resounding within."

"Mercy vs. Revenge "May God have mercy on my unfaithful, back-stabbing, adulterous husband because I sure as hell won't."

"Preachiness vs. Prose vs. Poetry A poem that says what it means is prose;if it means what it says it's a sermon.Leave the homiletics for the priestsprose for the journalistsand soulful resonancefor the poets."

"Trickeries, Sophistries and Traps [10w] Life's great irony is that we, the trapped,set traps."

"Depression vs. Death Depression is anger turned within causing misery and hopelessness.Death is hate turned within until it totally eats you alive."

"Six-Pack [10w] A six-pack of beer's inversely proportional to six-pack of abs."

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

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

"Love's Reward [10w] + {Couplet} Love repaid is love's reward;recompense fair towards being adored."

"Il Principe 2015: Lesson 2 ~ Shit If you're going to run for public office,you must first scrape the shit off your shoe,or the stink will follow you."

"Perfect Sex [10w] Perfects sex balances the conflicting pleasures of submission and mastery."

"Atheism [10w] Atheism is the tragic triumph of cold contemptuousness over gratitude."

"The Rubik's Cube of Omár my Mán A Key of Coke underneath the Bough,A Jug of Jack, a Brick of Hash ~ Newsflash:'Now who the fuck needs Thou'."