#personal-growth

"Animal Species Identity [10w] Funny how animals know their own species without a mirror."

"Meaning of Life {Couplet} Life's but the love and laughter we've amassed,the friendships forged that shall outlastpossessions, station and renown,the make-up palette of a clown."

"McDonald's I love and rescue stray dogs, duct tape Burger King crowns to their heads and set them loose in McDonald's."

"Flattery [10w] Flattery is the only passport that will get you everywhere"

"The Flood that Did Not Subside [10w] What would today's world be,If Noah's dove flew into obscurity?"

"Busch Beer: Head for the mountains... [10w] ...and fall off the precipice shitfaced."

"Evil Thoughts [10w] Believing 'You're either with us or against us' is evil."

"War [10w] When leaders threaten war,they’re breaking dirt on our graves."

"Bruges Belgium Haiku Behind a stack of grey Lego bricksyou wheeze up Belfry's 366 stepsand don't see a single bat."

"California [10w] No two snowflakes are alike,unless they're California yoga practitioners."

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

"Out to Lunch [10w] Behind closed doors, there's nothing we rightfully can call crazy."

"Ranger Smith, Unemployement and the Possibility of Unperceived Existence If a tree falls in the forest and we're not there,do we fire the park ranger without making a sound?"

"In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own; and to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves."

"Shakespeare vs. Keynesian Economics {Couplet} If 'Neither a lender nor a borrower be',investments would dry up, economies stagnate,and off to the poorhouse go you and me."

"Men Be Forewarned! [20w] A man caught in the embrace of the wrong womanis like having his penis caught in a bear trap."

"Rhode Island State Motto Hope.Not much here but at least we have Family Guy."

"The Poet is God When a poem's words perfectly fit,it has legs.When they communicate well,it has a voice.When they make you think,it has a mind.When the make you feel,it has a heart.Think about it.When you write a poem,you've created a person,with a distinct identityand an immortal soulthat you send out into the worldto possibly change the world.Now you know what it feels liketo be God."

"Hidden [10w] A woman is an iceberg;we see less than 10%."

"Expectation [10w] Eyes that see with expectation lieby not querying, 'Why."