#poetry

"There are three lessons I would write-Three words, as with a burning pen, In tracings of eternal light,Upon the heart of men.Have hope! though clouds environ round,And gladness hides her face in scorn,Put thou the shadow from thy brow,No night but hath its morn.Have love! not love alone for one, But man as man thy brother call,And scatter like the circling sun,Thy charities on all."

"Herpes [10w] Only greatness and genital herpes are conspicuous by their absence."

"People Die...Beauty Fades...Love Changes...And You Will Always Be Alone"

"My turn shall also come:I sense the spreading of a wing."

"Gather the stars if you wish it soGather the songs and keep them.Gather the faces of women.Gather for keeping years and years.And then...Loosen your hands, let go and say good-bye.Let the stars and songs go.Let the faces and years go.Loosen your hands and say good-bye."

"Oh, what is brighter than the light?What is darker than the night?What is keener than an axe?What is softer than melting wax?Truth is brighter than the light,Falsehood darker than the night.Revenge is keener than an axe,And love is softer than melting wax."

"Come live with me and be my Love, And we will all the pleasures prove"

"Missouri State Motto Salus populi suprema lex esto [16]If our chiggers don't getcha', Rush Limbaugh will."

"Why I Don't Carry a Cellphone [10w] It's a sign of servility you can be contacted anytime."

"APPLY WITHINYou once told meYou wanted to findYourself in the world -And I told you toFirst apply within,To discover the worldwithin you.You once told meYou wanted to saveThe world from all its wars -And I told you toFirst save yourselfFrom the world,And all the warsYou put yourselfThrough.APPLY WITHIN by Suzy Kassem"

"Maybe I hope too much. Maybe I dream too much or maybe I love too much to just give up on you."

"Wishing Wells [10w] Wishes fall to the bottom of wells;only faith floats."

"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession."

"Measuring Love The only scientist who can measure love is the onewho's in love with another scientist."

"My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it."

"Dialogue Knowledge compromises its truthonce it ceases to be a dialogue."

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

"If you love me, Henry, you don’t love me in a way I understand."

"...if you do not even understand what words say,how can you expect to pass judgementon what words conceal?"

"Love's War [10w] In love's war there aren't winners and losers ~just casualties."