#poetry

"Bridges [10w] Bridges are overpasses for commuters and roofs for the homeless."

"Battered Women [5w] Battered womenare more crispy."

"Poetry happens when there is nothing to say but you have a volcano hidden inside you waiting to erupt."

"We sit and talk,quietly, with long lapses of silenceand I am aware of the streamthat has no language, coursingbeneath the quiet heaven ofyour eyeswhich has no speech"

"You dance inside my chest,where no one sees you,but sometimes I do, and thatsight becomes this art."

"Journalist asks me whether I can sit down for an interview... Sorry, I can't talk now. I'm busy writing up a storm.How about tomorrow?Sorry, tomorrow I'm bust conjuring up a tornado."

"Ethical Dilemma of an Ascending Body [10w] + [10w] You can't ascend a ladderwithout rungs to push back;you can't climb a staircasewithout stairs to step on."

"Clairol: Does she or doesn't she... ...take it up the ass."

"Fear is the Best Test Will the fear of going blind make youa voracious reader, a world traveleror paralyze you with a thousand other fears?"

"Flowers are aromatic and romantic, and they grow exactly the way love does—with plenty of light, and watered with affection."

"How does the ordinary person come to the transcendent? For a start, I would say, study poetry. Learn how to read a poem. You need not have the experience to get the message, or at least some indication of the message. It may come gradually. (92)"

"Believe God for something today. Prayer is the key to connecting with God and allowing Him to speak to your spirit. Open your heart and free your mind."

"I had to learn to live without you and I couldn't make sense of it, because I left so much of me inside of you."

"So the freshness lives onin a lemon,in the sweet-smelling house of the rind,the proportions, arcane and acerb."

"Retail [10w] The first and last sale of the day are best."

"Fashion [10w] Clothes makes the man.Fashion, above all, makes the President."

"We pull our boots on with both handsbut we can't punch ourselves awake and all I can do is stand on the curb and say Sorryabout the blood in your mouth. I wish it was mine.I couldn't get the boy to kill me, but I wore his jacket for the longest time."

"Wordsare powerfulforces of nature.they are destruction.they are nourishment. they are flesh. they are water.they are flowers and bone.they burn. they cleansethey erase. they etch. they can eitherleave youfeelinghomelessor brimmingwith home."

"You’re not a bad person, you’re just a little bit different and I’m a sucker for that."

"Let Others Speak [10w] When others speak of your virtues they grow tenfold."