#poetry

"I don’t want my love with her to wither like grapes on a vine, so I’ll water it with romance to turn it into wine."

"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem."

"Who, Me? We marry nearly the same person over and over again,hoping next time they'll get it right."

"No thought is a stupid thought, those who are thoughtless are thought of as stupid."

"Self-Contempt [10w] Self-contempt is calling yourself collect and refusing to accept the charges."

"Our love will blend together like turquoise is blue and green. There’s no depression or envy when both blur into one."

"The scent of honeysuckle on a Florida spring night always reminds me of her. The memories of us bloom yellow in my mind."

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

"The sunset produces flower clouds in a garden in the sky, and while there is still light you can see a heavenly representation of my love for you.The sunrise produces rays that light up the world like your eyes do when you're with me. They shimmer and I can see the stars in your eyes that gleam from your soul.-Jarod Kintz and Karen Quan"

"Home Never give up a home for a house;you may never find a home again."

"Ageing [10w] There's no such thing as age -- only degrees of opacity."

"Wild Nights – Wild Nights!Were I with theeWild Nights should beOur luxury!Futile – the winds –To a heart in port –Done with the compass –Done with the chart!Rowing in Eden –Ah, the sea!Might I moor – Tonight –In thee!"

"Deaf [10w] No man suffers deafness if he listens with his eyes."

"you can take this mouththis wound you wantbut you can't kissand make itbetter."

"Pussy Whipped I was pussy whipped with four lashes.It was a helluva threesome ~but I still can't get the damn mascara off my one-eyed snake."

"Still, what I want in my lifeis to be willingto be dazzled—to cast aside the weight of factsand maybe evento float a littleabove this difficult world."

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

"Genocide [10w] Genocide is the runaway bride once death becomes the bridegroom."

"Bespeckled Heroes [10w] Great heroes in 100 years become statues speckled with birdshit."

"Jew in a Canoe Haiku Jew in a canoe,whitewater rushes, the canoe tips.The Jew doesn't."