#poetry

"For a game, you don’t need a teacher."

"What Children See [10w] "A spider is an octopus who lives in the desert."

"sometimes i don't know, which momentwhich cool gust of wind will come,and enchant metousling my hairand my heart, stirring...that familiar ache of poetry, which drop will kissthe old wrench in my soulreminding me, all over againi miss you better in the rain."

"Spirituality and Aging Spirituality comes naturally to the old because they're running out of options."

"Poetry and art nourish the soul of the world with the flavor-filled substances of beauty, wisdom and truth."

"Will you walk into my parlour?"said the Spider to the Fly"

"Heaven [10w] Heaven’s not a destination ~it’s a way of processing life."

"Elegance in Simplicity [10w] The more complex the problem,the simpler the correct answer."

"Why We Need Smart People [10w] We need smart people to call other smart people morons."

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

"Mint Julep {Couplet} I've had more than a hint of a tulip or two,after treating them to a mint julep, or two."

"New Year Resolutions I [10w] Change my voice;unclog my ears;open my heart."

"The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness."

"The best ideas will eat at you for days, maybe even weeks, until something, some incident, some impulse, triggers you to finally express them."

"Gradually Then Instantly [10w] We fall in love the way we lose our minds."

"The Girl With Many EyesOne day in the parkI had quite a surprise.I met a girlwho had many eyes.She was really quite pretty(and also quite shocking!)and I noticed she had a mouth,so we ended up talking.We talked about flowers,and her poetry classes,and the problems she'd haveif she ever wore glasses.It's great to know a girlwho has so many eyes,but you really get wetwhen she breaks down and cries."

"GPS for Sin "You've entered the point of no return;Re-cal-cu-la-ting."

"You should always be trying to write a poem you are unable to write, a poem you lack the technique, the language, the courage to achieve. Otherwise you're merely imitating yourself, going nowhere, because that's always easiest."

"Poetry is a naked woman, a naked man, and the distance between them."

"To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you like everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight and never stop fighting."