#poetry

"Let's get physical, physical [10w] All physical contact is meaningful,even if meaningful means sleazy."

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

"Follow, poet, follow rightTo the bottom of the night,With your unconstraining voiceStill persuade us to rejoice;With the farming of a verseMake a vineyard of the curse,Sing of human unsuccessIn a rapture of distress;In the deserts of the heartLet the healing fountain start,In the prison of his daysTeach the free man how to praise."

"Chlorophylia [10w] + {Couplet} Few things amaze as the paletteof the autumn blaze."

"Penetrate the Mysteries "If you ever hope to penetrate the mysteries of the universe,you've got to buy her a drink first and then pretend you're listening."

"There's a certain slant of light,On winter afternoons,That oppresses, like the weightOf cathedral tunes."

"Did He Do the Right Thing? I walked out of the room. I did not stay to watch my beloved draw her last breath because I didn't want all my magical memories of her tainted by the profanity of death."

"To risk life to save a smile on a face of a woman or a child is the secret of chivalry."

"Dogs [10w] Dogs never lie about love,but occasionally fake an orgasm."

"The night has a thousand eyes,And the day but one; Yet the light of the bright world dies With the dying sun. The mind has a thousand eyes, And the heart but one: Yet the light of a whole life dies When love is done."

"Prayer [10w] Despite God's grace, prayer is not a wish granting well."

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

"I am an artist, you understand? For me, a picture is like poetry. When you make art, this is not coming from an intellectual place. It's coming from the deep side of your unconscious, your soul."

"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."

"One need not be a chamber to be haunted."

"I hold it true, whate'er befall;I feel it when I sorrow most;'Tis better to have loved and lostThan never to have loved at all."

"Depth of Love [10w] The longer the time between relationships,the deeper your love."

"Broken hearts, you can run, you can hide and perhaps the earth is big enough to believe you’re safe. So maybe for a moment you have escaped but hear me, hear me well. Love will find you and it will leave nothing behind."

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

"Sixty is the New Fifty The good news is sixty is the new fifty.The bad news is twenty is the new ten."