#poetry

"A fallen blossomreturning to the bough, I thought --But no, a butterfly."

"A Voice from the Past A book is a voice from the past whispering into your ear.Sometime I get the urge to exhume the author's bodyand hit him in the head with a shovel."

"Poetry is a Ladder {C☰O☰U☰P☰L☰E☰T} {The poet's job is to create a ladder} {for the reader to enter his imagination}and☰once☰they've☰climbed☰u­p☰to☰the ☰top☰remove☰each☰rung☰by☰grad­ation"

"Poetry, plays, novels, music, they are the cry of the human spirit trying to understand itself and make sense of our world."

"I believe in spectacles, but I think eyes necessary too."

"The Sacred and The Scared. Which of these two categories does your love fall under? I should write a love poem on a rolled-up scroll so you’d know which one categorizes mine."

"Love consists of this: two solitudes that meet, protect and greet each other."

"Mild Suffering vs. Great Suffering Mild suffering serves the purpose of inner-change.Great suffering serves the purpose of evil,or just being at the wrong place at the wrong time."

"It was never about the world being too big, it was more like she was too much for the world to handle."

"Free Will [20w] A bunch of amino acids bumping up together is not the scientific explanation of free will, it's grilling a hamburger."

"This autumn-why am I growing old?bird disappearing among clouds."

"We were hooked when we woke.We had arms for each other.But I yearned to resumeMy dreams of another."

"Were knowledge all, what were our needTo thrill and faint and sweetly bleed?"

"My Sweet Home, Alabama If it grows, it sticks, if it crawls, it bites,if it's outside, it rusts,if it's ornery, it fights,if it's a dawg, it barks.if its a possum, it feignsif it's a buggy, it squeals,if it's winter, it's summer,If it's slimy, it's eels.If it ain't Dixie, it won't do,so let's fix to get piss drunkand lynch us another nigger and Jew."

"Love me like a wrong turn on a bad roadlate at night."

"New Year's Resolutions New Year's resolutions shouldn't be about doing new things;it should be about stopping to do the shitty things you're already doing."

"You will recognize your own path when you come upon it because you will suddenly have all the energy and imagination you will ever need."

"Using the Backdoor If we compare writing computer code to sex,then hacking would be anal sex."

"Children Learn to Love and Hate A child understands love by three months and hate by three years.How the child processes that understandingwill shape his character for the next seventy."

"As Long As It Has a Fast Internet Connection {Couplet} I need a cozy den to winter in,a hiberaculum away from the city's din."