#poetry

"Hustling [10w] Fishing's the world's oldest profession;only the bait has changed."

"Alaska State Motto North to the Future.We got highest rape and STD-rate in the nation."

"Overheard at McDonalds "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.Are you going to finish those fries?"

"We'll Go No More A-rovingSo, we'll go no more a-rovingSo late into the night,Though the heart still be as loving,And the moon still be as bright.For the sword outwears its sheath,And the soul wears out the breast,And the heart must pause to breathe,And love itself have rest.Though the night was made for loving,And the day returns too soon,Yet we'll go no more a-rovingBy the light of the moon."

"He that is thy friend indeed,He will help thee in thy need:If thou sorrow, he will weep;If thou wake, he cannot sleep:Thus of every grief in heartHe with thee doth bear a part.These are certain signs to knowFaithful friend from flattering foe."

"Poetry Site vs. Social Networking Site [10w] Hello Poetry is whatever you want Hello Poetry to be."

"Stars open among the lilies.Are you not blinded by such expressionless sirens?This is the silence of astounded souls."

"Verde que te quiero verde. Verde viento. Verdes ramas. El barco sobre la mar y el caballo en la montaña."

"The wind is my favorite color. It reminds me of the love she painted on my life as she blew past me."

"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."

"There are things known and there are things unknownand in between are the doors."

"The Poet as Enchantress [10w] + {Couplet} The poet is an enchantress,with or without a dress."

"Imitation [10w] Art imitates life.Life imitates art.I just imitate imitation."

"I couldn't tell fact from fiction,Or if the dream was trueMy only sure predictionIn this world was you.I'd touch your features inchly. Beard love and dared the cost, The sented spiel reeled me unreal And I found my senses lost."

"Your war drum ain't / louder than this breath."

"There is no hope for the hopeless but there is always some love for the loveless."

"come back so i can say yes this time do it again now that i know what to call what you didthis time i'll be ready i like it rough now and i'm done with romance i never met another man who loved me so much at first sight he had to hurt me to do it"

"We aren't suggesting that mental instability or unhappiness makes one a better poet, or a poet at all; and contrary to the romantic notion of the artist suffering for his or her work, we think these writers achieved brilliance in spite of their suffering, not because of it."

"Death as Opportunity [10w] Death's an opportunity to wisely fill the void it leaves."

"Laugh, and the world laughs with you;Weep, and you weep alone;For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,But has trouble enough of its own."