#positive-attitude

"Comments Being the first to comment on a poem,is like breaking a bottle of champagneagainst the hull of a new ship."

"Joussard, Alberta, Canada Haiku Love North Country Fair.Music, dance, artisan market ~a walk back in time."

"Grave Dancing for Dummies {Couplet} They danced at my grave when I was buried at sea;with my haters drowned, I'm now totally free."

"Mind Maneuvers When we hear something unflattering,our mind doesn't fully process it.When we hear a compliment,the mind goes into overdriveand tend to read too much into it."

"Men Be Forewarned! [20w] A man caught in the embrace of the wrong womanis like having his penis caught in a bear trap."

"Opportunities Come a Knockin' [10w] Never miss the opportunity to fuck or write poetry."

"Battered Women [5w] Battered womenare more crispy."

"Failures and mistakes are lessons to be learned from. They are opportunities for growth."

"Perfection [10w] If you've attained perfection,then what's the point of living?"

"The Warrior's Way To the warrior,peace is an annoying interruption of war."

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

"Gifts Never look a gift horse in the assor a donkey in the mouth."

"Coins [10w] Statesmen whose faces are on coins are amenable to change."

"Cultivate an optimistic mind, use your imagination, always consider alternatives, and dare to believe that you can make possible what others think is impossible."

"Wishing Wells [10w] Wishes fall to the bottom of wells;only faith floats."

"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."

"The 2-Step Self-Discovery Program The first step in self-discovery is not giving a shit what anybody else thinks.The second step is knowing you're a self-centered asshole."

"Tonight is For the Dying I've seen it grow dark ten-thousand times, yet never once mourned the loss of light, until tonight. Tonight I'm dying, dying, dying; before morn I may be ash in an urn, I know the light will return, maybe keeping ablaze its promise to others. Maybe not.If I had my druthers, the others would bedying, dying, dying, too,tonight."

"California Haiku "After my boob jobI'm taking acting lessons.Fuck's fifty, no anal."

"Six-Pack [10w] A six-pack of beer's inversely proportional to six-pack of abs."