#positive-motivation

"Deadlines The only deadline I plan on missing is the one at the cemetery."

"Poets and Competitiveness [10w] "I'm the only poet I need to be better than."

"Excuse The bureaucrat's excuse, 'If I have to make an exception for you,I have to make an exception for everybody else',doesn't apply to me because I exceptional."

"Poetry and Dogs [10w] Poetry and dogs make the best companions.Don't trust dogs."

"Marriage [10w] The only thing better than forgiveness in marriage is forgetfulness."

"Becoming [10w] We're a becoming whose final shape is unknown to all."

"Death Ride Denied At the stables of your agonyDeath brought his morbid mareTo whisk you from your woeful wantsAnd coax you from your cares.A ride you did deny this princeAnd bid him soft farewell,Hoping the morrow must be brighter sinceYour yesterdays were hell."

"Bagels and Lox Life's an everything bagel;love is a schmear of scallion cream cheese;and lox, no matter how you cut it,is resistant to dumbass metaphors."

"Listen to the Wisdom of Shakespeare 'To thine own self be true and fuck'em till they're back and blue."

"Voodoo I'm phobic about pins and needles.Can I just stick a voodoo doll in the microwave?"

"Err 2 [10w] To err is human, to make it a habit, assinine."

"Definition of Haiku in Haiku Due to brevityyour lame observations seemdeeper than they are."

"Wine [10w] American wines tasting as good as French wines are presumptuous."

"Prevailing Wins [10w] Truth prevails in private, bullshit in public, integrity in spirit."

"In honor of Oprah Winfrey: Even greater than the ability to inspire others with hope is the power to motivate them to give as much to the lives of others as they would give to their own; and to empower them to confront the worst in themselves in order to discover and claim the best in themselves."

"Rationalize [10w] Man needs an apt aphorism to rationalize his ruthless actions."

"Iowa Haiku "We're not really dull,we are just misunderstood.Weed helps dull the pain."

"Detonation vs. Pre-Ignition [10w] Poets have thin skins;physicists call this differential burn rates."

"Avery If a boy named Avery marries a girl named Avery,will they name or just label their children?"

"Hi-Yo Silver! Away! [10w] "Kimosabe, me wanna fuckum Pamela, pronto.My teepee's blue."Tonto"