#positive-outlook

"Notoriety vs. Anonymity [10w] 'Tis better to live with notoriety,than die of anonymity."

"Library [10w] Hopefully, the library in the afterlife doesn't contain contemporary poetry."

"Love vs. Control [10w] A lover you can control is not worthy of having."

"The Fate of Prodigies [10w] Early to peak, early to deal with obsolescence and obscurity."

"Royal Pricks [10w] Woe unto the king of his bubble who's a prick."

"La Récolteuse de la Mort Je suis la Récolteuse de la Mort et ~vous êtes ce que je viens pour les!"

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

"Tickled Pink Today,without thinking,I filled my half-empty fish tank, to its brink.Having doubled the size of his universe,my Siamese bettais quite tickled pinkThe same thing happens when you fill my half-empty world with your love.Bai, keep pourin'!"

"Pamela Anderson Haiku Ben Stillerbeds Pamela Anderson.My alarm clock rings"

"Original Thoughts [10w] Original thoughts are not diminished by days, distance or disregard."

"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."

"Star No matter how bright the star, it's just part of a galaxy which is part of a constellation which is part of the night skywhich is part of the known universewhich is a speck of dust in God's eye."

"The Phenomenon of Life {Couplet} The potter's some man of clay who's molding clay,a robot making an automaton;Every day we recreate ourselves from what bricks we're made,how wondrous life's phenomenon!"

"Preachiness vs. Prose vs. Poetry A poem that says what it means is prose;if it means what it says it's a sermon.Leave the homiletics for the priestsprose for the journalistsand soulful resonancefor the poets."

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

"Income Tax [10w] A man's income tax return measures his integrity and stupidity."

"Thorn [5w] Every thorn has its rose."

"Love vs. the Three Headed Dragon In relationships, the corrosive venom of the three-headed dragon areindifference, fault-finding and 'take-each-other-for-grantedness'.Only these cantarnish the shining armor of amour."

"Vacations for Souls [10w] When souls are bored in Heaven they vacation in Hell."

"Origami Master If you're the greatest origami master in the worldmaybe I can find you a job folding napkins at a restaurant.I'm not making any promises."