#positive-thinking

"Q & A The illness of our time is not that we lack for answers;man's tragedy is that we've forgotten the important questions."

"The Great Blue of the Great Blue A Great Blue whale mourns her hunted mate.Her heart, once the size of an SUV,lonely rides the empty sea,her heart's now withered to subcompact class,her whys and wherefores, run out of gas."

"Lost vs. Lost We get lost twice in life.The first stems from uncertainty,when we try to find what our dreams truly are.The more profound feeling of being lost is existential, and comes unforeseen, after we finally fulfill our dreams.To survive the latter, we must create an entirely new set of dreams."

"Nature's Prayer [10w] + {Couplet} Trees gesticulate in morning prayer;wind circulates with cleansing air."

"What Children See [10w] "A spider is an octopus who lives in the desert."

"Be mindful. Be grateful. Be positive. Be true. Be kind."

"Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses."

"Lost Love [10w] + {Couplet} Lost love's the season of mists,Though they are gone, memory persists."

"Misfortune Misfortune is but a stepping stone to great fortune ~especially if your slip and fall was possibly caused by negligenceand you get yourself a good Jew lawyer to sue the parties responsible."

"A Poem Must Have an Accomplice If you cannot bamboozle the reader into becoming a willing accomplice to your artifice and collusion the poem won't fly."

"Love Poetry [10w] Love poetry is simply bleeding on the page with ink."

"A Matter of Perspective I see rain dancing on the stage of the pond.Fish see heaven throwing a thousand kisses.My wife see a drizzle of olive oil on a pot of spaghetti. The scientist sees condensation and precipitation.The rain sees reincarnation.A poet see them all in permutation."

"Dammit Goddammit' Defined [10w] Damned if you do and damned if you don't double-bind."

"Natural Born Killers [10w] After their first,every soldier becomes a natural born killer."

"Never run from the enemy, tackle them"

"Murder [10w] Two coats of paint doen't get rid of a ghost."

"Exhaust your worries and they will soon leave you."

"Alone [10w] Alone in bed because of three wordsI hadn't said."

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

"Money vs. Happiness [10w] Why do people with money say,'money can't buy happiness'?"