#power-of-words

"My task, which I am trying to achieve is, by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel--it is, before all, to make you see."

"Unruffled [10w] Nothing’s calmer than an unruffled duck eating a cool cucumber."

"Time is Not a Constant [10w] Time speeds up, crawls, compresses and expands depending on mood."

"Death is Opening Night Everything's that happened yesterday is a rehearsal for everything that will happen..."

"Heart My heart jumps every time you walk through the door.It's not love.I have an arrhythmia."

"Tofino, Canada Haiku Free flowing clothes,Strumming guitar on the beach.Still my baggage follows me."

"Seafood My body's just a shell,the world is my oyster ~and I'm getting a whale of appetiteright now for some delicious seafood ."

"Learn from Children [10w] Children picture God as a smiley sun emanating love light."

"First Things First "Where are you?"is the voice of God."Who am I?"is the voice of your soul.You can't answer Goduntil you answer yourself.Before you come out of hiding,find your identity and your purpose."

"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."

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

"Compassion [10w] Compassion is the combination to enter the vault of heaven."

"Embalming [10w] Injecting baking soda whitens, freshens, and softens the dearly departed."

"There is something about words. In expert hands, manipulated deftly, they take you prisoner. Wind themselves around your limbs like spider silk, and when you are so enthralled you cannot move, they pierce your skin, enter your blood, numb your thoughts. Inside you they work their magic."

"Life is like a sandwich!Birth as one slice,and death as the other.What you put in-between the slices is up to you.Is your sandwich tasty or sour?Allan Rufus.org"

"Invisible Attraction What's invisible to the eye is that as you move towards love,love moves towards you."

"Bespeckled Heroes [10w] Great heroes in 100 years become statues speckled with birdshit."

"Poetry vs. Prose [10w] Prose is the bread of imagination;poetry is the wine."

"Humans vs. Monkeys [10w] + [10w] Baby monkeys are much more clever than a human babies.Human babies leap ahead because of their capacity for language."

"Shiva Haiku Sitting shiva.One more day of thisand I'll die of boredom."