#sacred-teachings

"Sometimes Magic is What Disappears [10w] + {Couplet} Love's tragic, not ecstatic;with finespun change, disappears the magic."

"Tangled [10w] Love becomes a tangle of roots submerged in common soil."

"Missouri State Motto Salus populi suprema lex esto [16]If our chiggers don't getcha', Rush Limbaugh will."

"Breaking with Tradition is Tradition You can take the poem outside of tradition,but you can't take tradition out of the poem."

"Sometimes it's Love and Sometimes the... [10w] ...tingling sensation of excitement, happiness, and nervousnessis jock itch."

"Too Beautiful for Words [10w] + [10w] When nature presents us with miracles too beautiful for words,it is either a mountain, a beach, or a baby."

"Fashion [10w] Clothes makes the man.Fashion, above all, makes the President."

"Iran [10w] In Teheran daylight dawnswith minarets against skies of bronze."

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

"Ars Poetica: Write Poetry on a Black Slate Poetry should be written on a black slate of imagination,the poet artfully allowing images to emerge from the dark."

"Soulmate [10w] When you meet your soulmate,God's walked into the room."

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

"Integrity [10w] There’s no indignity men of integrity aren’t willing to endure."

"Soup [10w] Never marry anyone who eats their soup with a ladle."

"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."

"Be Careful What You Wish For More often than not,a dream come true is a nightmare-in-the-making."

"Love [10w] Love is a time machineset to your perfect present"

"The Bard's Haikus about Haiku Listen to Shakespeare,'Iambic pentameterand haiku don't mix.'A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise mannever writes haiku.If you tickle usdon't we laugh? If you wrong usshall we not haiku?The good men dolives after them; the evil'sinterred with haikus.Some are born great, some achieve greatness, some scribblesome shitty haikus."

"Boundaries [10w] Receiving bribes blurs the clear boundaries between friends and enemies."

"Publisher's Persuasion "You're much too good a writer to want a six figure advance. You don't want your readers to think you're only writing for money ~ do you?"