#sacred-wisdom

"Break All the Rules of Poetry Place no limits on your poetry.Live a little.Break all the fucking rules!If it comes deep from the wellsprings of your imagination,the woolgathering of dreamers ~it is poetry ~no matter what anyone says."

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

"Time [10w] {Couplet} Can there be more callous crimethan unkindly killing time?"

"Unwitting Measure [10w] + {Couplet} "You I love and treasurein an equal, unwitting measure."

"Winning vs. Losing [10w] Too often the cost of winning is losing your soul."

"Thorny Love [10w] A thorn by any other name would hurt as much."

"Depression vs. Death Depression is anger turned within causing misery and hopelessness.Death is hate turned within until it totally eats you alive."

"Me vs. Me Only the practice of empathy and gratitudecan make the opaque ego transparent to receivethe loving light emanating from your soul.Hate and selfishness will always leave you'in the shadow."

"AMTRAK: See America at see level... even though we cost twice as much as a plane and get you there 3 days later."

"Russian, Umerzhurnalistka Someone who too many questions for his own good. Literally, 'Dead journalist'."

"Glow in the Dark "You've led me from stark nightwith a love that glows in the dark."

"Hatred is a Simple Child Hatred is a simple child nurtured and coddled in a raging heart and then released into a crowd of innocents wearing a suicide vest."

"Poets Hate Poets [10w] Poets hate poets who are more talented than they are."

"Yams vs. Sweet Potatoes vs. Cassava vs. Popeye [10w] "I am that I am that I am a yam."

"Save the Last Dance for Me Life is a Hesitation Waltz danced to swing time measure. We're all given the free will to suspend our moving foot or slowly drag it during the halt."

"Rat Trap Haiku 'Hmm, 12 by 13,4 by 9. Oy! You call thisrat trap an apartment?"

"Humble Wishes [10w] "God, all I simply ask is that I become perfect."

"Jonesing [10w] Is it odd of me that I'm Jonsesing for strange?"

"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."

"Battered Women [5w] Battered womenare more crispy."