#sacred

"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?"

"Birds [10w] When a bird wakens, flight is no longer a dream."

"Catalyst [10w] You're not lying if your lie helps engender the truth."

"Is Prayer Only for Man? I [10w] Does God pray for His creation's in Heaven and Earth?"

"A Real Passionate Kiss Should Feel Like Dying [10w] Like ice melting into water coming to a rolling boil."

"Rhyme vs. Reason {Couplet} Do not try to make rhyme of reason,nor reason of rhyme;For the former's too systematic,the latter's too sublime."

"Grandma's Advice on Ambition "Children, if you aim for the stars you'll be impaled by small meteorites and become toast."

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

"Louisiana Dynamite Fishin' {10w] "Uncle Jimbo sez, if dey don't float it ain't fishin'."

"Your Poem A poem is a waking dream.If your poem is shit,then it was a fucking nightmare."

"Ineffable Poetry A good poem goes beyond the physics of our world;it can't be quantified; it's an ineffable voice that speak directly to our soul,bypassing the laws of this world."

"What One Vulture Said to the Other I have a bone to pick with you ~which end shall we start on?"

"Rhode Island State Motto Hope.Not much here but at least we have Family Guy."

"Herpes [10w] Only greatness and genital herpes are conspicuous by their absence."

"Omnipresence Under The Christmas Tree "I wish I was a schizophrenic with déjà vu so I could've been everywhere simultaneously."

"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."

"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."

"There's More Than Two Choices [10w] Don't take the road less traveled;blaze your own path."

"Styx Haiku Boatman refusesto paddle me down the Styx.'No carry-on baggage."

"To Trend or Not to Trend I've had a thousand trending poems,they were rarely my best.Evoking empathy and shared feelingis the poet's only true test."