#sage-advice

"When Old Age Begins Old age seizes center stagewhen more people we love are amidst the deadthan amongst the living."

"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."

"Somalia Haiku For a Somalian, heaven's drawing water from a well in an earthen pot."

"Having Words with Words [10w] ”I’ve had a falling out with words,leaving me speechless."

"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."

"Kansas State Motto Ad astra per aspera. [9]Flat land and flatline intelligence."

"Pussy Whipped I was pussy whipped with four lashes.It was a helluva threesome ~but I still can't get the damn mascara off my one-eyed snake."

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

"Carrots and Creativity [10w] Put a carrot in front of you for optimal creativity."

"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."

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

"Autumn Ikebana [10w] + {Haiku} Earthen rainbows raked by Autumn's Ikebana of wind arranging leaves.or:Earthen rainbows raked by Autumn's Ikebana of wind arranging leaves."

"Silly String [10w] Life' an absurdity radiating from a spine of silly string."

"I'm Not Skidaddling Down That Slippery Slope First you let sleeping dogs lie,next you allow all pets to prevaricate."

"The Moon The moon's a pearl among the starry gems,more cultured than the rest of them.A blemished diadem of charcoaled nightthat chaperons the sun back to the light."

"Control [10w] Don't lose control by imagining you can control your lover."

"Overheard at McDonalds "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.Are you going to finish those fries?"

"Income Tax [10w] A man's income tax return measures his integrity and stupidity."

"California Milk Processor Board: Got Milk?... ...cuz I got a fucking hangover."

"Show Up [10w] I've waited for you all my life ~show up already!"