#sage-advice

"Poets and their Thin Skins Every poet is thin-skinned when it comes to criticism ~without ithow could he ever possess the astute sensitivity about lifeto even write poetry?"

"In the Porn Industry [10w] Lacking a college-diploma's more than compensated by a humongous penis."

"Pulling a Houdini Relationships are magic;we're always getting each other out of handcuffs and strait-jacketswhile locked in a steamer trunk underwater."

"The Stink of Hate {Couplet} When haters write they raise a stink;must be the venom coursing through their ink."

"Animal Species Identity [10w] Funny how animals know their own species without a mirror."

"As Long As It Has a Fast Internet Connection {Couplet} I need a cozy den to winter in,a hiberaculum away from the city's din."

"The Flood that Did Not Subside [10w] What would today's world be,If Noah's dove flew into obscurity?"

"Vacations for Souls [10w] When souls are bored in Heaven they vacation in Hell."

"Fugly Fishmates For every woman that looks like a hatchet-faced haddockthere's an equally ugly flounder-faced man with even fewer prospects."

"Entrepreneurs [10w] A man should be judged by the companyhe sells."

"Explosive Heart [10w] + {Couplet} A heart that's been playedcan become a hand grenade."

"The Human Race Pleasure is the sprint.Contentment is the 5 mile.Happiness is the marathon."

"Ageing [10w] There's no such thing as age -- only degrees of opacity."

"The Machismo Motto [10w] "When we are not hard as nails we get screwed."

"Love and Blindness [10w] Love may be unilaterally blind,but divorce blinds both parties."

"The Poet as Enchantress [10w] + {Couplet} The poet is an enchantress,with or without a dress."

"Wine [10w] American wines tasting as good as French wines are presumptuous."

"Noah [10w] God, I love rain too ~but this is fucking ridiculous!"

"A Loaf of Challah Haiku A loaf of challah,a bottle of Rashi wine...For everything else there's Simply Manischewitz."

"Hate Recycle Bin When you empty your hate recycle binit frees up more memory to write even better poetry.Just try it and tell me this isn't true!"