#self-improvement-book

"Perspective [10w] In every needle there's a haystack,if you step back."

"Simply Fabulous Haiku If I write fablesam I a fabulist orsimply fabulous?"

"Tortuguer Costa Rica Haiku Lora Sea TurtlesInvade to beach to lay eggs.Locals invade the eggs."

"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."

"The Bonds That Tie Weak bonding is sharing a common interest;strong bonding is sharing a common enemy."

"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."

"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."

"Time Time waits for no man ~but for hot women Time makes exceptions."

"New Year's Revolving Door [10w] + [10w] + {Couplet} 2015's revolution commences with the overthrow of New Year's resolution.Seek not absolutionfor our weak character's immune to evolution."

"The Pompous Psychopomp Its your charge to provide me safe passage to the afterlife,to be a midwife to my dying.Any yet, you hover there, judging me,putting on airs, you supercilious whip-poor-will.You're an embarrassment to nightjars everywhere.Now do your fucking job and take me to hell ~which I guess has already begun,judging by your shitty escort service."

"A Poem Should Be Motionless A poem should be motionlessin its eternal truthsand animated to inspire latent words into action."

"Rationalize [10w] Man needs an apt aphorism to rationalize his ruthless actions."

"Note to Self: Patent #10w Diving Mask for fish filled with water when oceans disappear."

"Facebook's New Marketing Slogan "We can only be lonesome together.900,000,000 served."

"Spreading Yourself Too Thin We tend to bite off more than we can chewbecause we've got big mouths."

"A-New-Year's-a-Comin' [10w] A new year is coming!Let's all make new mistakes!"

"Still Hangin' in the Child Hood [20w] You can spend an entire lifetime trying to be a child again,or never lose your childhood to begin with."

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

"Masochist [10w] A masochist goes to massage parlor seeking a tragic ending."

"Leaps of Faith [10w] Like religion, leaps of faith are behind all idealistic movements."