#self-improvement-book

"Mild Suffering vs. Great Suffering Mild suffering serves the purpose of inner-change.Great suffering serves the purpose of evil,or just being at the wrong place at the wrong time."

"Sixty is the New Fifty The good news is sixty is the new fifty.The bad news is twenty is the new ten."

"Death [10w] What the the dying most resent is life goes on."

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

"Rooftop Poetry Sing poetry from rooftopslike a muzzein' s call for prayer."

"BFF, My Ass ~ It's a Jungle Out There! About one-third of all marriages are procured by sabotaging your best friend's happiness."

"Love Scars Love leaves more scars than a ten car pile-up ~and nobody's got insurance."

"The Game Is Afoot God's buried eight jewels within my soul.Life's game is,'Remove each gem, yet find me whole.'The clue is,"Eight is one, and one is eight,no jewel's more precious,all equally great."

"Seeing vs. Envision {Couplet} We see nothing more than we bring to it;heavenly orchards lie in an apple's pit!"

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

"Sometimes it's Love and Sometimes the... [10w] ...tingling sensation of excitement, happiness, and nervousnessis jock itch."

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

"Poetry Trek: 'To Boldly Go Where No man Has Gone Before' A poet must get into spaceship every dayand launch himself into metaphorical space."

"Visual Pun [10w] Example of visual pun:cloud shaped like a banana peel."

"Beyond the Place of Turning Back ↺ "Sometimes I wish to fly so far sou⇟hit's stars beyond the place of turning back↺"

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

"Nursing Homes [10w] Nursing homes are house haunted by the living and half-dead."

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

"FBI vs. CIA When a person works for the FBI for 20 years and retires,he gets a watch.When a person works for the CIA for 20 years and retires,he gets watched.I know this not because I'm in law enforcement or with the NSA ~I know this because I have HBO."

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