#soul-searching

"Evil Thoughts [10w] Believing 'You're either with us or against us' is evil."

"Iran [10w] In Teheran daylight dawnswith minarets against skies of bronze."

"Evolution of Love [10w] Love evolved from when one monkey handed another a blossom."

"Who Am I "I don't know who I am whenI'm not the person who loves you."

"Love vs. Mental Illness [10w] Love, like mental illness, comes on graduallyand then suddenly."

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

"Death as Opportunity [10w] Death's an opportunity to wisely fill the void it leaves."

"Child on a Swing Haiku Child screeches like birdas swing reaches for heaven.Stars fill his pocket."

"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."

"Did He Do the Right Thing? I walked out of the room. I did not stay to watch my beloved draw her last breath because I didn't want all my magical memories of her tainted by the profanity of death."

"If I Were God [10w] If I were God I'd sell my shit on Ebay."

"Pond(er) This [10w] Nobody wants to be:'Big fish in a little pond."

"Diplomacy The diplomat's expert way of saying 'They should go fuck themselves' is:"We are agreed in principleand will take our minor differencesunder thoughful consideration."

"Forget [10w] {Couplet} Let's lift our goblet of regret,forgive, forsake and forget."

"Buddha (Haiku) Buddha, Enlightened,I rub your belly to blessmy Lotto ticket."

"Life Imprisonment with No Possibility of Parole [10w] "The needle is preferable to three hots and a cot."

"Gold Diggers are Always at Two Weddings A gold digger's eyes are searching for her next husband at her wedding."

"Ranger Smith, Unemployement and the Possibility of Unperceived Existence If a tree falls in the forest and we're not there,do we fire the park ranger without making a sound?"

"Renewal Cream [10w] The features of the human face are enriched by poetry."

"A Matter of Perspective I see rain dancing on the stage of the pond.Fish see heaven throwing a thousand kisses.My wife see a drizzle of olive oil on a pot of spaghetti. The scientist sees condensation and precipitation.The rain sees reincarnation.A poet see them all in permutation."