#soul-searching

"Whisper into My Good Ear [10w] "Pour your fears, fantasies, desires into my ear of corn."

"Kaddish Kaddish for Mrs. Ginsbergis not Kaddish,For your mom raised a Buddhistand mine raised a Jew.You'll zazen for your loss,I'll daven for mine.I do not belittle your loss,your grief is no less than mine.But by abandoning your tribe, אלון,Who now will say Kaddish for you?"

"Past/Present/Future I have no problem living in the present,but because of my pastpeople want to kill me in the future."

"Pun vs. Puny [10w] + {Couplet} "His penis was a pun,judging by the predictable groans.The hours set by innuendos,the seconds by the moans."

"Poets Hate Poets [10w] Poets hate poets who are more talented than they are."

"Imitation [10w] Art imitates life.Life imitates art.I just imitate imitation."

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

"Spooning [10w] Love means tasting her spaghetti sauce on a wooden spoon."

"Fabulous Creatures and Trust Issues [10w] Never trust a sheep in wolf’s clothing despite the unicorn."

"Beloved Poetry [10w] Write poetry like it’ll convince your beloved who to marry."

"In a True Global World... [10w] Famous people should be allowed to travel without a passport."

"Curse of the Ageing Woman {Couplet} I'm a wallflower, bluestocking, left on the Shelf, When you're beyond one's sell-by date, you've left by yourself,"

"Tofino, Canada Haiku Free flowing clothes,Strumming guitar on the beach.Still my baggage follows me."

"Stampede [10w] Her stampede of wild emotions broke down everything once stable."

"A Voice from the Past A book is a voice from the past whispering into your ear.Sometime I get the urge to exhume the author's bodyand hit him in the head with a shovel."

"Grateful [10w] + [10w] If you can't think of anything you should be grateful for,think that you can think and be grateful for that."

"Oppressor vs. Oppressed [10w] Love somtimes disintegrates into becoming the oppressor or the oppressed."

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

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

"Q & A The illness of our time is not that we lack for answers;man's tragedy is that we've forgotten the important questions."