#spiritual-growth

"You're Totally Fucked' Defined [10w] What's before you is hopeless and behind you is negligible."

"Mercy vs. Revenge "May God have mercy on my unfaithful, back-stabbing, adulterous husband because I sure as hell won't."

"Getting Real about the Eel It's not that eel wants to avoid commitment.From the eel's point of view, it is a matter of survival.Who the fuck wants to be with an eel anyway,when there are plenty of less slippery fish."

"Lonely Marriage is the best refuge of the lonely to be lonely together,and if it lasts long enough,take turns being lonely."

"Ruminating Poetry A poem should be eaten in one sittingbut regurgitated often like a ruminant's food."

"Who is Fortunate? [10w] Who is fortunate?He who measures his fortune in friends."

"You are never alone. You are eternally connected with everyone."

"You read and write and sing and experience, thinking that one day these things will build the character you admire to live as. You love and lose and bleed best you can, to the extreme, hoping that one day the world will read you like the poem you want to be."

"Self-Sufficiency [10w] When God closes a door,buy a Sawzall from Home Depot."

"Iowa Haiku "We're not really dull,we are just misunderstood.Weed helps dull the pain."

"Fear is the Best Test Will the fear of going blind make youa voracious reader, a world traveleror paralyze you with a thousand other fears?"

"Talking to Myself I used to talk to myself until myself criticized myself.Now I'm giving myself the silent treatment."

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

"Be Careful What You Wish For More often than not,a dream come true is a nightmare-in-the-making."

"The Road to Poetry Hell [10w] The road to poetry hell is likepaved with similes."

"The Moon The moon's a pearl among the starry gems,more cultured than the rest of them.A blemished diadem of charcoaled nightthat chaperons the sun back to the light."

"Ode to a Wastepaper Basket I love the way you sit in the corner,gracious like a lover,catching my every crumpled vanity."

"Soup [10w] Never marry anyone who eats their soup with a ladle."

"Prolific [10w] "Perhaps I'm prolific because I believe creativity can forestall death."

"Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens."