#spiritual-wisdom

"Friendship vs. Love [10w] Friendship requires poise and patience;love demands pluck and perseverance."

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"Taste [10w] + [10w] "If you have sophisticated taste, you like what I like.If you're a Neanderthal, you will love what I hate."

"Office Depot: Taking Care of Business... ...with short breaks, bad management and no job advancement opportunities."

"War [10w] Fight wars not to win, but so our enemies don't."

"Il Principe 2015: Lesson 1 - The Balls If humility is what's all important to your adversary,humble yourself before him,and you've got him by the balls."

"Off the Hook True story...A cop pulls me over for speeding.He says, "What's the hurry?"I say, "I'm running awayfrom a bad marriage."He laughs and says, "Drive carefully."The officer lets me go.Beyond the practical lesson thatmaking a policeman laugh may get you off the hook,there's a certain poetry here in the unexpected connection ~for what is a poemif not a moment of surpriseworth retelling."

"Party Hat [10w] Circus clowns, Frenchmen, and sanitation workers look better in party-hats.."

"The Poet's Way Are we ever sure what we do,will endure and get its due?No.But we do it anyway.For that is the poet's way."

"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."

"Transubstantiation [10w] Transubstantiate digression into confessionand drink from poetry's Holy Grail."

"Love vs. Honeymoon [10w] Love is what truly begins when the honeymoon is over."

"Marriage Material For women seeking a marriage partner,a man's sense of humor trumps good looks.Unfortunately for the funnymen out there,security trumps laughter."

"Enigmatic Real Estate I choose to live on the edge of mysterywith its inscrutable view of complexityhedged by perplexity.Also, there's a Walmart nearby."

"Animal Species Identity [10w] Funny how animals know their own species without a mirror."

"The Fate of Prodigies [10w] Early to peak, early to deal with obsolescence and obscurity."

"The Warrior's Way To the warrior,peace is an annoying interruption of war."

"Rules of Etiquette [10w] Rules of etiquette are pretend manners for the lower classes."

"Switch Hitter [10w] Aphorisms are penned in my left brain,poetry, my right."

"Poets Be Realists! Poets be realists!It's O.K. to keep your jobs ~just don't quit your day dreams."