#spiritual-wisdom

"Avery If a boy named Avery marries a girl named Avery,will they name or just label their children?"

"Oxford, England Haiku City shrouded in fogand within the blinding mist we found each other."

"Ageing [10w] There's no such thing as age -- only degrees of opacity."

"Hidden [10w] God hides enough happiness in sadness to light the world."

"Death & Poetry Nothing softens the blow of death like a cushy poem to fall upon."

"Frank Lloyd Wright {Couplet} Frank Lloyd Wright eliminated the confining wall,so now when your wife screams at youit sounds like you're in Tammany Hall."

"Pretending to be Deep ;) [10w] Only from the mountain's valley can you see the peak."

"Missed Childhood [10w] + {Couplet} Adolescence spent upon a cross,regrettably is childhood's loss."

"When Old Age Begins Old age seizes center stagewhen more people we love are amidst the deadthan amongst the living."

"Life is like a sandwich!Birth as one slice,and death as the other.What you put in-between the slices is up to you.Is your sandwich tasty or sour?Allan Rufus.org"

"Missouri State Motto Salus populi suprema lex esto [16]If our chiggers don't getcha', Rush Limbaugh will."

"Note to Self: Patent #10w Diving Mask for fish filled with water when oceans disappear."

"Mind isn't as serious as my mind makes it out to be."

"Dialogue Knowledge compromises its truthonce it ceases to be a dialogue."

"What is Love? [10w] Love is the stubborn desire to find permanencein impermanence."

"Fig The proud oak wed a seedling figHe welcomed her caressThough round his lofty limbs she woundHe saw no need for distress.The fig enveloped all his trunkHer grip grew firm and tightThe oak withered in his arroganceAs she choked off his last light."

"Grandma's Advice on Ambition "Children, if you aim for the stars you'll be impaled by small meteorites and become toast."

"Disability [10w] Unconditional love can turn a child's disability into an advantage."

"One Poet, 20 Months, 6000 Poems [10w] Let me take this breath... to celebrate my 6000th poem."

"Straight Men vs. Curved Women [10w] 'Straight' men who approach 'curved' women must'mind the gap'."