#teachings

"Myself [10w] "I don't really know myself;he's only a tenuous acquaintance."

"Ferdinand VII of Spain {Couplet} He who can false loyalty feignshall sit twice upon the throne of Spain."

"Dating Asian Her Kung Fu style was not too bad,but at doggie style she had me had."

"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."

"Atheism [10w] Atheism is the tragic triumph of cold contemptuousness over gratitude."

"Unwitting Measure [10w] + {Couplet} "You I love and treasurein an equal, unwitting measure."

"A Good Krill When there's a ocean to sieve through,there's no good or bad krill.There's only your mouth and hunger ~like Vladimir Putin."

"Silly String [10w] Life' an absurdity radiating from a spine of silly string."

"California Milk Processor Board: Got Milk?... ...cuz I got a fucking hangover."

"Dogs Playing Poker Art [10w] Poker-faced dogs looks like they're bluffing or need to shit."

"Thank You, Adobe [10w] Thanks to Photoshop,a picture isn't worth a single word."

"I [10w] 'I' is a wellspring in the desertoverflowing with life."

"Siesta Mud tracked from the rice fields blazon a pathFrom kitchen to cellar escaping noon’s wrath.A quiet siesta to break the ordealOf scything and sifting and spinning the wheel.Half a dream later he returns to the fieldTo seeding earth’s furrows. massaging its yield.And when Sun descends gravely back to her tombHe tracks back to the kitchen, the cellar, his room."

"Poetry Trek: 'To Boldly Go Where No man Has Gone Before' A poet must get into spaceship every dayand launch himself into metaphorical space."

"Omnipresence Under The Christmas Tree "I wish I was a schizophrenic with déjà vu so I could've been everywhere simultaneously."

"Let's Face It [10w] If you've peed on enough fire hydrants, you're a dog."

"The Wonderful Wonder Between the 'Onenesses' [10w] + [10w] + [10w] + [10w] If you can imagine time running backwards, death becomes birth;The moment before conception, becomes our oneness with the universe.Therefore, we shouldn't fear death because oneness returns to oneness;The wonder that happens between these onenesses is God's gift."

"Melting Icicles Haiku Drip, drip, Drip, drip, Drip:Sounds of melting iciclesannouncing the Spring"

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

"The 'Ugly' Poet [10w] Poets develop cleverness with wordsto compensate for their unattractiveness."