#unconditional-love

"Love Fades [10w] Like our love,Chinese painters show distance in faded grays."

"Mint Julep {Couplet} I've had more than a hint of a tulip or two,after treating them to a mint julep, or two."

"Storm [10w] Clouds darken to X-rays revealingthe tumorous thunder resounding within."

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

"How to Save the World [10w] When true love floods in, it could float an ark."

"Retail Haiku [7w] LollapaloozaLiquidation Blowout Sale.Everything Must Go!"

"Pedestals [10w] People should not be placed on pedestals unless they're stuffed."

"Poetry in a Bottle [10w] If you could bottle poetry you'd have one addictive drink."

"Speak to the Head [10w] + {Couplet} Tis of no fucking availTo speak to the tail."

"Dictator [10w] Clever dictators keep their friends closeand their enemies dead."

"Writer's Prayers That Don't Work "Lord, lead me from the banality of everyday life,to the gleaming one beneath the surface."

"Preachiness vs. Prose vs. Poetry A poem that says what it means is prose;if it means what it says it's a sermon.Leave the homiletics for the priestsprose for the journalistsand soulful resonancefor the poets."

"The Refugee I packed my car with cash and valuablesand headed for the border.At the first checkpoint they took my cash.At the second they took my valuables.At the border they took my car and my shoes.I walked barefoot the last 100 feet to freedom,and was greeted with open arms by a person I didn't recognize.In time I discovered that strangerwas the me they could not take from me."

"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,"

"Unconditional Love [10w] If you're not giving unconditional love,you're offering conditional hate."

"Madness [10w] Madness isn't an objective state,it is a cultural bias."

"There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. [10w] + {Couplet} Network TV's insistent stupidity to the Outer Limits pushes me."

"Live joy. Be kind. Love unconditionally."

"Reconstruction of Japan After World War II [10w] 'I am what I plan'became the motto of modern-Japan."

"You Can't Win [10w] Every bitch is a witch;every wife brings you strife."