#unconditional-love

"❞ [10w] "Let's cuddle like a quotation mark filling a blank page."

"Indiscernible Love [10w] True love's so effortless, others can hardly see it's happening."

"Poets and their Thin Skins Every poet is thin-skinned when it comes to criticism ~without ithow could he ever possess the astute sensitivity about lifeto even write poetry?"

"Gray [10w] Since gray's the 'new black' things aren't black and white."

"Free Lunch There's no such thing as a free lunch ~for people who haven't yet learned to beat the system ;)"

"Poetry as Conspiracy [10w] A poem is unspoken conspiracy between the reader and poet."

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

"Gained in Translation [10w] In timeless truths there's more gained than lost in translation."

"Breathe inhale.exhalerepeatThat should solve 90% of your problems.For the other 10% ask your local Rabbi."

"Toasts During the hymeneal repast,The guest stood silent as toasts were cast.The Best Man bore witness to a dozen years pastThe Bridesmaid joked about a relationship that wouldn’t lastThe groom listened and held the hand of the brideKnowing his real toast was buttered on the other side."

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

"Vices [10w] Cultivate vices;to be without them is not to be."

"Inspiration vs. Plagiarism [10w] Inspiration is improving on another's idea;plagiarism is copy/paste piracy."

"Parents were the only ones obligated to love you; from the rest of the world you had to earn it."

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

"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."

"Virtual Friends [10w] Internet camaraderie's bullshit because these 'friends' can't be relied upon."

"Obscure Poetry Obscurity does not make a poem better or deeper.It simply makes it obscure."

"Twittersweeet [10w] Finding Twitter followers' like fishing in a lake of fisherman."

"Hate Recycle Bin When you empty your hate recycle binit frees up more memory to write even better poetry.Just try it and tell me this isn't true!"