#wisdom

"A Prayer God, be my light in pitch-black night;Show me the path from wrong to rightThat I might in Your hands be delivered later,Having eclipsed myself to become something greater."

"Credo of a Substitute Teacher I'm a 'sugar free' substitute teacher.I speak frankly and never gave any of my studentsa single word of encouragement.Why should I? Even after 10 years the school hasn't given me a pension, health insurance or paid sick leave.So fuck 'em.Fuck 'em all."

"It is one thing to be clever and another to be wise."

"I think it's impossible to really understand somebody, what they want, what they believe, and not love them the way they love themselves."

"Tapestry [10w] Life's a tapestry of mystery and miracles quilted by God."

"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?"

"Ars Poetica: Dovetailing Collage [10w] Poems should be a dovetailing collage not a linear cohesion."

"Pulling a Houdini Relationships are magic;we're always getting each other out of handcuffs and strait-jacketswhile locked in a steamer trunk underwater."

"why can't we control our anger? because we love perfection. make a little room for imperfection in our lives."

"what's right? If you want something, you have the right to take it. If you want to do something, you have the right to do it."

"Explosive Heart [10w] + {Couplet} A heart that's been playedcan become a hand grenade."

"I will not deny but that the best apology against false accusers is silence and sufferance, and honest deeds set against dishonest words."

"I can sell you wine and I can sell you flowers, but I can't sell you romance, because that comes from your heart, and it's free."

"Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know..."

"Wisconsin State Motto Forward.Leading the nation in drunk driving and Cheesehead hats."

"Adult Pretend [10w] "I'm tired of playing 'pretend';let's play 'get-real, bitch."

"Its important to be comfortable with uncertainty."

"It takes a lot of rehearsing for a man to be himself."

"Crying in the Rain If you cry in the raindoes anybody but you know you're unhappy?"

"Thai-kus From the dark starfishof the 300 Baht whoremy white sperm bubbles.Reclining BuddhaBirds nest in your golden ears.What wisdom they hear."