List: Wisdom-kinda-sorta

• The Tissue Paradox

  My daughter sat worriedly on the bed, pretending to be watching Spongebob, while all the time eying me. She watched as the pile of tear soa

  56 lines, 14 comments, on Mar 6 11:43 AM 2007. In Sad, Spiritual
• Journey to Bangor

  As I journey to Bangor to see my true love I meet a man who is exceedingly kind. He asks where I am going. I say Bangor. He tells me I am g

  77 lines, 8 comments, on Dec 22 5:17 AM 2006. In Spiritual, Personal
• Victory of the Soul...

  I will love this bed of coals upon which I wait, for I wait for you.

  23 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 5 6:14 PM 2007. In Love
• Bittersweet

  A woman is feeling the love of one who is only a memory. The curtain is being pulled back for him to. She feels the touch as bittersweet

  38 lines, 9 comments, on Jan 15 8:23 AM 2007. In Love, Spiritual
• The Tearfilled Home of Selfless Joy

  I watched the salt water running down the glass of the mirror. I knew what had to be done. I drew a bath of Holy Water and reached for the

  24 lines, 16 comments, on Jan 21 8:52 AM 2007. In spiritual, hope
• New Fallen Snow

  New fallen snow leaves all the world
  much colder than before

  26 lines, 18 comments, on Feb 3 9:23 AM 2007. In Love, Personal, Hope
• White Dragon

  "Look at the pretty horsey!" said the young girl. "He's so pretty!"
  "No!" said mom. "That is not a horsey. He is neither pretty nor safe."

  27 lines, 11 comments, on Feb 17 10:49 AM 2007
• Passion

  "How many girlfriends do you have daddy?" She asked me sheepishly.
  "About 5 billion, give or take."

  22 lines, 7 comments, on Feb 23 10:41 AM 2007. In Love, Personal
• What's an Orgasm?

  We were having breakfast with a woman friend. My daughter thought it would be an opportune moment to embarrass me.
  "You should have seen

  28 lines, 25 comments, on Feb 24 4:39 AM 2007. In Humor, Life
• On Free Will

  My daughter asked me the ultimate loaded question.
  "Daddy, why does God let bad things happen?"

  62 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 1 11:36 AM 2007
• The Tissue Paradox

  My daughter sat worriedly on the bed, pretending to be watching Spongebob, while all the time eying me. She watched as the pile of tear soa

  56 lines, 14 comments, on Mar 6 11:43 AM 2007. In Sad, Spiritual
• Ascent

  
  Loneliness is not a condition

  33 lines, 51 comments, on Aug 18 3:32 AM 2006. In Love
• Not for Me

  I ask for love
  total, complete, unconditional love

  10 lines, 22 comments, on Aug 30 12:22 AM 2006. In Spiritual, Hope
• Inner Strength

  What is it I see?

  10 lines, 4 comments, on Sep 3 2:36 PM 2006. In Sad, Love, Hope
• The Absolute Tyrant

  I sat with the absolute Tyrant
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  181 lines, 5 comments, on Sep 23 7:50 PM 2006. In Humor, Dark
• Perilous, Perilous, Perilous Love!

  78 lines, 11 comments, on Oct 1 1:06 PM 2006. In Adult humor, Love, Hope
• Blocked!

  
  

  26 lines, 12 comments, on Oct 14 8:02 PM 2006. In Society, Humor, Dark
• Poetry

  
  

  11 lines, 2 comments, on Nov 4 12:02 PM 2006. In Haiku, Spiritual
• Algebra of Love

  (a+a) = aa

  22 lines, 10 comments, on Nov 10 5:29 AM 2006. In Erotica, Love, Humor
• Daddy, Why is Life so Hard?

  I stopped what I was doing in shock. My ten-year-old daughter was demanding to know why she was suffering in her everyday life. The sadness

  55 lines, 34 comments, on Nov 23 7:35 AM 2006. In Love, Spiritual, Childrens
• The Sacrificing of the Soul

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  34 lines, 5 comments, on Nov 30 11:37 AM 2006. In Sad, Spiritual, Society
• The Gift (for Cathy)

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  27 lines, 11 comments, on Dec 4 5:53 PM 2006. In Love, Personal
• Demon Meme

  I am a meme inside your spine
  The mirror shows my pantomime

  32 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 29 4:13 PM 2007
• Demon Hunter

  / / / A challenge laid upon my plate / By spirit from above / Accept a less than happy fate / And face it all with love / / Inside a lo

  49 lines, 11 comments, on May 9 10:01 PM 2007
• .......................Calm Seas and Full Holds...

  / even though the engine was still running / the clanking, smoke and obvious lack of power / unmistakably told him they were not going hom

  27 lines, 10 comments, on May 14 7:37 AM 2007
• Raw Deal

  The devil knocked upon my door / and said, "I have a deal. / I'll put a shield around your heart / if you before me kneel." / "So, if you'r

  73 lines, 5 comments, on May 20 8:08 PM 2007. In Personal, Spiritual, Hope, Love
• Poem of Life

  “Daddy, why do people die?” My daughter had tears in her eyes. This was an important issue to her. / “Anyone in particular?” I replied, “Or

  67 lines, 10 comments, on May 24 12:35 PM 2007
• Love vs Love

  "I'm confused." MY daughter had that look in her eye that she was setting her dad up, and looking forward to seeing him squirm. / "If you l

  46 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 6 7:12 AM 2007. In Personal
• Her Gift

  I remember it like it was yesterday. December 13, 1993. It was just before we were going to go to her company's Christmas party when she gave me a gift. It was beautiful! Made of the finest mahogany and polished so

  25 lines, 6 comments, on Jul 11 9:59 AM 2007. In Love, Personal, Sad
• Treasure Hunter

  Above the Earthly dirtyness / floating in love / he sees his mark below / and descends into the slime / smiling / Disguised and ruthless /

  45 lines, 9 comments, on Jul 28 2:58 PM 2007. In Spiritual, Love
• Soldier's Tale

  unkept man sitting on a rock

  36 lines, 3 comments, on Oct 20 12:28 PM 2007. In Society, Spiritual
• Ugly, Nasty Rant *Explicit Language*

  36 lines, 7 comments, on Oct 28 11:59 AM 2007. In Adult, Society, Spiritual
• Lips Optional

  I want to wrap my wings

  34 lines, 7 comments, on Nov 5 7:43 AM 2007. In Spiritual, Love
• Gifted Child

  Once I was a gifted child

  37 lines, 6 comments, on Nov 19 6:11 PM 2007. In Spiritual
• Faith of Ages

  Faith is not a choice but a demand made upon us

  24 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 24 10:31 PM 2007. In Personal, Love
• I am the Spirit's Bitch

  Counting blessings
  Singing joy

  79 lines, 4 comments, on Nov 28 9:15 PM 2007. In Personal, Love, Life, Spiritual, Thoughts
• Fox and Butterfly

  Butterfly lands on Fox’s nose
  “Chase me fox! Chase me fox.”

  50 lines, 22 comments, on Nov 29 10:40 AM 2007. In Fantasy, Thoughts
• Exercise Ball Propaganda

  my magic exercise ball the seat from where I

  24 lines, 3 comments, on Nov 30 12:08 AM 2007. In Spiritual
• King Tatters

  drawn to you by your
  bitter caterwauling

  24 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 2 7:57 AM 2007. In Spiritual, Love
• Untamed My Ass

  untamed and ornery
  Bullshit

  63 lines, 13 comments, on Dec 15 10:19 PM 2007. In Society, Personal
• I am Eagle

  I am Eagle
  Propelled by the unseen

  36 lines, 9 comments, on Dec 16 4:22 PM 2007. In Spiritual
• Eagle Eye

  I am Eagle Eye
  Soaring above the fray

  22 lines, 7 comments, on Dec 22 12:25 PM 2007. In Spiritual, Thoughts, Self
• Love the Sinner

  mind that knows better still trying to fill the void

  35 lines, 4 comments, on Dec 26 7:42 AM 2007. In Love, Personal
• Direction

  Which way am I Where do I look

  21 lines, 8 comments, on Jan 1 11:52 PM. In Humor, Society
• Cognitive Bias

  the voices juxtapose without civility

  23 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 3 7:40 AM. In Spiritual, Personal, Thoughts
• Appian Way

  I travel upon the Appian way in my mind

  29 lines, 3 comments, on Jan 23 9:47 AM. In Spiritual, Personal
• Unfailing Heart

  to love is to love not to seek nor to find

  19 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 27 12:13 PM. In Spiritual
• Crossroads of Loneliness

  At tha crossroads of lonliness
  I watch as you turn away from me

  20 lines, 12 comments, on Jan 27 7:29 PM. In Spiritual, Love
• Snakehead

  around and around goes the head of the snake

  18 lines, 4 comments, on Jan 27 10:47 PM. In Spiritual, Dark
• Wise Wishes...

  With my first wish I humbly ask
  the genie to perform this task:

  23 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 2 11:49 AM. In Contest, Nature
• I'm a Buddha Pest

  I want to be a Buddhist
  every now and zen

  29 lines, 8 comments, on Feb 4 10:05 AM. In Humor
• Stormy Night

  The west wind came

  76 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 9 6:51 PM. In Love, Spiritual, Personal
• King True

  I am order and beauty
  as I see myself

  23 lines, 12 comments, on Feb 20 9:45 AM. In Spiritual, Nature
• The Pompous and the Pious Man

  The pompous and the pious man
  were walking hand in hand.

  79 lines, 3 comments, on Feb 21 10:10 AM
• Meta-answer

  Why?
  Must we live marginally

  26 lines, 6 comments, on Feb 28 7:55 AM. In Personal, Thoughts, Spiritual, Nature
• Dwarfings

  Socrates said that the stone we hold

  43 lines, 5 comments, on Feb 28 8:50 AM. In Spiritual
• Teeny-Tiny Tyrant

  The teeny-tiny tyrant
  Told a torrent of tall tales

  41 lines, 5 comments, on Mar 7 5:01 PM. In Spiritual
• The Horse Speaks

  "I can pull your plough,
  your carriage, your sleigh,

  18 lines, 7 comments, on Mar 8 10:32 AM
• And Nothing But the Truth!

  How much I love life when I'm cut to the quick
  by someone who's "special" and lays it on thick.

  71 lines, 8 comments, on Mar 14 11:43 PM. In Spiritual
• Easter Thoughts

  the symbolic death came
  when he realized

  19 lines, 3 comments, on Mar 24 2:45 AM. In Spiritual
• Searching for Eve

  33 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 24 5:03 PM. In Society, Spiritual, Personal
• Expression of Spirit

  carbon, oxygen, calcium, we are all these and more

  36 lines, 2 comments, on Mar 27 12:41 AM. In Love, Spiritual
• The Present

  I'm not a debt, a gift I am,
  and when I am given I'm all that you've got.

  38 lines, 6 comments, on Mar 29 3:54 PM. In Other
• Magical Queues (Essay Not Poem)

  Awareness, perception and intentionality are the three realms of thought that are interwoven to make us complete. It is unfortunate that we

  61 lines, 15 comments, on Mar 30 8:31 PM. In Spiritual, Thoughts, Nature
• Unlocked

  my shoes are missing
  and my box of donuts

  18 lines, 8 comments, on Apr 4 8:21 AM. In Personal
• Tiny Shred of Hope

  everyone is real to me the girl who sells me my hamburger

  49 lines, 4 comments, on Apr 4 10:45 AM. In Spiritual, Society, Love, Life, Other
• A Mirage?

  “Master?”
  “Yes, my child?”

  71 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 7 1:01 AM. In Spiritual
• The Twice-blessed Pixie

  A twice-blessed pixie walked the forest path
  Came to a clearing which brought tear-filled eyes

  125 lines, 33 comments, on Apr 8 12:52 PM. In Fantasy, Love, Spiritual
• The Truth About Men or Bonked Nuts Power Surge

  The truth about all men
  That even they don’t know

  20 lines, 25 comments, on Apr 11 10:42 AM. In Humor, Society
• Learning to Believe

  the horrors I have witnessed
  the injustice I live with

  67 lines, 10 comments, on Apr 12 8:03 AM. In Spiritual
• The Fool

  I play the fool
  because it suits me so well

  31 lines, 14 comments, on Apr 18 5:20 PM. In Personal
• At Your Service

  Here and now. Two small words which make up the only tangible concept in the universe. The only way to live fully and completely, is to be

  26 lines, 9 comments, on Apr 26 12:30 PM. In Personal, Spiritual, Thoughts
• The Greatest Gift Imaginable

  The apprentice asked his master;
  "What gift may I give to you

  42 lines, 12 comments, on May 1 6:44 AM. In Spiritual
• Tory's Prayer

  My Lord, grants me this breath
  that I may be his own,

  16 lines, 3 comments, on May 14 2:21 PM. In Love, Personal
• The Wishes

  "I wish for the wisdom to know how
  to best use my second and third wish." I said

  28 lines, 6 comments, on May 18 7:01 AM. In Fantasy
• Your Word

  Your word is as good as you make it and not very good if you fake it.

  17 lines, 3 comments, on May 19 1:48 PM. In Society, Thoughts
• Substance Chastises Style

  smoothing out the rough edges of hell
  so the cowards and nut-jobs

  23 lines, 6 comments, on May 24 8:57 PM. In Society, Spiritual, Abuse
• Dying Dream

  bleed for Jesus
  you ignorant heathen shit

  58 lines, 11 comments, on May 27 7:01 PM. In Society, Abuse, Dark
• How Come Everybody Thinks I'm Stupid?

  How come everybody thinks I'm stupid?
  They love to put me right in my place.

  24 lines, 8 comments, on May 28 6:18 AM. In Personal, Society
• Phoenix

  You kill me, then, you give re-birth,
  the deadwood is all burned away,

  14 lines, 4 comments, on May 29 9:38 AM. In Spiritual, Love
• Seeking

  the musician
  is never made

  23 lines, 5 comments, on May 30 9:45 PM. In Spiritual, Thoughts
• Seeking Hell

  Among the myriad of those who feign,
  to understand through dogma's stoic force,

  14 lines, 15 comments, on Jun 2 10:27 AM. In Spiritual, Thoughts
• Champions of Hope

  When we find ourselves walking in bright light
  After many months or years in the dark

  83 lines, 9 comments, on Jun 4 12:26 PM. In Spiritual, Personal
• Enraptured Flame

  I seek my freedom with total being
  That I may fly beyond infinity.

  36 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 6 5:54 PM. In Spiritual
• Hatter's Shrine

  The jabs and feints of Armchair Saint's,
  His rattling battling toy epee,

  16 lines, 6 comments, on Jun 24 2:57 PM. In Society, Thoughts
• [ ]

  I am all all that was

  41 lines, 4 comments, on Jun 28 6:01 AM. In Thoughts

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