Every advantage is temporary.
Be nice to your children. They may grow up to be writers.
Moving on is easy. It's staying moved on that's trickier.
How to Write a Poem
Catch the air
around the butterfly.
If you don't write when you don't have time for it, you won't write when you do have time for it.
Writing is not a matter of time, but a matter or of space. If you don't keep space in your head for writing, you won't write even if you have the time.
Writing poetry is supernatural. Or, it should be.
Lineation can make your break your poems.
Poetry is a connection to a change within you.
As we change, our writing changes too. You cannot write the same poem twice. And that's a good thing.
Envy won't make you a better poet.
If truth doesn't set you free, generosity of spirit will.
There is no beauty in sadness. No honor in suffering. No growth in fear. No relief in hate. It’s just a waste of perfectly good happiness.
My Personality
unfolding before you
like a Swiss Army knife.
Everybody deserves love, but nobody is entitled to it.
I've never heard anyone say "I wish I hadn't forgiven.
If you can't feel anything, it doesn't mean it's not hurting.
If pain doesn't lead to humility, you have wasted your suffering.
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