Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. There is nothing in its nature to produce happiness. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of its filling a vacuum, it makes one.
—Benjamin Franklin
A moth could not (Lee)
The world is full of people, but seldom
is a person to be found.
The world is full of light, yet who
has seen such a thing?
The world is all dark, yet a hand finds its way
to other hands, a mouth its way to another mouth.
...
I said, "Even in this boundless space,
if both of us turned our faces
toward each other at the same time
our mouths would be separated by an interval
a moth could not fly through without touching
both of what we said."
Li-Young Lee, from "Lake Effect"
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After happiness (Carroll)
Like any illness, when happiness has run its course, time is needed to recuperate from it—sometimes an entire lifetime.
Jonathan Carroll, from The Ghost In Love
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Sarah Palin anagrams
Sharia plan (who knew?)
A sharp nail
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Literary House Review 2008
Literary House Review 2008 is now available for purchase. It contains two of my poems, "The Last Happiness" and "Drought." Check it out!
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Thought
Thought is the sixth sense.
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