Beryl Dov

Quotes

• “The Grass is Always Greener on the Other Side of the Hill That's because my lawn is on a south-facing slope of the hill ...”
• “Off the Hook True story...A cop pulls me over for speeding.He says, "What's the hurry?"I say, "I'm running awayfrom a ba...”
• “The Poet is God When a poem's words perfectly fit,it has legs.When they communicate well,it has a voice.When they make y...”
• “Brewing Poetry Comma sips between the lines,insights percolate into a 10w,a latte sonnet here, a cappuccino couplet ther...”
• “The Refugee I packed my car with cash and valuablesand headed for the border.At the first checkpoint they took my cash.A...”
• “Cookie Cutter Criticism A critic tried to fit my sense of humor in a cookie cutter,but it wouldn't fit his preconceived ...”
• “Figure, Woman, Wife I study the sleeping figure,Stare at her sated curl of lip;Her lids sealed in dreams so pureMy love'...”
• “How they Measure Self-Worth in Fort Worth: Actual Texas Hooker Quote (the irony is priceless!) "Quit fucking acting like...”
• “The Unspoken Speaks Volumes Stillness brackets the exchanges between lovers. Itis not the lack of sound, but an encapsul...”
• “Siesta Mud tracked from the rice fields blazon a pathFrom kitchen to cellar escaping noon’s wrath.A quiet siesta to brea...”
• “The Bard's Haikus about Haiku Listen to Shakespeare,'Iambic pentameterand haiku don't mix.'A fool thinks himself to be w...”
• “The Pompous Psychopomp Its your charge to provide me safe passage to the afterlife,to be a midwife to my dying.Any yet, ...”
• “Tonight is For the Dying I've seen it grow dark ten-thousand times, yet never once mourned the loss of light, until toni...”
• “My Sweet Home, Alabama If it grows, it sticks, if it crawls, it bites,if it's outside, it rusts,if it's ornery, it fight...”
• “The Wonderful Wonder Between the 'Onenesses' [10w] + [10w] + [10w] + [10w] If you can imagine time running backwards, de...”
• “Chase vs. Choose Happiness If you chase after happiness, it may escape you.If you choose happiness, it may take your hou...”
• “Las Vegas Magic! I was the greatest magician in the world.Things were going great. My agent booked me to play the Mirage...”
• “Arches National Park, Utah BloodshotZiggurats of rock against unbending sky,sandstone fins and eyes of ancient earth beh...”
• “Go with your Gut Our eyes, our mind plays tricks.Our love muscle, our heartchooses blindly and impulsively.But our gut,a...”
• “Irish-Gaelic Wife-Fooking Proverb The truth can't be concealedI fooked your Caitlin from behind,because you can never pl...”
• “Lost vs. Lost We get lost twice in life.The first stems from uncertainty,when we try to find what our dreams truly are.T...”
• “Moment of Truth 'Moment of truth' is derived fromthe Spanish momento de la verdad, that Hemingway epiphanous moment when...”
• “Mongolian, Temeenii'malgai The small fuzzy hat worn by camels that cross the Gobi desert. Usually stolen by natives of U...”
• “Leaping lemmings! Leaping lemmings!I so adore ya'Can't get enoughJust want more’o'ya'!When I've had my fill'o'ya',I long...”
• “Consciousness-Driven Evolution circa 60,000 B.C. Random genetic mutation allowed homo sapiens to compete more successful...”
• “Toasts During the hymeneal repast,The guest stood silent as toasts were cast.The Best Man bore witness to a dozen years ...”
• “Suicide It's ironic that suicide, an act of cowardice,requires you overcome the all powerful instinct of self-preservati...”
• “A Matter of Perspective I see rain dancing on the stage of the pond.Fish see heaven throwing a thousand kisses.My wife s...”
• “Credo of a Substitute Teacher I'm a 'sugar free' substitute teacher.I speak frankly and never gave any of my studentsa s...”
• “Southern Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Sure nuff, I'm happier than a cat on a formerly hot tin roofwhich now usesNXT Cool Zone® ...”
• “Kaddish Kaddish for Mrs. Ginsbergis not Kaddish,For your mom raised a Buddhistand mine raised a Jew.You'll zazen for you...”
• “Romantic Ring Ceremony Define this wedding ring,with which I betroth thee unto me forever,not by the confining boundarie...”
• “My Secret for Out-of-the-Box-Thinking To help me writein my signature out-of-the-box style,I sit in front of my humidifi...”
• “Witticisms The greatest reward for coming up with some witty turn of phraseis that some day, if you're lucky,it may wind...”
• “Family {Couplet} For my misery, family brings relief,tripling my joy, halving my grief.This aesthetic arithmetic's quite...”
• “Memory Timeline of Divorce Divorce +1 year: "Just because we don't talk, it doesn't mean I can't stop thinking about you...”
• “Death Ride Denied At the stables of your agonyDeath brought his morbid mareTo whisk you from your woeful wantsAnd coax y...”
• “Revel in the Unraveling Being authentic is lifting the maskon who you think you should be seen as,and becoming at ease w...”
• “Second Opinions My doctor told me I have pancreatic cancer and have 2 months to live.I asked him about getting a second ...”
• “Russian, Metafizicheskiy-poshlost This is the humorous metaphysical banality like watching Tolstoy's wife, Sophia, nag h...”
• “FBI vs. CIA When a person works for the FBI for 20 years and retires,he gets a watch.When a person works for the CIA for...”
• “In and Out [10w] Our infant blanket in the externalization of our mother's womb.ღ ♛ ღ ♛ ღ ♛ ღ ♛ ღ Intruth, we should be ...”
• “Frivolous Gossip and Poetry It's just so much frivolous gossip to dwell upon the moral merits of a poet;what should only...”
• “Hearts Hearts of hope and of promiseHearts filled with dreams and whim,These are the hearts of loversUnguarded,Standing ...”
• “Tickled Pink Today,without thinking,I filled my half-empty fish tank, to its brink.Having doubled the size of his univer...”
• “Fig The proud oak wed a seedling figHe welcomed her caressThough round his lofty limbs she woundHe saw no need for distr...”
• “Break All the Rules of Poetry Place no limits on your poetry.Live a little.Break all the fucking rules!If it comes deep ...”
• “What lies beneath the Semblance? What lies beneath the semblance.What lies beneath the semblance of lies.What lies benea...”
• “Amazon.com Amazon.com is the Church of Consumer Capitalismwhose ethics demands we know the price of everything,the value...”
• “Mood Swings 'ᏰέƦẙḽԃṏሁ's the most "unappreciated"poet on this site.Being "misunderstood"is what gets him into a fight.Now...”